Joe Diffie
The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of awards, holiday preparations, big releases and countless deadlines. In these times
of trial, I have one firm solution -- listen to a lot of bluegrass. Even with those hard-driving rhythms, it naturally calms
me down. Before I devote myself to holiday music for the rest of the year, I compiled this playlist of recommended new tunes.
Roughly the first half is bluegrass, led by a song from
Joe Diffie's notable
Homecoming. The rest of the tracks mostly draw from the singer-songwriter realm. I concluded the playlist with a
Viva
Elvis track because seeing
that
dazzling show in Las Vegas was a personal highlight of 2010. There won't be much new country music until mid-January.
And that'll be here before you know it. Here's hoping the bluegrass will be bountiful.
1. "Somebody Tonight," Joe Diffie
2.
"Hurtin' Again,"
Boxcars3. "Hard Luck Joe,"
Blue
Moon Rising4. "Hold Whatcha Got (live),"
Lonesome River Band
With
Audie Blaylock5. "I Am on Your Side," Kentucky Thunder
6. "East Virginia
Blues,"
Balsam Range7. "I Wonder if They Ever Think of Me,"
Charlie
Louvin8. "The Darlin' Boys,"
Rodney Dillard & the Dillard Band9.
"Here's to You,"
Brooke Fraser10. "No One but You,"
Doug
Paisley11. "Save All Your Dances,"
Scott Gibson12. "Goodnight Lane,"
Colin Gilmore13. "Little Things,"
Stacie
Collins14. "Crashing Down,"
Jason Spooner15. "Empty Bottle,"
Tumbledown16.
"Eternamente,"
Depedro17. "Grass Doe,"
Ben
Weaver18. "San Angelo,"
Highway Gothic19. "Delphonic,"
Wise-Magraw
20. "That's Alright Mama," from
Viva Elvis
