WFMU: Irene Trudel: Playlist from December 27, 2021

Listener comments!
	🥁 11:54am Sean in Bristol UK: Good evening Irene, hello one and all, hope everyone had a fab time over the holidays
	11:58am Irene Trudel: Hello Sean and all listening in today! My holidays so far have been nice and quiet. Today on the show, my favorites of 2021, or as many as I can cram into one program.
	12:01pm Sylvia: Hello Irene! Hello Sean and all!
	12:01pm TDK60: Hi Irene.
	🥁 12:02pm Brian in UK: Hello Irene, Sean & Sylvia & TDK60 &......
	🥁 12:02pm βrian: Good afternoon, all.
	12:03pm Irene Trudel: Happy Krimble to you, Sylvia, TDK60, BrianUK, and βrian
	12:04pm listener james from westwood: Afternoon, Irene and all! Happy weird liminal week!
	12:05pm Irene Trudel: Hey james! I'm vacationing in place this week, but it's weird because Peter has to work.
	🥁 12:06pm Sean in Bristol UK: Feliz Navidad, Sylvia, Brian, TDK, Brian and James
	🥁 12:06pm βrian: We've set up basement bike trainers, so we can vacation in place, too.
	🥁 12:08pm βrian: Any snow in your neck, Sean?
	12:09pm Irene Trudel: We're awaiting possible snow in NYC today, but it'll turn to slush pretty quickly I suspect.
	🥁 12:10pm Sean in Bristol UK: Brian, took the pup for a walk, could have got away with a T-shirt! Me thinks we are in for a cold winter. But the days are slowly getting lighter
	🥁 12:11pm βrian: We got a solid inch or more last night, so it finally looks like winter here on the isthmus.
	🥁 12:13pm Summer and Michael and Sylvia: Good morning-ish, Irene!
	12:15pm Irene Trudel: Good Day, Summer and Michael and Sylvia!
	12:15pm doctorjazz: Hi Irene!
	🥁 12:15pm βrian: I've seen Dobet Gnahore a few times here in Madison. Really fun.
	12:17pm Irene Trudel: I can imagine she is, βrian! Such spirited music. And Hi to you, doctorjazz
	12:17pm doctorjazz: Don't know any of these artists except Iyer, cool sounds!
	12:19pm John from NJ: Glad I could make the show live this holiday week. Season's greetings!
	12:21pm Irene Trudel: I've played all of these great musicians over the course of the year, but not necessarily every week. It's so much fun to check back over the year and see all the great musical discoveries.
	12:22pm doctorjazz: In a sick house-2 daughters came home for the holidays Thursday. By Saturday, youngest had cough and 102 fever (home COVID test negative, to repeat it). Yesterday other daughter and Mrs started coughing, feeling sick. Probably just a matter of time before I'm ill (hopefully not). Likely go on a testing run in a bit (not as easy in Jersey as in Manhattan...)
	12:22pm Irene Trudel: Glad you're here too, John! Hope you're enjoying to spirits of the season.
	12:23pm doctorjazz: Nice to be able to just listen, usually the show is on while I'm working, and I'm in and out of hearing Trane.
	🥁 12:23pm Sean in Bristol UK: Hey Doctor Jazz, healing thoughts heading your way
	12:24pm doctorjazz: *in and out of listening range, should have read (though I like the spell correct version....
	🥁 12:25pm Sean in Bristol UK: Arooj Aftab, have become a fan thanks to My Queen
	12:25pm Irene Trudel: Ooh, sorry to hear that, doctorjazz. Last week I was afraid I'd been exposed at a workplace gathering but my test came up negative. We're trying to stay home and healthy. Hope your family gets well quickly. Also sending healing thoughts your way.
	12:25pm doctorjazz: Thanks, Sean!
	12:25pm Stephen O: Close calls at both our kid’s schools just before Christmas. Felt really bad about canceling Christmas on my mom but I think it was the right call. This is a treat, Irene. Thank you
	12:26pm melinda: Morning Irene and friends
	🥁 12:28pm Brian in UK: Sean, it has been wet and misty these last three days, but warm. Light rain now. That's all from the weather desk!
	12:28pm Irene Trudel: Hi Stephen and melinda! Peter and I had a small outing on Christmas with one of my brothers, but only after tests said we were okay. New Year's Eve with friends was canceled. I think it's the right choice to keep others safe.
