For the past sixteen years over the Christmas break I’ve found myself thinking about what the next year might bring. Of course there are a few records which make themselves known towards the end of any given year and you can reasonably predict they are the precursors of an album you’re going to love. But I still love it when I get to the end of a year and find myself having an argument with myself about which songs we should play in our best of shows. Hey – we have nearly four hours to play with so you’d imagine it wouldn’t be a big issue, but damit, every year there’s a million things I feel I’m missing out.
Truth is our best of shows are pretty subjective and even we might change our minds over the next weeks, so it’s probably best we broadcast and be damned. In any event, there is no chart or list of songs, it’s just a re run of some of the things which have made us smile over the last twelve months. This year we’ve pulled our collective heads and I’m grateful that Richard and Emma from our team have weighed in with some killer choices.
There are a few things which i feel I won’t want to be without for the rest of my life and for that I am truly grateful. So on this week’s Another Country you shall hear part one of the cuts that made the cut. You’ll hear from Beyonce, Morgan Wade, Charlie Crockett, Allison Russell and Morgan Moroney who can lay claim to stealing our collective hearts on this fine year.
We shall also play you some of the last releases of the year which have sneaked onto the stereo in the final weeks. Listen out to great new records from Elle King, Patrick Davis, Michaela Anne and listen too as your host finally catches up with Teddy Swims. I like to think we get to all good things eventually!
Michaela Anne
What is certain is there is a beautiful spread of down home country, pop country, dark Americana and bluegrass to reflect all the sides of the AC. We may be a country show but we consider ourselves to be an eclectic bunch and we can guarantee that if there’s something you don’t quite dig , you will find some solace in the track to follow.
It’s two hours of brilliant songs by amazing songwriters and singers that may well help you decide what you’d really like Santa to be putting in your stocking. Do join me live this Tuesday evening from five past eight on BBC Sounds or BBC Radio Scotland.
