December is bij uitstek een maand om muzikaal terug te kijken of het afgelopen jaar. Hoe je ook besluit de feestdagen door te komen, muziek heeft een prominente plek aan tafel. Of dit nu is omdat je dol bent op de top zoveel-lijstjes, graag in een muzikale tijd capsule stapt of gewoon een fijne sfeer wil creëren een overzicht van muziek die bleef hangen het afgelopen jaar is, ook tijdens deze barre tijden, bijna niet meer weg te denken. Uiteraard doet het Real Roots Cafe dreamteam daaraan mee.
William van Voorbergen
Charles Wesley Godwin – How the Mighty Fall
- Charlie Marie – Ramble On
- Cody Jinks – Mercy
- Mike and the Moonpies – One to Grow On
- Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, Jon Randall – The Marfa Tapes
- Charley Crockett – Music City USA
- Flatland Cavalry – Welcome to Countryland
- Leah Blevins – First Time Feeling
- Morgan Wade – Wilder Days
- Sturgill Simpson – The Ballad of Dood & Juanita
Jarl Westerouwen van Meeteren
Paul Carrack, One on One
- Vincent Neil Emerson, Vincent Neil Emerson
- Israël Nash, Topaz
- Danny Vera, The New Now
- Mick Shaffer, Thoughts & Ruinations
- David Crosby, For Free
- John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band, Leftover Feelings
- David Massey, Island Creek
- Los Lobos, Native Sons
- David Ronaldo & The Dice, Shoot Them With Words
Jan Janssen
James McMurtry – The Horses and the Hounds
- The War On Drugs – I Don’t Live Here Anymore
- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raise The Roof
- The Artisanals – ZIA
- Rodney Crowell – Triage
- Ted Russell Kamp – Solitaire
- The Wild Feathers – Alvarado
- Jacob Dylan – Exit Wounds
- Charley Crockett – Music City USA
- Sara Petite – Rare Bird
Fred Schmale
Garrett T. Capps – I Love San Antone
- Asleep at the Wheel – Half A Hundred Years
- Ted Russell Kamp – Solitaire
- The Flatlanders – Treasure of Love
- Jackson Browne – Downhill From Everywhere
- Matt Patershuk – An Honest Effort
- Noel McKay – Blue Blue Blue
- Hayes Carll – You Get It All
- Tim Grimm – Gone
- Jennifer Porter – Sun Come And Shine
Thijs Walhof
Morgan Wade – Reckless
- The Wallflowers – Exit Wounds
- Pearl Charles – Magic Mirror
- The War On Drugs – I Don’t Live Here Anymore
- Kacey Musgraves – Star-Crossed
- Brandi Carlile – In These Silent Days
- Bleachers – Take The Sadness Out Of Saturday Night
- Margo Cilker – Pohorylle
- Jackson Browne – Downhill From Everywhere
- Sturgill Simpson – The Ballad Of Dood And Juanita
Ronand Valstar
Katharine Priddy – The Eternal Rocks Beneath
- David Olney & Anana Kaye – Whispers And Sighs
- Chris Eckman – Where The Spirit Rests
- Linde Nijland – Ten Years
- Sarah Jarosz – Blue Heron Suite
- Lucinda Williams – Good Souls Better
- Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine – A Beginner’s Mind
- James Yorkston – The Second Hand Orchestra
- Orit Shimoni – Lorem Ipsum
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Barn
Huub Thomassen
James McMurtry – The Horses and the Hounds
- Malford Milligan & The Southern Aces – I Was A Witness
- Nathan Bell – Red, White And American Blues (it couldn’t happen here)
- Annie Keating – Bristol County Tides
- John Murry – The Stars Are God’s Bullet Holes
- Dalles Burrow – Dalles Burrow
- The Bean Pickers – Greatest Picks
- Water Town – Fly Around
- Eric Devries – Song & Dance Man
- Bones Owens – Bones Owens
Jaks Schuit
The Black Keys – Delta Kream
- Charley Crockett – Music City USA
- Matthew E. White – K Bay
- Brandon Isaak – Modern Primitive
- Arab Strap – As Days Get Dark
- The Felice Brothers – From Dreams To Dust
- Curse Of Lono – People In Cars
- The War On Drugs – I Don’t Live Here Anymore
- Strand Of Oaks – In Heaven
- SUSTO – Time In The Sun
Patrick Struijker Boudier
Sturgill Simpson – The Ballad of Dood & Juanita
- The Band – Cahoots (reissue 2021)
- Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – The Future
- Robert Jon & the Wreck – Shine a Light on Me Brother
- Bones Owens – Bones Owens
- Lucinda Williams – Have yourself a rockin’ little Christmas
- Various Artists – Chicago / The Blues / Today! (Record Store Day release 2021)
- Margo Cilker – Pohorylle
- Vincent Neil Emerson – Vincent Neil Emerson
- Riddy Arman – Riddy Arman
Leo Groeneveld
Felice Brothers – From Dreams to Dust
- Gary Louris – Jump for Joy
- Alison Russell – Outside Child
- Mick Flannery and Susan O’Neill – In the Game
- Rhiannon Giddens – They ‘re calling me Home
- Amythyst Kiah – Wary + Strange
- Morgan Wade – Reckless
- Big Red Machine – How long do you think it’s gonna change
- Valerie June – The Moon and Stars; Prescriptions for Dreamers