	12:28pm Doug Schulkind: Here's a toast to Buttery!
	12:29pm Irene Trudel: Mmmmnnn, buttery toast, Doug! A favorite (toast, and this music).
	🥁 12:29pm Brian in UK: Doug, sunshine where you are?
	12:30pm listener james from westwood: @doctorjazz: Yikes, sorry for the sick house, and hoping all cases resolve themselves soon and pass you by!
	🥁 12:31pm Sean in Bristol UK: Brian in UK, definitely unseasonable, counting the days to Spring Training, that warms my cockles when I watch with envy at the good folks in Florida and Arizona!
	🥁 12:31pm Brian in UK: doctorjazz, much sympathy to you.
	12:33pm David in London: Evening Irene and all assembled groovers. Season’s greetings good people.
	12:33pm Doug Schulkind: @Brian in UK No sunshine here. And here is Pittsburgh. Me and the family canceled our trip to visit my sister in Big Sur, California. Couldn't justify traipsing through six airports and marinating on four airplanes to get there and back.
	🥁 12:33pm chris in the redwoods: greetings, Irene and everyone, from a rainy, chilly SF Bay Area. i enjoy this "best of" week. :)
	12:34pm Doug Schulkind: Oh no! Feel better doctor and Mrs. and daughters jazz!
	12:34pm TDK60: Get well, to all the family, docjazz.
	🥁 12:34pm βrian: Probably a mixed blessing that so many flights were cancelled.
	🥁 12:35pm Sean in Bristol UK: Hey Doug, David in London and Chris (your avatar moves me), yes sorry to repeat the same gag!
	🥁 12:36pm chris in the redwoods: warm, healing vibes to you and yours, dr.jazz!
	🥁 12:36pm chris in the redwoods: hey, Sean! :)
	12:36pm Listener Robert: Happy unchosen staycation, Doug S.
	🥁 12:37pm βrian: Where in Michigan, do you know, Irene?
	12:37pm Doug Schulkind: @Listener Robert The airline gave us a credit for the tickets, so the only loss is emotional.
	12:38pm doctorjazz: Thanks, LJfW and BiUK, Chris and Dougmeister! I'm still OK-will be heading out soon to bring my older daughter for COVID testing. Hopefully a negative (acc-cen-tu-ate the negative, I always say)
	12:38pm Webhamster Henry: Hi End-of-the-year celebrators! Ear worms may be viral, but not fatally so.
	🥁 12:39pm βrian: Little Human asked for "worm socks" on her wish list.
	12:41pm Listener Robert: Such a deal, Doug!
	🥁 12:42pm Sean in Bristol UK: What a majestic album from Mr Crosby, I so agree with you, Irene, this awesome fellow just seems to raise the bar with each release, definitely in my top 5 albums of the year
	🥁 12:44pm chris in the redwoods: hehe, βrian. we love the Bombas company, here in the redwoods, when we need worm socks or even warm socks.
	12:45pm TDK60: Darn, was out of the apt. during the Crosby. Didn't know he has a newer slab. (But will listen via archive later..)
	🥁 12:46pm Sean in Bristol UK: I wanted Santa to bring me socks but alas it wasnt to be
	🥁 12:46pm Bas NL: Hello Irene! All!
	🥁 12:47pm Sean in Bristol UK: Got a Mets hoody so extremely happy!
	12:48pm doctorjazz: Missed the Crosby too (showering for my test outing), will check it out later.
	12:48pm Irene Trudel: Doug, you did the right thing. We haven't been ready to fly to CA, although we dearly miss friends/family there. Maybe next spring? chris, we'd be hanging in the Bay Area too, one of my favorite places.
	🥁 12:49pm Sean in Bristol UK: Hey Bas, Goededag
	12:50pm Irene Trudel: Welcome Robert, WHenry, Sock and Bas!
	🥁 12:51pm Bas NL: Hi Sean!
	🥁 12:51pm Sean in Bristol UK: Touche Sock it to me, it’s bright orange, getting a public airing in February
	🥁 1:02pm Sean in Bristol UK: Got to do my Scotty impersonation ‘Captain, the engines canna not take it’, a set of beautification, plaudits, Irene
	🥁 1:05pm βrian: 14 cars to go …
	1:08pm melinda: I got a Balmorrhea CD with my Marathon swag years ago not realizing I'd won a prize, it was a nice bonus item.
