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George Graham's Best of 2014 Albums List

These albums were selected by Mixed host George Graham from the over 500 CDs featured during the year on the New Releases segments presented daily on Mixed Bag. The Mixed Bag musical styles include rock, folk, blues, reggae, world music, Celtic, electronic, and other varieties presented on the program. The emphasis is on records that received little or no attention in the commercial media. Selection criteria include originality, uniqueness of sound, and quality of musicianship.

The list is arranged chronologically.

* designates Homegrown Music Artists.

Artist

Title

Label

Date Added

Mollie O'Brien and Rich Moore

Love Runner

independent

12/17/13

Good Old War

Live from the City of Brotherly Love

Sargent House

12/16/13

Railroad Earth *

Last of the Outlaws

independent

01/02/14

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings

Give the People What They Want

Daptone

01/02/14

Tim Grimm

Turning Point

independent

01/03/14

Rosanne Cash

The River and the Thread

Blue Note

01/06/14

Mary Chapin Carpenter

Songs from the Movie

Zoe

01/07/14

Michael Jerling *

Halfway Home

independent

01/08/14

Mary Fahl *

Love and Gravity

independent

01/14/14

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

South

File Under Music

01/17/14

Spiritual Rez

Apocalypse Wherever

independent

01/17/14

Lake Street Dive

Bad Self Portraits

Signature Sounds

01/20/14

John Hammond

Timeless

Palmetto

01/21/14

Cej

Sleepwalker in the Paradise

independent

01/23/14

Mogwai

Rave Tapes

Sub Pop

01/23/14

Tommy Castro

The Devil You Know

Alligator

01/24/14

Gann Brewer *

Peddlers and Ghosts

independent

01/24/14

Paul Rodgers

The Royal Sessions

429 Records

01/27/14

Bossacucanova

Our Kind of Bossa

Six Degrees

01/28/14

Los Lonely Boys

Revelation

Playing in Traffic

01/29/14

Various artists

This is the Town: A Tribute to Nilsson

Royal Potato Family

01/30/14

Billy Branch

Blues Shock

Blind Pig

01/30/14

Roosevelt Dime

Full Head of Steam

independent

01/31/14

Angelique Kidjo

Eve

429 Records

01/31/14

Judy Kass

Better Things

independent

02/05/14

Robben Ford

A Day in Nashville

Provogue

02/06/14

Brushfire Stankgrass

Microclimates

independent

02/11/14

Peter Bradley Adams

The Mighty Storm

independent

02/14/14

Connor Garvey

Meteors and Beating Hearts

independent

02/17/14

St. Paul and the Broken Bones

Half the City

Thirty Tigers

02/17/14

Robby Hecht

Robby Hecht

independent

02/18/14

The Amigos

Diner in the Sky

independent

02/18/14

Regina Carter

Southern Comfort

Masterworks

02/20/14

Joe Louis Walker

Hornet's Nest

Alligator

02/20/14

Beck

Morning Phase

Capitol

02/24/14

Mike Gordon

Overstep

ATO

02/25/14

The Motet

The Motet

independent

02/25/14

Dan Masterson *

Learn to Live

independent

03/06/14

David Crosby

Croz

Blue Castle

03/10/14

The Infamous Stringdusters

Let It Go

