Wanda’s Hudson River Sampler Recommendations from 2019

Every year I received hundreds of albums for airplay consideration. As I review them, I
make a note of the ones that really impress me. I try to narrow my personal favorites down to 20 every
 year. For 2019, so many were amazing that, no matter how many I eliminated from my list, the best
I could do was the following 23. These are listed in alphabetical order, not in any special preference.
 
Hope you will check them out!
 
? Bettman and Halpin – 1000 Miles (FLRC Records)
? Kevin Brown – Heroes and Sparrows (Brown Knows)
? Cej – Adobe Road (Gnosong Records)
? The Early Risers – Making Life Sweet (Itchy Sabot)
? Kora Feder – In Sevens (Kora Feder)
? Archie Fisher and Garnet Rogers – Live: The Best Times After All (Snow Goose)
? Dave Gunning – Up Against the Sky (Wee House of Music)
? James Hill and Anne Janelle – Many a Moon (Borealis)
? Bill Jones – Wonderful Fairy Tale (Brick Wall Music)
? Martyn Joseph – Days of Decision (Pipe Records)
? Kieran Kane and Rayna Gellert – When the Sun Goes Down (Dead Reckoning)
? John Lowell – This Long Stretch of Gravel (John Lowell)
? Joel Mabus – Time and Truth (Fossil)
? Jim and Susie Malcolm – The Berries (Beltane)
? John McCutcheon – To Everyone in All the World: A Celebration of Pete Seeger
(Appalsongs)
? Carrie Newcomer – The Point of Arrival (Available Light)
? Our Native Daughters – Our Native Daughters (Smithsonian-Folkways)
? Katherine Rondeau – Unfortunate Point of View (Katherine Rondeau)
? David G. Smith – Who Cares? (Hey Dave!)
? Amy Speace – Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne (Proper)
? Tui – Pretty Little Mister (Tui)
? Wes Weddell – Somewhere in the Middle (Dusty Shadows)