WDCB’s 2015 “Host Favorites” from Blues, Folk & Americana

Along with our wide variety of jazz we present every day, WDCB also broadcasts blues, folk, & roots music! Below our WDCB hosts offer short lists here of some of their personal favorites from 2015.

Tom Marker, host of Blues Time, Saturdays 7pm

John Primer/Muddy Waters 100: Muddy Waters 100*
Shemekia Copeland: Outskirts of Love*
Omar Coleman: Born and Raised*
Buddy Guy: Born To Play Guitar*
Pops Staples: Don't Lose This*
Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin: Lost Time
Gary Clark, Jr.: The Story of Sonny Boy Slim
The Cash Box Kings: Holding Court*
Sonny Landreth: Bound by The Blues
Jimmy Burns: It Ain't Right*
* = Chicago based artist

Greg Easterling, host of American Backroads, Thursdays 9pm

Keith Richards: Crosseyed Heart
Shemekia Copeland: Outskirts of Love
Bob Dylan: The Cutting Edge, 1965-66
Jorma Kaukonen: Ain't In No Hurry
Boz Scaggs: A Fool To Care
My Morning Jacket: The Waterfall
James Taylor: Before This World
Joe Moss Band: Manifesto
Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard: Django and Jimmie
Dwight Yoakam: Second Hand Heart

Hambone, host of Hambone’s Blues Party, Thursdays 10pm

JD McPherson: Let the Good Times Roll
Sam Buckhardt: Fly Over
Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters: Father’s Day
Andy T & Nick Nixon Band: Numbers Man
Omar Coleman: Born & Raised
Tad Robinson: Day into Night
Nikki Hill: Heavy Hearts, Hard Fists
Buddy Guy: Born To Play Guitar
Chris Foreman: Now is the Time
The Knickerbocker Allstars: Go Back Home to the Blues

Leslie Keros, host of Messin’ with the Blues, Saturdays 10pm

John Primer and others: Muddy Waters 100
Omar Coleman: Born & Raised
Eric Bibb & JJ Milteau: Lead Belly’s Gold
The Texas Horns: Blues Gotta Holda Me
Marcia Ball: Tattooed Lady and the Alligator Man

Lilli Kuzma, host of Folk Festival, Tuesdays, 8pm

Katie Dahl: Ordinary Band
Hungrytown: Further West
Corinne West: Starlight Highway
Emily Hurd: Landmark
Dan Schatz: The Promise of the Sowing
Joanne Lurgio: Rise From the Storm
Harpeth Rising: Shifted
Patty Stevenson & Craig Siemsen: Paint Me A Picture
Annie & Rod Capps: Searching for Neverland
Bob Dylan: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966

Maryann McTeague Keifer, host of Ireland Tonight, Mondays, 9pm

David Curley & Mick Broderick: A Brand New Day
Donal Murphy, Niall Murphy & Mike Gavin: Breaking Trad
Brid Harper: self-titled
Buille: Buille Beo
We Banjo 3: The Fox (single & iTunes video)
Colin Farrell: Make a Note
Full Set: Notes Between the Lines
Open the Door for Three: The Penny Wager
Socks in the Frying Pan: The Return of the Giant Sock Monsters From Outer Space
Buttons & Bows: The Return of Spring
Eamonn O’Riordan & Tony O’Connell: Rooska Hill
John McSherry, Donal O’Connor & Sean Og Graham: Uliad