	🥁 1:11pm Michael 98145: we'll be quite happy to stream out of 2021
	1:17pm Irene Trudel: melinda, nice that you got that Balmorhea album.They've put out so many wonderful ones over the years. And Michael, I totally agree. 2021 was definitely better than 2020, but still rather disappointing.
	1:21pm BillD: Hello Irene , Maggie and I ( and feline Alex) just lounging around on this cozy winter day listening to your show.
	1:22pm Franco Twinkie: Irene, I should be outside exercising before the rain starts, but I can't tear myself away. Your selections are catching the mood perfectly. By the way, David was wearing a cape. Pain in the ass he is for everybody, he can still write great songs.
	1:28pm doctorjazz: Update: testing here in Central Joisey is pretty difficult to find, not coming up with same day tests. I think I'll be heading to Staten Island, should be somewhat easier (Manhattan sounds like you get people sticking swabs in your nose as you walk down the street, whether you want it or not, but hate venturing into Manhattan on a weekday...)
	1:30pm doctorjazz: Had plans this coming weekend with the missus and a couple we're friends with, bed and breakfast upstate somewhere or other, think may need to cancel
	1:30pm Franco Twinkie: Good luck Doc.
	1:31pm headcleaner: actually I saw lines 50 deep in manhattan recently, dr.j
	1:31pm headcleaner: btw I know what you mean about not wanting to venture around there on a weekday ... coz that's where I live
	1:32pm Franco Twinkie: Same here in L.A. headcleaner. Here comes the storm we've all been dreading.
	1:32pm Irene Trudel: Thank you Bill, Maggie and Franco! So glad the music is making things cozy for you all. and thanks for the comment on Crosby. He looked like such a goofball on the Sullivan show.
	1:34pm Irene Trudel: doctorjazz, it's kind of the same in NYC. No same day tests, but there are curbside PCR tests in a lot of places with no waiting. Good luck!
	1:35pm Franco Twinkie: David went from goofball to insufferable crank in about a hot minute. But still, those songs!
	1:36pm Irene Trudel: Hey headcleaner! Yeah, we're all not going out much in Manhattan. Just for necessities. And my workplace is all remote throught January 14th.
	🥁 1:37pm Michael 98145: Happy to see those California mountains finally getting some actual snow
	1:38pm TDK60: Franco, hola. I saw The Byrds with David wearing his green Sherwood Forest cape, in a year very long ago! Now, all I want is a WFMU cape. But station mgr. Ken doesn't like my idea of a WFMU cape for a swag item. Oh well...
	🥁 1:39pm Sean in Bristol UK: A cape, what a great idea, TDK, a super hero for WFMU
	🥁 1:40pm Summer and Michael and Sylvia: Yes, Irene! That was a wonderful night seeing Marissa Nadler with you and Peter!
	1:41pm TDK60: Sean in beautful Bristol. I thought of starting a harassment campaign with Ken but realized he would love that but still, never come through after all. I go through life capeless.
	1:41pm Franco Twinkie: I'm with you TDK! I think we should start a rogue WFMU swag society. Unchain the fan art I say!
	🥁 1:41pm chris in the redwoods: yes, Michael! me as well. winters like this, i wish i still lived up in them. no snowy winters down here on the coast.
	🥁 1:43pm Bas NL: Rogue swag WFMU cape.. :)
	1:43pm Irene Trudel: To further focus on Crosby's curmudgeonly ways, if yo haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend the documentary about him: "David Crosby: Remember My Name." He really doesn't hold back.
	1:44pm Franco Twinkie: Chris, it seems like we're actually getting a real winter this year!
	1:46pm Irene Trudel: I'd totally wear a cape. Back in high school I was a big "Dark Shadows" fan and sewed my own cape to wear outside. It was blue wool with a gold satin lining. Wish I still had it.
	🥁 1:47pm Sean in Bristol UK: So I have come up with idea to put this boring virus to bed, dog saliva and Mother Nature’s finest. Ok, got the double vaccine along with the booster but I think my idea may have traction. Ok, its a gross factor but my Lola wakes me up each morning with a big, fat kiiseroo! The other factor to this is depending where you live!
	🥁 1:48pm Sean in Bristol UK: JJJJJerome Ellis, you have my attention
	1:50pm Franco Twinkie: An old girlfriends parents were neighbors with David's father. One day his wife asked us to come over and visit. Floyd Crosby was a living ledged but he talked about Davy a lot, I think for the benefit of us kids.
