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January 7, 2002: Remembering the good (tunewise) from 2001.
"Here's a rough list, in the form of a radio show, of recordings that caught my ear in 2001. The ones I couldn't fit into my 3-hour timeslot are noted at the bottom. Also included will be information on where these recordings are available." ---Irene
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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Comments | Year | |
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| Bill Frisell | "What Do We Do?" | Blues Dream | Nonesuch Records | '01 | ||
| Rebecca Martin | "Then a Wall Came Up Inside Me" | Middlehope | (self release) | http://www.rebeccamartin.com | '01 | |
| Mark Eitzel | "To the Sea" | The Invisible Man | Matador Records | http://www.matadorrecords.com | '01 | |
| Gutbucket | "Consumption (The White America Suite pt.2)" | InsomniacsDream | Knitting Factory Records | http://www.gutweb.com | '01 | |
| Theo Bleckmann | "None of the Above" | Origami | Songlines Recordings | http://www.songlines.com | '01 | |
| Bruce Kaphan | "Sideways Carousel" | Slider | Hearts of Space | Former pedal steel guitarist with American Music Club. http://www.hos.com/records.html | '00 | |
| Sigur Rós | "Svefn-g-englar" | Ágætis byrjun | Fat Cat Records (UK) | http://www.sigur-ros.com | '01 | |
| Jocelyn Pook | "Red Song" | Untold Things | Real World | http://realworld.on.net/pook | '01 | |
| Porcupine Tree | "Shesmovedon" | Lightbulb Sun | KScope/Snapper | http://www.porcupinetree.com/ | '01 | |
| Radiohead | "Knives Out" | Amnesiac | Capitol Records | http://www.hollywoodandvine.com/radiohead/ | '01 | |
| Rufus Wainwright | "The Tower of Learning" | Poses | SKG Music | http://www.rufuswainwright.com | '01 | |
| Björk | "Hidden Place" | Vespertine | Elektra Records | http://www.bjork.com/unity/ | '01 | |
| Sidsel Endresen | "Distances" | Undertow | Jazzland Rec. Norway | http://www.jazzlandrec.com/bios.html | ||
| Kitchen Cynics | "Your Jackdaw Ways" | My Gothic Novel | Pink | http://singersong.homestead.com/TheKitchenCynics.html | ||
| Matthew Valentine | "Strobo Skopkola" | Burning One with God | (self release) | Guitarist w/The Tower Recordings lunarmv@hotmail.com | '01 | |
| Dana Hanchard | "Tu Alma (Your Soul)" | Once Canciones de Diego Luzuriaga | Fertile Ground Music | http://www.danahanchard.com/ | '01 | |
| Faun Fables | "Shadowsound" | Mother Twilight | (self release) | http://home.earthlink.net/~dawnthefaun/ | '01 | |
| Duncan Browne | "Ninepence Worth of Walking" | Give Me Take You | Castle/Immediate | http://www.insyncnet.com/duncan/ http://www3.sympatico.ca/johnfk/immediate.html | '68/'00 | |
| Kings of Convenience | "The Weight of My Words" | Quiet is the New Loud | Astralwerks | http://www.sourcelab.net/ | '01 | |
| Flashpapr | "When Flowers Covered the Earth" | New Leaves | Ypsilante Records | mailto:flashpapr@yahoo.com | '01 | |
| P.G.Six | "The Divine Invasion" | Parlour Tricks and Porch Favorites | Amish Records | http://www.amishrecords.com http://www.perhapstransparent.com | '01 | |
| Wendy and Bonnie | "The Paisley Window Pane" | Genesis | Sundazed | http://www.sundazed.com/ | '68/'01 | |
| The Millennium | "The Island" | Magic TIme: The Millennium/Ballroom Sessions | Sundazed | http://www.sundazed.com/ | '01 | |
| Sparklehorse | "Gold Day" | It's a Wonderful Life | Capitol Records | http://www.sparklehorse.com | '01 | |
| Neblung Price | "Flour and Salt" | Darker | (self release) | featuring former WFMU DJ Jim Price / mailto:neblung@catskill.net | '01 | |
| Oranger | "Sorry Paul" | The Quietvibrationland | Poptones | http://www.poptones.co.uk | '01 | |
| Ken Stringfellow | "Reveal Love" | Touched | Manifesto | Former member of The Posies http://www.kenstringfellow.com http://www.manifesto.com | '01 | |
| The Honeydogs | "Wilson Boulevard" | Here's Luck | Palm | http://www.honeydogs.com/ | '00 | |
