This is the second of three playlists featuring some of my favorite songs of the year. I’m calling this one Shaken. It features songs that have an Alt-Country or Americana orientation or otherwise twanged up. They are ordered to flow (not by rank) and limited to 19 in order to fit on a single CD. For song samples, an iMix is available on iTunes.

• “Never Know” by Patty Hurst Shifter
• “I Can Get Us Out of Here” by Lucero
• “Unhinged” by The Drams
• “Gravity’s Gone” by Drive-By Truckers
• “Medicine” by San Saba County
• “New Years Day” by Allison Moorer
• “So Hard to Find My Way” by Jackie Greene
• “Black & Blue” by Tim O’Reagan
• “Lookin’ for a Job” by Todd Snider
• “Jack Blue” by Chris Knight
• “Wail & Ride” by Grayson Capps
• “Thunder On the Mountain” by Bob Dylan
• “Beautiful Wreck” by Shawn Mullins
• “Out Here” by Darren Smith
• “Ghost Repeater” by Jeffrey Foucault
• “Hurricane Glass” by Catherine Feeny
• “Whole ‘Nutha Thang” by Keb’ Mo’
• “Baptized In Dirty Water” by Chris Thomas King
• “Woman Be Strong” by Will Hoge

What were some of your favorite Alt-Country or Americana songs or albums in 2006 that didn’t make this list?

Tue, Dec 19, 2006 @ 10:55 pm |