High Country

03/10/14

Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers

Live

Rounder

03/11/14

The Belle Brigade

Just Because

ATO

03/11/14

Matt and Shannon Heaton

Tell You in Earnest

independent

03/12/14

Eliza Gilkyson

The Nocturne Dairies

Red House

03/12/14

Carlene Carter

Carter Girl

Rounder

03/13/14

Rachel Eckroth

Let Go

Virgo Sun

03/17/14

Judith Owen

Ebb and Flow

independent

03/17/14

Robert Cray Band

In My Soul

Provogue

03/18/14

Mike Montrey Band

Song by Song by Song

independent

03/20/14

Del Barber

Prairieography

True North

03/20/14

Noam Weinstein *

Bottlefed

independent

03/21/14

Peter Mulvey

Silver Ladder

Signature Sounds

03/24/14

Holmes Brothers

Brotherhood

Alligator

03/26/14

Meklit

We Are Alive

Six Degrees

03/26/14

The Honey Trees

Bright Fire

independent

03/27/14

Fife & Drom *

Introducing Fife & Drom

independent

03/27/14

The Jones Family Singers

The Spirit Speaks

independent

03/28/14

Rodney Crowell

Tarpaper Sky

New West

03/31/14

Thievery Corporation

Saudade

ESL

04/03/14

Arc Iris

Arc Iris

Anti-

04/04/14

Ziggy Marley

Fly Rasta

Tuff Gong

04/07/14

Seldom Scene

Long Time

Smithsonian Folkways

04/08/14

SOHN

Tremors

4AD

04/09/14

Suzanne Vega

Tales from the Realm of the Queen of the Pentacles

Ameurensis

04/11/14

Dan Pelletier *

My Freakin' Heart

independent

04/15/14

Ian McFeron *

Acoustic

independent

04/16/14

Life in a Blender *

We Already Have Birds That Sing

Fang

04/17/14

Irene Molloy

County Line

independent

04/18/14

String Cheese Incident

Song in My Head

SCI Fidelity

04/21/14

Balval

Ten Hand Band

Whaling City Sound

04/23/14

John Mayall

A Special Guy

independent

04/25/14

Rodrigo y Gabriela

9 Dead Alive

ATO

04/28/14

The Big Bright

I Slept Through the 80s

independent

04/29/14

Carrie Elkin and Danny Schmidt

For Keeps

Red House

04/29/14

Joe Matzzie *

This Box Makes Noise

independent

05/01/14

Pacifika

Amor Planeta

Six Degrees

05/02/14

The Currys *

Follow

independent

05/05/14

Kishi Bashi

Lighght

Joyful Noise

05/08/14

Ilhan Ersahin's Wonderland

The Other Side

NuBlu

05/08/14

Beat Funktion

Voodooland

Do Music

05/09/14

Sonny Knight & the Fabulous Lakers

I'm Still Here

Secret Stash

05/09/14

Red Molly

The Red Album

independent

05/13/14

Phox

Phox

Partisan

05/14/14

Insect Surfers

Infra Green

independent

05/14/14

Tribal Seeds

Representing

independent

05/15/14

Gregg Allman

All My Friends

Rounder

05/16/14

Willie Watson

Folk Songs Vol. 1

Arcony

05/19/14

Mingo Fishtrap

On Time

Blue Corn

05/20/14

Gladshot

Maxwell’s Cool Demon

independent

05/21/14

Red June

Ancient Dreams

Organic

05/22/14

Gabriel Kahane

The Ambassador

Sony Masterworks

05/27/14

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band

Goin’ Home

Concord

05/28/14

Toumane & Sidiki Diabate

Toumane & Sadiki

World Circuit

05/29/14

Clothesline Revival

The Greatest Show on Mars

City Hall

06/02/14

Moe.

