These albums were selected by Mixed host George Graham from the over 500 CDs featured during the year on the New Releases segments presented daily on Mixed Bag. The Mixed Bag musical styles include rock, folk, blues, reggae, world music, Celtic, electronic, and other varieties presented on the program. The emphasis is on records that received little or no attention in the commercial media. Selection criteria include originality, uniqueness of sound, and quality of musicianship.
The list is arranged chronologically. * designates Homegrown Music Artists.
Artist |
Album Title |
Label |
Add Date |
David Wilcox |
Reverie |
What Are Records |
01/04/11 |
various artists |
Afrocubism |
World Circuit |
01/06/11 |
Tracorum |
The Lesson |
independent |
01/06/11 |
Kate Jacobs |
Home Game |
independent |
01/10/11 |
Hot Club of Cowtown |
What Makes Bob Holler |
Proper American |
01/10/11 |
Golden |
Funzalo |
01/11/11 |
|
Roomful of Blues |
Hook Line and Sinker |
Alligator |
01/12/11 |
Folk-Worn Prose |
independent |
01/13/11 |
|
Damon Fowler |
Devil Got His Way |
Blind Pig |
01/14/11 |
John Popper |
John Popper and the Duskray Troubadours |
429 Records |
01/18/11 |
Edie Brickell |
Edie Brickell |
Racecarlotta |
01/18/11 |
Amos Lee |
Mission Bell |
Blue Note |
01/19/11 |
Sarah Donner * |
Typing Is Dangerous |
Cat Lady |
01/21/11 |
Say Africa |
ATO |
01/26/11 |
|
Lori McKenna |
Lorraine |
independent |
02/01/11 |
Collage |
milesmusic.org |
02/03/11 |
|
Vinicius Cantuaria and Bill Frisell |
Lagrimas Mexicanas |
E One |
02/04/11 |
Sterling Koch * |
Slide Ruler |
Full Force |
02/08/11 |
Epigene |
A Wall Street Odyssey |
independent |
02/09/11 |
Kicking the Beehive |
independent |
02/10/11 |
|
Tom Campbell |
Tonight I Ride |
Roundhole |
02/10/11 |
Unruly Heart |
independent |
02/14/11 |
|
My Sweet Patootie |
Patootified |
independent |
02/15/11 |
Fracture |
independent |
02/16/11 |
|
Adele |
21 |
XL/Columbia |
02/18/11 |
Four Seasons in One Season |
independent |
02/22/11 |
|
Rachel Goodrich |
independent |
02/23/11 |
|
Jeff Beck |
Rock 'n' Roll Party Honoring Les Paul |
Atco |
02/28/11 |
The Majestic Silver Strings |
New West |
03/02/11 |
|
Jambalaya Brass Band |
It's a Jungle Out There |
independent |
03/03/11 |
Flags |
Wood and Bone |
03/07/11 |
|
Beady Eye |
Different Gear, Still Speeding |
Dangerbird |
03/09/11 |
Strunz and Farah |
Journey Around the Sun |
Selva |
03/11/11 |
Scala and Kolacny Brothers |
Scala and Kolacny Brothers |
Atco |
03/16/11 |
Steady as She Goes |
Red House |
03/24/11 |
|
Steve Miller Band |
Let Your Hair Down |
Roadrunner |
03/24/11 |
Dino Valenti |
Get Together |
It's About Music |
03/24/11 |
Marcia Ball |
Roadside Attractions |
Alligator |
03/25/11 |
Dolorean |
The Unfazed |
Partisan |
03/28/11 |
Steve Earle |
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive |
New West |
03/28/11 |
So Beautiful So What |
Hear Music |
03/31/11 |
|
Superstring |
Cherrytown |
03/31/11 |
|
Now and from Now On |
independent |
03/31/11 |
|
Al DiMeola |
Pursuit of the Radical Rhapsody |
