DJ JT & Monster of Happiness’s Best Folk Albums of 2015
By Folk Department
DJ JT & Monster of Happiness, hosts of Jumpin’ on the Best (Saturday, 4-6 pm)
Best of Americana 2015 (where “best” means recordings released in 2015 that are most likely to play on a past, present or future Jumpin’ on the Bed show) – Artist/Album/Label
Ryan Adams, Live at Carnegie Hall, Pax Americana
Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free, Southeastern
Leon Bridges, Coming Home, Columbia
Ray Wylie Hubbard, The Ruffian’s Misfortune, Bordello Records
Ryan Bingham, Fear and Saturday Night, Axter Bingham Records
Brandi Carlisle, The Firewatcher’s Daughter, ATO
Chris Stapleton, The Traveller, Mercury
Warren Haynes and Railroad Earth, Ashes and Dust, Concord Music Group
Laura Marling, Short Movie, Ribbon Music
Los Lobos, Gates of Gold, SLG LLC
Houndmouth, Little Neon Limelight, Rough Trade
Justin Townes Earle, Absent Fathers, Vagrant Records
The Milk Carton Kids, Monterey, Anti Inc.
Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, The Weather Bellow, Party Fowl Records
JD McPherson, Let the Good Times Roll, Rounder
Patti Griffin, Servant of Love, PGM
Sonny Landreth, Bound by the Blues, Mascot Music
The Black Lillies, Hard to Please, Attack Monkey
Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris, The Traveling Kind, Nonesuch
Steve Earle, Terraplane, New West
James McMurtry, Complicated Game, Complicated Game