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Best Folk CDs of 2005

Holiday Buying Guide

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I compiled this list of the best CD releases of 2005 in Folk, Bluegrass, Old Time, and alt.country to help you decide on what you can buy for your favorite Folk fan for this Holiday season. The CDs are listed by category, and include recommendations by Dirty Linen (Folk & World Music) magazine and No Depression: the magazine of alt.country. Enjoy!

SINGER/SONGWRITERS

Bob Dylan - No Direction Home (Columbia) listen or buy

Dar Williams - My Better Self (Razor & Tie) listen or Read my review

Joan Baez - Bowery Songs (Koch) listen or buy

Kate Rusby - The Girl Who Couldn't Fly (Compass) listen or Read my review

Michelle Shocked - Mexican Standoff (Mighty Sound) listen or buy

John Prine - Fair & Square (Oh Boy) listen or buy

Ani Difranco - Knuckle Down (Righteous Babe) listen or buy

BLUEGRASS

Del McCoury Band - The Company We Keep (Sugar Hill) listen or buy

Dolly Parton - Those Were the Days (Sugar Hill) listen or Read a review

Tim O'Brien - Cornbread Nation (Sugar Hill) listen or Read my review

Tim O'Brien - Fiddler's Green (Sugar Hill) listen or Read my review

Cherryholmes - Cherryholmes (Skaggs Family Records) listen or buy

alt.country

Eliza Gilkyson - Paradise Hotel (Red House) listen or buy

June Carter Cash - Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music (Columbia/Legacy) listen or Read a review

Nickel Creek - Why Should the Fire Die (Sugar Hill) listen or buy

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Jacksonville City Nights (Lost Highway) listen or buy

Son Volt - Okemah and the Melody of Riot listen or buy

Delbert McClinton - Cost of Living listen or buy

FOLK-ROCK

Neil Young - Prairie Wind (Reprise) listen or buy

OLD TIME MUSIC

Uncle Earl - She Waits for Night (Rounder) listen or Read my review

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