No Guts No Glory

Sugar Hill

06/02/14

Clarence Bucaro *

Hills to Home

2020

06/09/14

Marshall Crenshaw

Red Wine EP

Red River

06/12/14

Owen Pallett

In Conflict

Domino

06/12/14

Umphrey’s McGee

Similar Skin

independent

06/16/14

Walter Trout

The Blues Come Calling

Provogue

06/16/14

Shoebox Letters

Honest Truth

independent

06/18/14

La Santa Cecilia

Someday New

Universal

06/19/14

Deanna Bogart

Just a Wish Away

Blind Pig

06/23/14

Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers

Emergency Situation

Blind Pig

06/24/14

Rick Estrin and the Nightcats

You Asked for It Live

Alligator

06/24/14

David Gray

Mutineers

INT

06/25/14

Michael Bellar The As-Is Ensemble

Oh No Oh Wow

independent

06/26/14

Playing for Change 3

Songs Around the World

Timeless

06/27/14

Eric Johnson

Europe Live

Provogue

06/30/14

The Mastersons

Good Luck Charm

New West

06/30/14

John Hiatt

Terms of My Surrender

New West

07/01/14

Old Crow Medicine Show

Remedy

ATO

07/02/14

Time for Three

Time for Three

Universal

07/02/14

Christopher Bell

Fire

independent

07/03/14

Dave Fields

All In

independent

07/08/14

The Student Loan

Moonlit Toasters

independent

07/11/14

Smash Palace *

Extended Play

Zip

07/14/14

Chris Smither

Still on the Levee

Signature Sounds

07/14/14

Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens

Cold World

DapTone

07/16/14

Chloe Albert

Dream Catcher

independent

07/17/14

Jeff Campbell

In Spite of Everything

independent

07/18/14

Michi

Castles in the Air

independent

07/22/14

Ricard Lemvo & Makina Loca

La Rumba So Yo

Cumbancha

07/24/14

Romy

Unbound

independent

07/29/14

Jill Barber

Fool’s Gold

independent

08/01/14

Ellis Paul

Chasing Beauty

Black Wolf

08/04/14

Matt Turk

Cold Revival

independent

08/04/14

Tauk *

Collisions

independent

08/05/14

Elvin Bishop

Can’t Even Do Wrong Right

Alligator

08/06/14

Spencer Day

Day Break

independent

08/07/14

Dr. John

Ske-Dat-De-Dat – The Spirit of Satch

Proper

08/11/14

Jeff Richman & Wayne Johnson

The Distance

ITI

08/12/14

Smokey Robinson

Smokey & Friends

Verve

08/18/14

Kyle Hollingsworth

Speed of Life

SCI Fidelity

08/19/14

Brothers Keeper

Todd Meadows

independent

08/20/14

Bebel Gilberto

Tudo

Portrait

08/20/14

Kirby Sewell Band

Girl with the New Tattoo

independent

08/21/14

The New Students

When the West Wind Blows

independent

08/22/14

Alex Radus

Jewels & Tinware

independent

08/26/14

Jason Spooner Band

Chemical

independent

08/27/14

Ryan Adams

Ryan Adams

Pax-Am

09/03/14

Johnny Winter

Step Back

Megaforce

09/04/14

Parker Abbot Trio

The Wayfinder

independent

09/08/14

various artists

Putumayo Presents Australia

Putumayo

09/09/14

Joe Bonamassa

Different Shades of Blue

J&R Ventures

09/10/14

Tim Farrell *

Cascadia

Magrathea

09/11/14

Lipbone Redding

Esmeralda

independent

09/16/14

Steelism

615 to Fame

Single Lock

09/16/14

Marcia Ball

The Tattooed Lady and the Alligator Man

Alligator

09/17/14

Billy Childs

Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro

Masterworks

09/18/14

Lewis & Clarke

Truimvirate

Le Societe Expeditionaire

09/18/14

Jackson Browne

Standing in the Breach

Inside

09/23/14

Sergio Mendes

Magic

independent

09/23/14

Stanley Clarke Band

Up

independent

09/24/14

The Burgeoning

Love Alchemy

independent

09/25/14

Victoria Blythe

Silver Flyer

independent

10/01/14

The Hot Sardines

The Hot Sardines

Decca

10/01/14

Anne Hills

Tracks

Hand and Heart

10/06/14

JW-Jones

Belmont Boulevard

Blind Pig

10/07/14

Danelia Cotton

The Real Book

independent

10/08/14

Leonard Cohen

Popular Problems

Columbia

10/09/14

Ireesh Lal

Ethnotronica

independent

10/10/14

Christa Gniadek

Leaving Boston

independent

10/13/14

Jack Woodbridge *

You Don't Know Jack

independent

10/14/14

Elizabeth Shepherd

The Signal

Linus

10/14/14

Beat Funktion

Mandy's Secret

independent

10/16/14

Eric Johnson & Mike Stern

Eclectic

Heads-Up

10/20/14

Robert Plant

Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar

Nonesuch

10/23/14

Sam Amidon

Lily-O

Nonesuch

10/24/14

Brady Clampitt

Things Are Different Now

independent

10/27/14

Van Wagner *

The Fringe

independent

10/27/14

Jubilee Riots

Penny Black

independent

10/28/14

Yusuf

Tell Em I'm Gone

Legacy

10/30/14

Alexis P. Suter

Love the Way You Roll

American Showplace

11/04/14

Morgan Treni

The Dreamer the Other Essays

independent

11/05/14

Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn

Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn

Rounder

11/05/14

Mariachi El Bronx

Mariachi El Bronx

ATO

11/06/14

Eric Clapton

The Breeze

independent

11/10/14

Medicine King

Medicine King

independent

11/10/14

The Headlocks

Most Golden Goose

independent

11/12/14

The New Basement Tapes

Lost on the River

Harvest

11/13/14

Neil Young

Storytone

Reprise

11/13/14

Bill Frisell

Guitar in the Space Age

Okeh

11/14/14

Strunz & Farah

Moods & Visions

independent

11/15/14

Dylan Sires and Neighbors

Dylan Sires and Neighbors

independent

11/17/14

Gramercy Arms

The Seasons of Love

independent

11/19/14

Mike Auldridge, Jerry Douglas, Rob Ickes

Three Bells

Rounder

11/19/14

Mary Fahl *

Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House

Rimas

11/20/14

My Brightest Diamond

This is My Hand

Asthmatic Kitty

11/25/14

The Serotones

The Serotones

independent EP

11/26/14

Thompson Family

Thompson Family

Fantasy

12/02/14

Bruce Katz Band

Homecoming

American Showplace

12/03/14

Blind Boys of Alabama & Taj Mahal

Talkin’ Christmas

Masterworks

12/10/14


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