I had such a great time ringing in the new world--or should I say, the old one staying here for the time being--that I completely forgot to wish everyone a happy holiday season.
Now 2013 is upon us and people are already making their lists of faves for 2012. I'm happy to say that Promised Land appeared a couple of them--
Speaking of faves, of all the faves list, here's my fave. It comes from Lilli Kuzma, host of Folk Festival, on WDCB, in that great and glorious expanse known as Chicagoland:
From: Lilli Kuzma To: FOLKDJ-L
Sent: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 12:38 pm
Subject: [FOLKDJ-L] Folk Festival on WDCB Public Radio - Faves of 2012
Folk Festival on 90.9fm WDCB Public Radio
Tuesdays, 7 to 9 p.m. central
broadcasting from Glen Ellyn/ Chicago
streaming live online at www.WDCB.org
Host: Lilli Kuzma
Folk Festival Faves of 2012:
Top Twenty Albums:
1. Roy Schneider, Walls That Talk
2. Mary Chapin Carpenter, Ashes and Roses
3. David Hawkins, Hello Mr. Death & Other Love Songs
4. Dennis Warner, Seeds
5. Twangtown Paramours, The Promise of Friday Night
6. Sons of the Never Wrong, King Fisher King
7. Debra Cowan, Among Friends
8. Ben Bedford, What We Lost
9. Donna Adler, Stories to Keep
10. Sarah McQuaid, The Plum Tree and The Rose
11. Kathy Mattea, Calling Me Home
12. Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, Little Blue Egg
13. Anne Hills, The Things I Notice Now
14. Gina Forsyth, Promised Land
15. Birdy, Magic Days
16. Tom Irwin, Sangamon Songs
17. The Pines, Dark So Gold
18. Special Consensus, Scratch Gravel Road
19. Kim & Reggie Harris, Resurrection Day
20. Bitter Melon, Cracks in the Foundation
Top Twenty Songs:
1. Gina Forsyth, Just For Tonight, from Promised Land
2. David Hawkins, When Winter Comes / How Long / from Hello Mr.
Death & Other Love Songs
3. Roy Schneider, Signs / Time / from Walls That Talk
4. Twangtown Paramours, Chains, from The Promise of Friday Night
5. Jenny Bienemann, Timber, from Heading Slowly Towards the Beginning
6. Mary Chapin Carpenter, What to Keep and What to Throw Away, from
Ashes and Roses
7. Sons of the Never Wrong, The Great Unknown, from King Fisher King
8. Dennis Warner, Crossroads / What A Lovely Night / from Seeds
9. Ben Bedford, Cahokia, What We Lost
10. Sarah McQuaid, In Derby Cathedral / Lift You Up and Let You Fly /
from The Plum Tree and The Rose
11. Tom Irwin, What Went On Last Night, from Sangamon Songs
12. The Pines, Rise Up and Be Lonely, from Dark So Gold
13. Birdy, Three O'Clock from Magic Days
14. Eugenia Elliot, Ruby June, from 4000 Weeks
15. Spark & Whisper, Once, from Spark & Whisper
16. Brad Cole, Something About Goodbye from Down the Line
17. The Chieftains, Chieftains Reunion, Voice of Ages
18. Kathy Mattea, Gone Gonna Rise Up Again, from Calling Me Home
19. John Flynn, Democracy (the Weed), from The End of the Beginning
20. Antje Duvecot, Sleepy Sea of Indigo and Blue, from New Siberia
