Bäst 2019

ÅRETS KONSERTER 2019

Blev ett lite lugnare år. »Endast« 125 konsertkvällar mot 2018 års 140.
Men oerhört hög kvalité på mycket.

AMERICANA:

DAVE ALVIN & JIMMIE DALE GILMORE 26/10 Folk å Rock, Malmö + 25/10 Tryckhallen Whitan, Falkenberg
DAN BAIRD & HOMEMADE SIN 7/12 KB, Malmö
JESSE DAYTON 23/2 Folk å Rock, Malmö
THE LONG RYDERS 15/4 Folk å Rock, Malmö + 31/10 The Hassocks, Hassocks
SUE FOLEY 27/4 Folk å Rock, Malmö
JAMES INTVELD & THE HONKY TONK PALOMINOS 21/7 Solhällan, Lödeup
MATT WOODS & THE NATURAL DISASTERS 29/8 Gustav Wiet's Vinstue, Roskilde
CARSON McHONE 18/5 Folk å Rock, Malmö
BILL KIRCHEN & THE HOUNDS 28/2 Folk å Rock, Malmö
AUGIE MEYERS + LINDA GAIL LEWIS + CORDOVAS 28/7 Solhällan, Löderup
WHITNEY ROSE + PAT REEDY & THE LONGTIME GONERS + HANNAH ALDRIDGE 17/8 Solhällan, Löderup
STACIE COLLINS 3/7 KB, Malmö
HANNAH ALDRIDGE 30/11 Folk å Rock, Malmö
CARLA OLSON & TODD WOLFE 28/11 Folk å Rock, Malmö
THE NATIONAL RESERVE 9/3 Folk å Rock, Malmö
THE ARTISANALS 21/2 Folk å Rock, Malmö
ERIC LINDELL 12/5 Folk å Rock, Malmö
THE WHITE BUFFALO 7/7 Solhällan, Löderup
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE 16/6 Solhällan, Löderup
ISRAEL NASH 2/8 Solhällan, Löderup
ROD MELANCON 1/5 Folk å Rock, Malmö
JOSHUA RAY WALKER 27/10 Folk å Rock, Malmö
LEEROY STAGGER 13/11 Folk å Rock, Malmö
SAMANTHA MARTIN & DELTA SUGAR 12/2 Folk å Rock, Malmö
URAL THOMAS & THE PAIN 22/3 Folk å Rock, Malmö

ACOUSTIC:

JASON RINGENBERG 24/9 Folk å Rock, Malmö
AMY RIGBY 23/5 Prince Albert, Brighton + 26/5 Folk å Rock, Malmö
LIGHT OF DAY (JOE D'URSO, MISS EMILY, JEFFREY GAINES, VINI MAD DOG LOPEZ, JAMES MADDOCK & ROB DYE) 15/12 Folk å Rock, Malmö
THE YUM YUMS + GEOFF PALMER + LUCY & THE RATS + LONE WOLF 5/10 Rotown Riot, Rotterdam
RUSS TOLMAN 17/5 Folk å Rock, Malmö
DANNY GEORGE WILSON 7/5 Folk å Rock, Malmö
CHARLIE HARPER 28/9 Folk å Rock, Malmö

MY LOCAL HEROES:

TRUE LIES 23/3 + 18/10 Folk å Rock, Malmö + 7/12 KB, Malmö (såg dem 6 ggr!)
SOUTHERN KINGS + TORSSON + WILMER X 3/8 Stadsparken, Klippan
VA ROCKS + DALAPLAN + BÄDDAT FÖR TRUBBEL + WILMER X 26/7 Folkets Park, Malmö
PJ'S + LEGENDARY LOVERS 1/6 Parkfesten, Stadsparken, Klippan
HJELLE & ORMARNA 15/3 Folk å Rock, Malmö
DALAPLAN 26/1 Folk å Rock, Malmö
YVETTE EKLUND BAND 11/10 Folk å Rock, Malmö + 9/8 Bluestältet, Malmöfestivalen
RICHARD LINDGREN & GRAND JUBILEE 11/8 Bluestältet, Malmöfestivalen
CICCI LANDÉN 13/9 Folk å Rock, Malmö
RED, HOT & BLUE 26/9 Dringenbergska Valven, Malmö
BIG EASY REVUE (JALLE OLSSON, KARIN TINGNE, PONTUS SNIBB) 19/10 Folk å Rock, Malmö
SUPERTRUCKERS 7/9 The Old Times Pub, Kävlinge
SIR ÅSLING BLUES GUITAR FESTIVAL 2020 2/2 Folk å Rock, Malmö
PONTUS SNIBB'S WRECK OF BLUES 23/11 Folk å Rock, Malmö
RAG-AND-BONE 19/9 Café Alé, Malmö
BABIAN 29/11 Folk å Rock, Malmö
APA STATE MENTAL + SPIELBERGS 7/11 Blå Båten, Malmö
PEDALENS PÅGAR + ÅTTA BIER TI MIN FAR 13/7 Solhällan, Löderup

ROCK'N'ROLL, PUBROCK & GLADPUNK:

DETROIT COBRAS + THE PEAWEES 9/11 Folk å Rock, Malmö
DARRELL BATH 21/3 Folk å Rock, Malmö
DIAMOND DOGS 20-21/9 Folk å Rock, Malmö
DUNCAN REID & THE BIG HEADS + CYANIDE PILLS + WITCHDOKTORS 24/5 The 100 Club, London
GUITAR GANGSTERS 18/4 Folk å Rock, Malmö
MICHAEL MONROE + DOGS D'AMOUR 30/10 O2 Academy Islington, London
BILLY BREMNER'S ROCKFILES: A TRIBUTE TO ROCKPILE 17/1 Folk å Rock, Malmö
ROADWORK med GERAINT WATKINS & MICKE FINELL 4/11 Folk å Rock, Malmö
TOY DOLLS + THE HEADLINES 16/11 Plan B, Malmö
RAREMOGENS (Ramones, DK) 11/5 Privat, Frederiksberg, Köpenhamn
STEVE GIBBONS 9/2 Folk å Rock, Malmö

POWERPOP:[/b]
POINTED STICKS 28/3 Folk å Rock, Malmö
STARDUMB RIOT: THE YUM YUMS + LUCY & THE RATS + GEOFF PALMER 5/10 Vessel 11, Rotterdam
THE PEAWEES 18/7 Folk å Rock, Malmö
KURT BAKER COMBO 13/1 Folk å Rock, Malmö
POWERPOP EXTRAVAGANZA: SURFIN' LUNGS + PSYCHOTIC YOUTH + ANC4 13/6 Polketten, Liseberg, Göteborg
PAUL COLLINS BEAT 8/2 Folk å Rock, Malmö
SQUEEZE 29/10 Royal Albert Hall, London
PSYCHOTIC YOUTH + LOVE DOLLS 25/1 Folk å Rock

SVENSKA:

KOKOMO KINGS 16/2 Folk å Rock, Malmö
THE LANKASTERS 12/4 Folk å Rock, Malmö
MARTIN BERGLUND & STÖDORKESTERN 20/9 Folk å Rock, Malmö
KNOCKOUT GREG & THE JUKES 19/9 Folk å Rock, Malmö


ÅRETS SKIVOR 2019

AMERICANA:


CARSON McHONE: Carousel (Loose)
ROSIE FLORES: Simple Case of the Blues (Last Music Co.)
TANYA TUCKER: While I'm Livin' (Fantasy)
MATT WOODS: Natural Disasters (Lonely Ones)
JESSE MALIN: Sunset Kids (Wicked Cool)
THE LONG RYDERS: Psychedelic Country Soul (Cherry Red)
RUSS TOLMAN: Goodbye El Dorado (Blue Rose)
JASON RINGENBERG: Stand Tall (Couragous Chicken)
HAYES CARLL: What It Is (Dualtone)
WILL KIMBROUGH: I Like It Down Here (Daphne)
SON VOLT: Union (Thirty Tigers)
FRANKIE LEE: Stillwater (Loose)
AUGIE MEYERS: 92 Pills a Week (Ball & Chain)
LINDA GAIL LEWIS: Darlin' I'm Leavin' (Ball & Chain)
LIZ BRASHER: Painted Image (Fat Possum)
THE DELINES: The Imperial (Decor / El Cortez)
TOM RUSSELL: October In the Railroad Earth (Proper / Frontera)
JOSHUA RAY WALKER: Wish You Were Here (State Fair)
GARRETT T. CAPPS: All Right, All Night (Shotgun House)
EILEN JEWELL: Gypsy (Signature Sounds)
JIMMIE VAUGHAN: Baby, Please Come Home (Last Music Co.)
ROD MELANCON: Pinkville (Blue Elan)
IAN NOE: Between the Country (Thirty Tigers)
DYLAN EARL: Squirrel In the Garden (Rootsy)
JACK INGRAM: Ridin' High Again (Beat Up Ford)
JACK KLATT: It Ain't the Same (Yep Roc)
RODNEY CROWELL: Texas (RC1)
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE: The Saint of Lost Causes (New West)
STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES: Guy (New West)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Western Stars (Columbia)
Diverse: TOO LATE TO PRAY: DEFIANT CHICAGO ROOTS (Bloodshot)

SKÅNE:

TRUE LIES: Hoarse (Rootsy)
DALAPLAN: Du Går Aldrig Ensam (Beluga)
SOUTHERN KINGS: About To Rock (Southern Kings)
RICHARD LINDGREN: Death & Love (Rootsy)
PATRIK STRANDS EL-KVARTETT Vinyl-EP (Jared Sin)
WILMER X: Blues, Svett och Tårar - Live (Woah Dad)
VA ROCKS: I Love VA Rocks (Rough Trade)
CICCI LANDÉN: Treasure This Moment EP (CC Music)
RAG-AND-BONE: How Long Is the Dark? (Rag-and-Bone Music)
TORSSON: Mellandagsrea Vinyl-singel (Rim & Reson)
DOLKENIHÅSAN: Med Gott Humör (Lasakungen)

POWERPOP med mera:

BRAD MARINO: Extra Credit (Rum/Bar)
GEOFF PALMER: Pulling Out All the Stops (Rum/Bar)
RUBINOOS: From Home (Yep Roc)
KURT BAKER COMBO: (I Can't Help) Failing In Love Vinyl-singel (Wicked Cool)
JORDAN JONES: Jordan Jones (Beluga)
DIAMOND DOGS: Recall Rock'n'Roll and the Magic Soul (Wild Kingdom)
PSYCHOTIC YOUTH: 21 (Target Earth)
ANC4: ANC4 (Kool Kat / Beluga)

ENGLAND:

NICK LOWE: Love Starvation 12" EP (Yep Roc)
PETER PERRETT: Humanworld (Domino)
DARRELL BATH & LOS TUPPER: Rockin' the Streets EP (Sunthunder)
JOHNNY MOPED: Lurrigate Your Mind (Damaged Goods)
FAT COUNTRY TED: State of Mind (Tedtone)
CURSE OF LONO: 4am and Counting (Submarine Cat)
GERAINT WATKINS: Rush of Blood (Last Music Co.)
VAN MORRISON: Three Chords & the Truth (Exile)

RETRO:

DUNCAN REID & THE BIG HEADS: LITTLE BIG HEAD 2019 Reissue (Little Big Head)
BRINSLEY SCHWARZ: Live Archive Vol.2: The Black Swan, Sheffield (Vogon)
THE SCIENTISTS: Not For Sale: Live 1978/79 (Grown Up Wrong!)
HACIENDA BROTHERS: Western Soul (Lux)
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Bäst 2020

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