Happy New Year everyone. I hope 2008 was good for you and I sincerely hope that 2009 brings you everything you wish for. Things are bleak for a lot of people in many parts of the world, but November brought us hope with a historic election and January will bring certain change. Lets hope the change is the kind of change we need. I have a feeliing things will slowly start to get better all over the world.

On today's show you heard

1. Ronnie McCoury - Barefoot Nellie - Little Mo' McCoury

2. Kathy Mattea -  Green Rolling Hills - Coal

3. Rhonda Vincent - Midnight Angel - All American Bluegrass Girl

4. Luar Na Lubre - Gaivota - Galicia, 20 anos de Folk

5. Miriam Makeba - The Click Song - The World Of Miriam Makeba

6. Albert Lee and Hogan's Heros - The Skip Rope Song - Like This

7. Alejandro Escovedo - Always a Friend - Real Animal

8. Pat Flynn - All On A Rainy Day - Request

9.  Leon Redbone - Settin' By The Fire - Whistling in the Wind

10. Maria Muldaur - Cajun Moon - 30 Years Of Maria Muldaur I'm A Woman

11. Little Feat - Spanish Moon (Feat. Vince Gill) - Join The Band

12. Dwight Yoakim -  Give Back The Key To My Heart

13. Jim Lauderdale - Almost Next to Nothing - Jim Lauderdale

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