	1:50pm Irene Trudel: JJJJJerome is a stutterer, who mainly freezes on a letter , especially 'J.' He creates these really fascinating sound poems.
	1:51pm doctorjazz: Heading out on test hunt, thanks, Irene, Happy New Year!
	1:51pm Irene Trudel: Wow, I'll bet you heard a few choice stories, Franco!
	1:52pm Irene Trudel: Good luck doctorjazz. Happy New Year!
	🥁 1:56pm βrian: 2½ hours in line after pre-registering. Car-only access. This doesn't bode well.
	1:56pm Franco Twinkie: Floyd Crosby was an award winning cinematographer. I only wish I had the forethought to ask him about working on The Man With X Ray Eyes, a personal favorite from my childhood.
	2:00pm prguitar: Greetings Irene and fellow listeners, whether new friends, or those of us that find we're connected for the long haul.... Always feel comfort sharing music here in community to start off the week.. thankful even if I can't always be here at noon.. Hope everyone is doing alright given the present circumstances..
	2:08pm TDK60: Hi prguitar.
	🥁 2:09pm chris in the redwoods: feeling grateful over here, prguitar. best wishes backatcha! :)
	🥁 2:10pm Sean in Bristol UK: Hey prguitar
	2:12pm Irene Trudel: Greetings to you prguitar! Happy that you can make it here with whenever you can.
	2:12pm sphere (from app): There are still kitchen cynics releases on Bandcamp. If it was released on a label, it may still be on the service.
	2:16pm Irene Trudel: Ugh, βrian! Sorry for the long wait. Hopefully you can still listen to these soothing tunes.Thanks for that, sphere. I did know there were a few Kitchen Cynics release still on BC. I want to ask him directly where to get his others.
	2:18pm Franco Twinkie: Thanks Irene. Got to get moving before the rain starts. Excellent show!
	🥁 2:18pm Sean in Bristol UK: Chris in the Redwoods, I am transfixed by your avatar and have come up with an idea to the running man. This is no way reflected on you but we have a possible wintry wonderland and this chap is running away from a Christmas family get together! Maybe I need a check up from the neck up!
	2:20pm headcleaner: that's quite an album title
	2:20pm Irene Trudel: Franco, did you know I presented an alternate soundtrack to The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, as performed by Pere Ubu? It's here: wfmu.org...
	2:21pm sphere (from app): Irene, good luck!
	🥁 2:23pm chris in the redwoods: Sean, or perhaps Buster heard of testing site with no line, the next town over.
	🥁 2:24pm Sean in Bristol UK: Oh my goodness, Miss Williams, happy, happy days
	🥁 2:27pm Bas NL: What beautiful sounds Irene.. Got me thinking of missing The Shrunken Planet w Jeffrey Davison.
	2:27pm TDK60: A reminder that some NYC hospitals have virus testing too, and are often organized enough to get people through quicker. My last test took a half hour (before the latest surge; not sure of the latest).
	🥁 2:31pm Michael 98145: beautiful set. as always.
	2:32pm Irene Trudel: Thank you, Bas! Jeffrey share a lot of similar tastes. I'm hoping we can lure him back on the stream now that he's relocated to Montreal.
	🥁 2:34pm Bas NL: That would be awesome Irene! Hope he is doing fine up there.
	2:34pm Irene Trudel: That's good to know, TDK60. For work purposes I need to find a good rapid testing site and may try that.
	2:36pm TDK60: I miss Shrunken Planet too, Bas. Irene, last visit was early fall. With the latest variant, I'm not sure.
	2:37pm Irene Trudel: I have heard from Jeffrey recently, so I may try to persuade him. He had to move in with family because his work in catering dried up during the Pandemic.
	🥁 2:42pm Sean in Bristol UK: Shrunken Planet, great show
	2:45pm TDK60: I have to run. Thanks for the '21 sounds. Merry new year.
	2:45pm annie: i miss jeffrey's show
	🥁 2:46pm Bas NL: If Jeffrey is interested we might do a little fundraiser to get him started?
	2:47pm Irene Trudel: Thanks everyone for indulging me for my favorites of the past year! Hope you have a healthy happy New Year's celebration, and I'll catch yo next Monday at noon. Stay tuned for Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza: wfmu.org...
