So folks, I made this easy for you. 20 songs, a little over an hour, it all fits on one CD, and it is promised to delight. Some of my favorite tunes from the past year. Cheers.
This Fucking Job / Drive By Truckers
Swollen But Not the Same / Bobby Bare Jr.
Hurricane J / The Hold Steady
Won’t Somebody / Bad Religion
Bastards of the Highway / John Moreland and the Black Gold Band
Torn Apart / Kasey Anderson
Sinister Kid / The Black Keys
Bloodbuzz Ohio / The National
She Likes Hair Bands / Butch Walker
One More Night in Brooklyn / Justin Townes Earle
Rachel and Cali / Damien Jurardo
I Wasn’t Built for a Life Like This / Caleb Stine
I’m Not So Sure / Joe Pug
Nothing But the Whole Wide World / Jakob Dylan
I Don’t Care if There’s Cursing / Phosphorescent
Are You Ready to Die / Cary Ann Hearst
Too Stone To Cry / Andrew Combs
If I Needed You / Carrie Rodriquez and Ben Kyle
God Only Knows / Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
The Toll / Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
About the author: Producer, Engineer, Musician and all around music enthusiast.