Telarc |
04/01/11 |
Smithereens |
2011 |
E-One |
04/05/11 |
Blame Sally |
Speeding Ticket and a Valentine |
independent |
04/05/11 |
Ladysmith Black Mambazo |
Songs from a Zulu Farm |
Listen 2 |
04/06/11 |
Joe Bonamassa |
Dust Bowl |
independent |
04/07/11 |
Los Lonely Boys |
Rockpango |
Playing in Traffic |
04/08/11 |
Ben Waters |
Boogie 4 Stu |
Eagle |
04/08/11 |
Jon Pousette-Dart * |
Anti Gravity |
independent |
04/12/11 |
Marcus Miller |
A Night in Monte-Carlo |
Concord |
04/12/11 |
Hope |
independent |
04/14/11 |
|
Colin Hay |
Gathering Mercury |
Compass |
04/15/11 |
Howe Gelb * |
Alegrias |
Fire |
04/18/11 |
Belle Brigade |
The Belle Brigade |
Reprise |
04/18/11 |
Victim of the Blues |
Delta Groove |
04/19/11 |
|
The Unthanks |
Last |
Rough Trade |
04/19/11 |
Jeffrey Foucault |
Horse Latitudes |
Signature Sounds |
04/20/11 |
Katchafire |
On the Road Again |
Ohana |
04/20/11 |
Fleet Foxes |
Helplessness Blues |
Sub Pop |
04/21/11 |
Ben Sollee |
Inclusions |
Tin Ear |
04/21/11 |
Waifs |
Temptation |
Compass |
04/21/11 |
Runa |
Stretched on Your Grave |
independent |
04/22/11 |
Glorie |
Glorie |
independent |
04/26/11 |
Gina Sicilia |
Can't Control Myself |
Vizztone |
04/26/11 |
Alexi Murdoch |
Towards the Sun |
Zero Summer |
04/27/11 |
Life in a Blender * |
Homewrecker Spoon |
Fang |
04/29/11 |
Gaddabounts |
The Gaddabouts |
Racecarlotta |
05/02/11 |
Van Wagner * |
Lost in the Mountains |
independent |
05/02/11 |
Rorie Kelly * |
Wish Upon a Bottle Cap |
independent |
05/03/11 |
Burning Bridget Cleary |
Totes for Goats |
independent |
05/04/11 |
Jubal's Kin |
Jubal's Kin |
independent |
05/05/11 |
Roys |
Lonesome Whistle |
Rural Rhythm |
05/05/11 |
Raphael Saadiq |
Stone Rollin' |
Columbia |
05/09/11 |
Bella Ruse * |
Kuhzoo |
independent |
05/10/11 |
Christopher Cross |
Doctor Faith |
Eagle |
05/11/11 |
Brandi Carlile |
Live at Benaroya Hall |
Columbia |
05/11/11 |
Leftover Cuties |
Places to Go |
independent |
05/12/11 |
Buxter Hootin' |
Buxter Hootin' |
independent |
05/13/11 |
Eric Bibb |
Troubadours Live |
Telarc |
05/13/11 |
Fairport Convention |
Ebbets Field 1974 |
It's About Music |
05/16/11 |
Booker T. Jones |
The Road from Memphis |
Anti- |
05/16/11 |
Tiger Darrow * |
You Know Who You Are |
independent |
05/18/11 |
Spuyten Duyvil |
New Amsterdam |
independent |
05/19/11 |
Warren Haynes |
Man in Motion |
Stax |
05/19/11 |
Rocket Science |
E One |
05/19/11 |
|
Ray Manzarek and Roy Rogers |
Translucent Blues |
Blind Pig |
05/20/11 |
Gaucho |
Pearl |
Porto Franco |
05/20/11 |
Ziggy Marley |
Wild and Free |
Tuff Gong |
05/24/11 |
Build |
Place |
New Amsterdam |
05/25/11 |
Legendary Rhythm and Blues Revue |
Live |
Alligator |
05/26/11 |
Elvin Bishop |
Raisin' Hell Revue |
Delta Groove |
05/26/11 |
Priscilla Ahn |
When You Grow Up |
Blue Note |
05/30/11 |
Chris Thile and Michael Daves |
Sleep with One Eye Open |
Nonesuch |
05/31/11 |
Songs Around the World |
Hear Music |
06/02/11 |
|
(New) Years |
independent |
06/03/11 |
|
J.D. Souther |
Natural History |
E One |