	🥁 2:49pm chris in the redwoods: very much enjoyed it, Irene. thank you! :)
	🥁 2:49pm Sean in Bristol UK: Constant, yes!
	2:51pm Marc Farre: just catching the tail end of this Beautiful show. Happy new year, Irene!! <3
	🥁 2:51pm Bas NL: Thanks for the beautiful selection Irene! Hope to catch you through the mobile app next week; i'll be in line for my booster at the time.
	🥁 2:52pm Brian in UK: Thanks Irene, listening in from the kitchen. Wonderful shows all year.
	2:52pm Irene Trudel: Hey Marc! I played something from your latest earlier in the show. Happy New Year to you both!
	2:53pm Stanley: Happy New Year Irene and thanks for the great music.
	🥁 2:54pm Sean in Bristol UK: An absolute stonker of a show, thank you Irene
	2:54pm Toni: Happy New Year to you Irene! This was a beautiful program of music. Thank you for being part of my day. xoxoxo
	2:56pm Irene Trudel: Thank you Toni! Happy, healthy New Year to you and John.
	2:56pm Stork: Just jumping in at the end to say Happy New Year to Irene and all of her dear listeners! See you in two-two!
	🥁 2:57pm Brian in UK: Vocals kind of remind me of Dorothy Moscovich.
	2:57pm Irene Trudel: Thank you Stanley and Stork! Glad you got in at the end.
	🥁 2:57pm Michael 98145: Thanks again, Irene
	2:57pm Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever): Happy new year, Irene! Next on this Drummer Stream, we'll be "Swirled Freely": A wordless and happy-dream-making lazy layering play of field recordings from all over the world, and pleasing electronic musics from many joymakers. Hither: wfmu.org...
	2:59pm listener james from westwood: Gentle, delightful revue; thanks, Irene!
	🥁 2:59pm David (in London): Thanks for a lovely show today Irene.
	2:59pm prguitar: Hey there TDK60 it's been a while thanks for the heads up about Hospitals! I haven't been tested yet.. Fully vaxed with booster, but I imagine testing will be inevitable.. Thanks for the wishes chris in the redwoods! I'm with you, there is much to be thankful for during these difficult times.. Do you live in Northern California? Hey there Sean in Bristol UK! Good to share this time with you.. sounds to be pretty rough in the UK now.. been keen on a visit.. especially to head north to Scotland.. it's been a long while, and who knows when at this point..
	3:03pm prguitar: Thanks Irene! Great to hear your voice, and all the amazing music you've shared today! All the best for the holidays! Will see you shortly after New Years! My best to Peter, and your wonderful feline rascals!

Irene Trudel: Playlist from December 27, 2021

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December 27, 2021: Irene's Favorites of 2021 (in no particular order of importance).

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Vijay Iyer Trio	Touba "Touba" by "Vijay Iyer Trio"	Uneasy	ECM
Laurel Premo	Jericho "Jericho" by "Laurel Premo"	Golden Loam		0:07:10 (Pop-up)
Fatou Seidi Ghali	Migrid Noulhawan	Sahel Sounds Label Sampler 3	Sahel Sounds	0:11:32 (Pop-up)
Dobet Gnahore	Lève-toi "Lève-toi" by "Dobet Gnahore"	Couleur	Cumbancha	0:14:40 (Pop-up)
Arooj Aftab	Mohabbat "Mohabbat" by "Arooj Aftab"	Vulture Prince	New Amsterdam	0:18:21 (Pop-up)
Guy Buttery (w/Mojd. Amjad Khan, Mudassir Khan)	Kya Baat	One Morning in Gurgaon	Guy Buttery	0:25:59 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Oregon	Ghost Beads "Ghost Beads" by "Oregon"	1974 (Live at Radio Bremen March 14th, 1974)	Moosicus Records	0:31:47 (Pop-up)
David Crosby	I Won’t Stay for Long	For Free	BMG	0:40:38 (Pop-up)
