As we prepare to unveil our official favourite songs of 2010, we’ve noticed that there are a whole bunch of great ones that somehow didn’t make the cut. Some years, there’s just too much great stuff, and 2010 seems like one of those years. Much of today’s show is devoted to great releases from 2010 that deserve an honorary mention.

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Romi Mayes – Achin’ in yer Bones – Achin’ in yer Bones – CDN – WPG
Jackpine – Dab – Cabbage – CDN – WPG
Jackpine – Baggage – Cabbage – CDN – WPG
Hatcher-Briggs – Boy Chief Hill – Getting There from Here – CDN – WPG
John Prine – This Guitar Is for Sale – Twistable Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Old Crow Medicine Show – Angel of Montgomery – Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine
John Prine w/Iris DeMent – In Spite of Ourselves – In Person & On Stage
John Hiatt – The Open Road – The Open Road
Robert Plant – Angel Dance – Band of Joy
Patty Griffin – Move Up – Downtown Church
Elvis Costello – The Spell that You Cast – National Ransom

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Bobby Bare Jr – Sad Smile – A Storm A Tree My Mother’s Head
Ray Lamontagne and the Pariah Dogs – Beg Steal or Borrow – God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise
Pieta Brown – Calling All Angels – One and All
Red Horse – Wild Horse – Red Horse
Storyhill – Cover your Tracks – Shade of the Trees
Brock Zeman – -Gone- – Ya Ain’t Crazy Henny Penny – CDN
Robert Larisey – Black Heart – Nights Take Forever – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Dan Walsh – Wherehowse – Virtuoso – CDN
Jenny Whiteley – Ripple Effect – Forgive or Forget – CDN
Kim Beggs – Just Someone I Used to Know – Blue Bones – CDN
Shari Ulrich – Why Can’t We Just Get Along – Find Our Way – CDN
James McMurtry – Ruby and Carlos – Just Us Kids
James McMurtry – Safe Side – Candyland