06/06/11 |
Revelator |
Sony Masterworks |
06/06/11 |
|
Eilen Jewell |
Queen of the Minor Key |
Signature Sounds |
06/07/11 |
Paul Brady |
Hooba Dooba |
Proper American |
06/07/11 |
Greg Brown |
Freak Flag |
Yep Roc |
06/08/11 |
Seun Anikulapo Kuti and Egypt 80 |
From Adrica with Fury: Rise |
Knitting Factory |
06/10/11 |
One Spark |
Fantasy |
06/14/11 |
|
Youssou N'Dour |
Dakar-Kingston |
Emarcy |
06/15/11 |
Pat Metheny |
What It's All About |
Nonesuch |
06/16/11 |
Marianne Faithfull |
Horses and High Heels |
Naïve |
06/17/11 |
Dave Alvin |
Eleven Eleven |
Yep Roc |
06/17/11 |
Matt Schofield |
Anything But Time |
Nugene |
06/21/11 |
Barnaby Bright |
Gravity |
Mishara |
06/23/11 |
The Harrow and the Harvest |
Acony |
06/23/11 |
|
As Far as Yesterday Goes |
independent |
06/27/11 |
|
Lipbone Redding * |
Unbroken |
Bepop |
06/27/11 |
Rod Piazza and the All Mighty Flyers |
Almighty Dollar |
Delta Groove |
06/29/11 |
Ricky Skaggs |
Country Hits Bluegrass Style |
Skaggs Family |
06/30/11 |
Bobby |
Bobby |
Partisan |
06/30/11 |
John Hiatt |
Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns |
New West |
07/07/11 |
He Said, She Said |
Duets for Two Voices |
Vocoloco |
07/07/11 |
Carbon Leaf |
How the West Was Vol. One |
independent |
07/08/11 |
Vieux Farka Toure |
The Secret |
Six Degrees |
07/11/11 |
Peter Bradley Adams |
Between Us |
Mishara |
07/12/11 |
Battlefield Band |
Line-Up |
Temple |
07/13/11 |
Marc Berger * |
Ride |
independent |
07/14/11 |
Ocote Soul Sounds |
Taurus |
ESL |
07/14/11 |
Femi Kuti |
Africa for Africa |
Knitting Factory |
07/15/11 |
Edwin McCain |
Mercy Bound |
429 Records |
07/18/11 |
Atlanta Rhythm Section |
With All Due Respect |
Fuel |
07/19/11 |
Burlap to Cashmere |
Jive |
07/22/11 |
|
Sloan Wainwright |
Upside Down and Under My Heart |
independent |
07/25/11 |
Neon Blue Bird |
Thirty Tigers |
07/25/11 |
|
Rebecca Pidgeon |
Slingshot |
independent |
07/26/11 |
Lucid |
independent |
07/27/11 |
|
Soon as I Get Paid |
independent |
08/01/11 |
|
They Might Be Giants |
Join Us |
Idlewild |
08/01/11 |
From the Rooftops |
ESL |
08/02/11 |
|
Thievery Corporation |
Culture of Fear |
ESL |
08/03/11 |
Lead Balloon |
independent |
08/08/11 |
|
Ana Popovic |
Unconditional |
Eclecto Groove |
08/09/11 |
Trombone Shorty |
For True |
Verve Forecast |
08/10/11 |
Zee Avi |
Ghostbird |
Brushfire |
08/11/11 |
Liz Tormes |
Limelight |
independent |
08/11/11 |
Jeff Bridges |
Jeff Bridges |
Blue Note |
08/17/11 |
Dave Nachmanoff |
Step Up |
independent |
08/18/11 |
High Fiddelity |
Tell Me |
independent |
08/18/11 |
Sena Ehrhardt Band |
Leave the Light On |
Blind Pig |
08/18/11 |
Grace Jones |
Hurricane |
PIAS |
08/18/11 |
Where Are the Arms |
2nd Story |
08/22/11 |
|
Beautiful Imperfection |
Naïve |
08/25/11 |
|
Mariachi El Bronx |
Mariachi El Bronx |
ATO |
08/26/11 |
Hugh Laurie |
Let Them Talk |
Warner Bros. |
08/29/11 |
Ry Cooder |
Pull Up some Dirt and Sit Down |
Nonesuch |
09/05/11 |
Moody Bluegrass |
Two Much Love |
Bunny Rose |
09/06/11 |
Melissa Ferrick |
