Best of 2013 and 2014
On December 27, 2014, we offered one cohost’s picks for the best songs of the last year or so, along with a few discoveries in older music.
First hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Roy Harper | Wishing Well | The Green Man (Science Friction) |
| Martha Tilston | Staircase | Machines of Love and Grace (Squiggly) |
| Karine Polwart | Tears for Lot’s Wife | Traces (Hegri Music) |
| New Set | ||
| Martha Tilston with Kevin Whately | Lowlands of Holland | The Sea (Squiggly) |
| Julie Fowlis | Cadal Ciarach Mo Luran | Gach Sgeul—Every Story (MacHair) |
| Mick McAuley, Winifred Horan, Colm O Caimh | The Lass of Glenshee | Sailing Back to You (s/p) |
| Éamonn Coyne & Kris Drever | May Morning Dew | Story Map (Compass) |
| New Set | ||
| Maggie Boyle | Donal Óg | Won’t You Come Away (Wild Goose) |
| Matt Dean | The Coolin | Trasna na Farraige (s/p) |
| Lumiere | Cailín Deas Crúite na mBó (The Pretty Maid Milking the Cows) | My Dearest Dear (IRL) |
| New Set | ||
| Chris Caswell | Bir Demet Yasemin (A Branch of Jasmine) | The Brightening Air / The Well at the World’s End (Gargoyle) |
| Tev Stevig | Dersim Dört Dağ Içinde | Jeni Jol (s/p) |
Second hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Roy Harper | Rushing Camelot | The Green Man (Science Friction) |
| Mandalélé | Snowflake | Riddled in Rhyme (Strange News Music) |
| BKO | Blue on Monday | Moon over Mendocino (Mill Gulch Music) |
| New Set | ||
| Amira Medunjanin | Što Te Nema | Silk and Stone (World Village) |
| Marta Töpferová & Tomáš Liška | Na Vysoké Hůrce | Milokraj (Animal Music) |
| Moira Smiley & VOCO | Visa fran Jarna | Laughter Out of Tears (s/p) |
| New Set | ||
| Kesang Marstrand | Tower Crane | Our Myth (North Node) |
| Peter Rowan | Dharma Blues | Dharma Blues (Omnivore) |
| New Set | ||
| Claudia Schmidt | Out Here | New Whirled Order (Red House) |
| Kesang Marstrand | Long Life Aspiration | Karmapa Khyeno (s/p) |
| Ayla Nereo | From the Ground Up | Hollow Bone (Jumpsuit) |
| New Set | ||
| Jay Ansill | Breton Dance | (unpublished) |