This is the first of three playlists featuring some of my favorite songs of the year. I’m calling this one Chilled. It features songs that have a Folk orientation or are otherwise mellow. They are ordered to flow (not by rank) and limited to 20 in order to fit on a single CD. For song samples, an iMix is available on iTunes.
- “I’ll Let You In” by Jackie Greene
- “There Is So Much More” by Brett Dennen
- “Songbird” by Bernard Fanning
- “Baby I” by Amy Millan
- “Heal Over” by KT Tunstall
- “Sister” by Jennifer O’Connor
- “Mr Blue” by Catherine Feeny
- “Song for You” by Alexi Murdoch
- “Empty” by Ray LaMontagne
- “9 Crimes” by Damien Rice
- “Girl In the War” by Josh Ritter
- “Long Time Ago” by Golden Smog
- “I’m Not the Only One Asking” by Mindy Smith
- “Roll On” by The Little Willies
- “Dogtown Mines” by Darren Smith
- “The Battle” by Caitlin Cary & Ryan Adams
- “Too Close to Home” by Chris Knight
- “My Good Gal” by Old Crow Medicine Show
- “Wind Blowing Change” by Will Kimbrough
- “Crazy People” by The Wreckers
What were some of your favorite Folk songs or albums in 2006 that didn’t make this list?
About the author: Tom is a Design Director for Viget Labs currently living in Northern Virginia with his wife and two kids. 
December 21st, 2006 at 12:38 pm
Josh Ritter “Girl in the War”
December 24th, 2006 at 10:08 am
Ah! I realized my comment here got cut off. Anyway, yeah it’s funny that I would suggests “Girl in the War” for one of you other playlists — seeing just how people categorize music in these lists, in addition in who they include/exclude, is always pretty interesting and part of the fun of the “best of” posts. I wish Ritter would have gotten more attention this year. Eh, maybe the next album…
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