I've posted the podcast of my interview with JJ Grey on SantaFe.com here if you want to give a listen. He performed one song which he hasn't even officially recorded yet!
"This is the kind of band I could see forming a religion around."
TnJ TOP ALBUMS of 2016
01) MARCHFOURTH - Magic Number
02) UMPHREY'S McGEE - Zonkey
03) DAVID BOWIE - Blackstar
04) PHISH - Big Boat
05) TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND - Let Me Get By
06) RECORD COMPANY - Give It Back to You
07) BLACKBERRY SMOKE - Like an Arrow
08) DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS - American Band
09) MARCO BENEVENTO - the Story of Fred Short
10) AVETT BROTHERS - True Sadness
11) BOB WEIR - Blue Mountain
12) YEASAYER - Amen & Goodbye
13) SAM BUSH - Storyman
14) MARCUS KING BAND - the Marcus King Band
15) CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD - Any Way You Love, We Know How You Feel
16) TAUK - Sir Nebula
2015 HIGH POINTS
"These songs play out like postcards from another world."
TnJ TOP ALBUMS 2015
01) MY MORNING JACKET - the Waterfall
02) BRIGHT LIGHT SOCIAL HOUR – Space Is Still the Place
03) LETTUCE – Crush
04) DAVE RAWLINGS MACHINE – Nashville Obsolete
05) CHRIS STAPLETON – Traveller
06) REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND – So Delicious
07) ALABAMA SHAKES – Sound & Color
08) PIMPS of JOYTIME – Jukestone Paradise
09) UMPHREY’S McGEE – the London Session
10) LEON BRIDGES – Coming Home
11) the WORD – Soul Food
12) CIRCLES AROUND the SUN – Interludes for the Dead
13) AJ GHENT BAND – Live at Terminal West
14) JJ GREY & MOFRO – Ol’ Glory
15) YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Black Sheep
for a more in-depth look at TnJ faves from 2015, click here
2014 HIGH POINTS
"These guys are in complete control of their craft, which seems to be making every track an all-out head trip."
TnJ TOP TEN ALBUMS 2014
01) TV on the RADIO - Seeds 02) moe. - No Guts, No Glory 03) STURGILL SIMPSON -Metamodern Sounds in Country Music 04) STRING CHEESE INCIDENT - Song in My Head 05) EARPHUNK - Sweet Nasty 06) LEFTOVER SALMON - High Country 07) ISRAEL NASH - Rain Plans 08) UMPHREY’S McGEE - Similar Skin 09) BIG DADDY LOVE - This Time Around 10) TOM PETTY & the HEARTBREAKERS - Hypnotic Eye
2013 HIGH POINTS
"If no one else ever releases another blues album in the history of the world, at least we have this."
TnJ TOP TEN ALBUMS 2013
01) BUDDY GUY - Rhythm & Blues
02) TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND - Made Up Mind
03) the BLACK LILLIES - Runaway Freeway Blues
04) BONERAMA - Shake It Baby
05) the HANDSOME FAMILY - Wilderness
06) the MAVERICKS - In Time
07) ROBERT RANDOLPH and the FAMILY BAND - Lickety Split
08) PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND - That's It!
09) GARLAND JEFFREYS - Truth Serum
10) SARAH JAROSZ - Build Me Up from Bones
2012 HIGH POINTS
"This is such a perfect Toast-n-Jam album I almost can’t believe my ears."
01) the JAYHAWKS – Mockingbird Time 02) the DECEMBERISTS – the King Is Dead 03) MY MORNING JACKET – Circuital 04) TV on the RADIO – Nine Types of Light 05) BLACK JOE LEWIS & the HONEYBEARS – Scandalous 06) GRAYSON CAPPS – the Lost Cause Minstrels 07) TOM WAITS – Bad as Me 08) NATHAN MOORE – Dear Puppeteer 09) the BLACK KEYS – El Camino 10) STOCKHOLM SYNDROME – Apollo
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