| The Gwens | "Saturday" /"Her Diary" | Devil's Cliff | Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records | http://www.hhbtm.com | '01 | |
| Jason Falkner | "My Home is Not a House" | Necessity: The 4-Track Years | SpinArt | http://www.geocities.com/kidwithoutcurfew/ http://www.spinartrecords.com/bands_jasonfalkner.html | '01 | |
| Sloan | "It's In Your Eyes" | Pretty Together | Murder Records | http://www.murderecords.com/main/ | '01 | |
| Guided By Voices | "Chasing Heather Crazy" | Isolation Drills | TVT Records | http://www.gbv.com/ | '01 | |
| Goats in Trees | "Wonderwheel" | Smoke and Mirrors | Rudy Records | http://www.goatsintrees.com | '01 | |
| The Gripweeds | "Is It Showing?" | Summer of a Thousand Years | Rainbow Quartz | http://www.gripweeds.com/ | '01 | |
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The recordings that didn't air (but are still noteworthy): |
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| The Tower Recordings | Folk Scene | The Communion Label | http://www.midheaven.com/communion/ | '01 | ||
| Okros Ensemble | I Left My Sweet Homeland | Rounder Records | http://www.rounder.com/ | '01 | ||
| Taraf de Haidouks | Band of Gypsies | Nonesuch/Crammed | '01 | |||
| Peter Biedermann | "...In Theory..." | (self release) | New Jersey-based finger-style guitarist with electronic enhancement. http://www.geocities.com/pb_ping | '01 | ||
| The Moldy Peaches | The Moldy Peaches | Sanctuary Records | Simple songs, and funny as hell! http://www.moldypeaches.com/ | '01 | ||
| Bob Dylan | "Love and Theft" | Columbia Records | His best in a long time. Very sweet and sentimental songs. http://www.bobdylan.com | '01 | ||
| Bébé Eiffel | L'Amerique c'est fantastique! | (self release | French-influenced gypsy dance hall swing. olivierconan@earthlink.net | |||
| Zoot Horn Rollo | We Saw a Bozo Under the Sea | (self release) | First album in a long while from former Captain Beefheart guitarist Bill Harkleroad. http://www.zoothornrollo.com | '01 | ||
| Lane Steinberg | Lane Steinberg Collection 1984-2000 | Great popsongs with a dusting of XTC's influence from this Forest Hills, NY native. | ||||
| Rebecca Hall | Rebecca Hall Sings! | Listen Here! Records | Simple country sung with an angel's voice. http://www.geocities.com/wexfordgirl/ | '00 | ||
| Fiona Joyce | Sacred Space | River Valley Records | Irish folk singer/songwriter with lush but spare arrangements. http://www.fionajoyce.org/ | '01 | ||
| Clogs | Thom's Night Out | Brassland | Blending contemporary classical with traditional rhythms and folk music from various cultures, and rock's raw energy, Clogs performed live on WFMU 10/15/0. http://www.brassland.org/ | '01 | ||
| Led Kaapana & Bob Brozman | In the Saddle | Dancing Cat | Hawaiian slack-key master meets steel guitar wizard.http://home.hawaii.rr.com/kaapana http://www.bobbrozman.com http://www.dancingcat.com/index.html | '01 | ||
| Ken Nordine | A Transparent Mask | Asphodel | Wordjazz master http://www.pipeline.com/~dada3zen/KEN_NORDINE.htm http://www.asphodel.com/ | '01 | ||
| Robin Williamson | The Seed at Zero | ECM Records | '01 | |||
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Reissues / Vintage Recordingsof Note: |
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| The Kinks | BBC Sessions 1964-1977 | Sanctuary | ||||
| Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield Box Set | Rhino Records | ||||
| VA: | Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond | Rhino Records | ||||
| New Lost City Ramblers | 40 Years of Concert Recordings | Rounder Records | ||||
| Soft Boys | Underwater Moonlight | |||||
| The Holy Modal Rounders & Friends | I Make a Wish for a Potato | http://www.rounder.comRounder | Recordings w/Peter Stampfel, Steve Weber, Michael Hurley, Jeffrey Fredricks and others. http://www.rounder.com | '01 | ||
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