Still Right Here |
Mpress |
09/07/11 |
Farley * |
A Good Problem to Have |
independent |
09/08/11 |
Bill Frisell |
All We Are Saying |
Savoy |
09/13/11 |
Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton |
Playing the Blues Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center |
Reprise |
09/14/11 |
Kenny Vaughan |
Kenny Vaughan |
Sugar Hill |
09/14/11 |
Death by Stereo |
ATO |
09/15/11 |
|
Jayhawks |
Mockingbird Time |
Rounder |
09/20/11 |
Halloween, Alaska |
All Night the Calls Come In |
Amble Down |
09/21/11 |
Wilco |
The Whole Love |
dBprm/Anti- |
09/28/11 |
This New Year |
independent |
09/29/11 |
|
Crooked Still |
Friends of Fall |
Signature Sounds |
10/03/11 |
Ashes & Fire |
Capitol |
10/03/11 |
|
Leslie West |
Unusual Suspects |
Provogue |
10/05/11 |
Joe Henry |
Reverie |
Anti- |
10/10/11 |
Peter Gabriel |
New Blood |
RealWorld |
10/11/11 |
Johnny Winter |
Roots |
Megaforce |
10/12/11 |
Cash Box Kings |
Holler and Stone |
Blind Pig |
10/12/11 |
Red Molly |
Light in the Sky |
independent |
10/13/11 |
All Things Will Unwind |
Asthmatic Kitty |
10/13/11 |
|
Joe Cocker |
Hard Knocks |
429 Records |
10/18/11 |
MiZ * |
East Hope Avenue |
independent |
10/19/11 |
Rob Lutes and Rob MacDonald |
Live |
independent |
10/20/11 |
Cosy Sheridan |
The Horse King |
Waterbug |
10/21/11 |
Laurie Lewis |
Steppin' and Flyin' |
independent |
10/21/11 |
Tori Amos |
Night of Hunters |
Deutche Grammophon |
10/24/11 |
28,000 Days |
Porto Franco |
10/25/11 |
|
Gravity in Love |
independent |
10/25/11 |
|
Chris Joss |
No Play No Work |
ESL |
10/28/11 |
Tom Waits |
Bad As Me |
Anti- |
10/31/11 |
Zoe Boekbinder |
Darling Specimens |
independent |
10/31/11 |
Lili Anel |
Every Second In Between |
independent |
11/01/11 |
John McCutcheon |
This Land: Woody Guthrie's America |
Appalsongs |
11/04/11 |
Where Ocean Meets Land |
Mishara |
11/08/11 |
|
Infamous Stringdusters |
We'll Do It Live |
High Country |
11/09/11 |
Jonathan Coulton |
Artificial Heart |
independent |
11/09/11 |
The Dreamer |
Verve Forecast |
11/10/11 |
|
Andy Statman |
Old Brooklyn |
independent |
11/11/11 |
One Alternative * |
Air Sculptures |
independent |
11/11/11 |
The Goat Rodeo Sessions |
Sony |
11/14/11 |
|
Puppini Sisters |
Hollywood |
Verve Forecast |
11/15/11 |
Dina Hall * |
Logic and the Heart |
independent |
11/17/11 |
Jason O * |
In My Bones |
independent |
11/21/11 |
My Glorious Mess |
My Glorious Mess |
independent |
11/28/11 |
Home Alone |
independent |
11/28/11 |
|
David Bromberg |
Use Me |
Appleseed |
11/30/11 |
Garrett J. Brown |
Priorities |
independent |
11/30/11 |
Johnny J. Blair |
I Like the Street |
Wampus |
12/01/11 |
For the Good Times |
EMI |
12/02/11 |
|
Tim Husty |
A Step Back |
independent |
12/05/11 |
Warren Haynes |
Presents the Benefit Concert Vol. 4 |
Evil Twin |
12/07/11 |
Angela Sheik |
Songs from the Red Box |
independent |
12/08/11 |
Charles Havira * |
Dulcet |
independent |
12/12/11 |
Trio Tritticali |
Issue #1 |
independent |
12/14/11 |
Lelica |
Without a Warning |
independent |
12/14/11 |