Neil Cowley	She Lives in Golden Sands	Hall of Mirrors	Mote	0:45:01 (Pop-up)
Mabe Fratti	Mil Formas de Decirlo	Será Que Ahora Podremos Entendernos	Tin Angel Records	0:50:15 (Pop-up)
Paolo Angeli	Lanci "Lanci" by "Paolo Angeli"	Jar'a	Paolo Angeli	0:57:19 (Pop-up)
Marc Farre	La Nuit Infinie (The Infinite Night)	Nuit Blanche		1:01:17 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Balmorhea	Night Falls in Your Left	The Wind	Deutsche Grammophon	1:05:19 (Pop-up)
Adrian Crowley	Underwater Song "Underwater Song" by "Adrian Crowley"	The Watchful Eye of the Stars	Chemikal Underground	1:13:03 (Pop-up)
Old Sea Brigade	Nothing Clever "Nothing Clever" by "Old Sea Brigade"	Motivational Speaking	Nettwerk	1:17:47 (Pop-up)
Damon & Naomi	Sailing By "Sailing By" by "Damon & Naomi"	A Sky Record	20\|20\|20	1:21:35 (Pop-up)
Marissa Nadler	If I Could Breathe Underwater	The Path of the Clouds	Sacred Bones	1:26:23 (Pop-up)
Jocelyn MacKenzie	The Brave Ones "The Brave Ones" by "Jocelyn MacKenzie"	Push	Righteous Babe	1:30:46 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Marisa Anderson & William Tyler	Pray for Rain	Lost Futures	Thrill Jockey	1:34:44 (Pop-up)
Pefkin	The Evening Crows "The Evening Crows" by "Pefkin"	The Crows - Gossip Among the Leaves	Pefkin	1:40:48 (Pop-up)
JJJJJerome Ellis	Stepney (feat. Milta Vega-Cardona)	The Clearing	NNA Tapes	1:46:39 (Pop-up)
Dj Tadpole	Das Ist Ein Kompletter Fehlschlag	DownTempo	Steve Meltzer	1:52:51 (Pop-up)
Colleen	Gazing at Taurus - Santa Eulalia	The Tunnel and the Clearing	Thrill Jockey	1:57:46 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Chuck Johnson	The Laurel "The Laurel" by "Chuck Johnson"	The Cinder Grove	VDSQ	2:02:40 (Pop-up)
Kitchen Cynics	The Whistling Fool	Reekinhame	Almost Halloween Time Records	2:10:22 (Pop-up)
Mason Lindahl	Distress "Distress" by "Mason Lindahl"	Kissing Rosy in the Rain	Tompkins Square	2:17:42 (Pop-up)
Yasmin Williams	Sunshowers "Sunshowers" by "Yasmin Williams"	Urban Driftwood	Spinster	2:21:01 (Pop-up)
Small Isles	Life at One "Life at One" by "Small Isles"	The Valley, The Mountains, The Sea	AKP Re	2:25:07 (Pop-up)
Rob Noyes	Pishamares "Pishamares" by "Rob Noyes"	Arc Minutes	VDSQ	2:28:45 (Pop-up)
Russell Potter	The Night Roads "The Night Roads" by "Russell Potter"	A Stone's Throw	Tompkins Square	2:32:28 (Pop-up)
Hayden Pedigo	Carthage "Carthage" by "Hayden Pedigo"	Letting Go	Mexican Summer	2:34:51 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Bola Sete	Corcovado "Corcovado" by "Bola Sete"	Samba In Seattle: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968	Tompkins Square	2:39:55 (Pop-up)
Clara Engel	Little Alien Lost "Little Alien Lost" by "Clara Engel"	A New Skin	Clara Engel	2:43:51 (Pop-up)
Constant Follower	One Word Away "One Word Away" by "Constant Follower"	Neither Is, Nor Ever Was	Shimmy-Disc	2:48:54 (Pop-up)
Speed The Plough	Rush Hour "Rush Hour" by "Speed The Plough"	Before & After Silence	Speed the Plough	2:52:28 (Pop-up)
Beautify Junkyards	Cosmorama "Cosmorama" by "Beautify Junkyards"	Cosmorama	Beautify Junkyards	2:55:26 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Brandee Younger	Black Is Beautiful	Somewhere Different	Impulse!	2:58:25 (Pop-up)
Honorable Mentions (Musicians I didn't have time to fit into this show):
Abdullah Ibrahim	"Abdullah Ibrahim"	Solotude	Gearbox Records
Bipolar Explorer	"Bipolar Explorer"	Forests, Voices, Coastlines, Dreams: Recordings for The Dark Outside	Slugg Records
Caroline Davis	"Caroline Davis"	Portals, Volume 1 - Mourning	Sunnyside Records
Charles Lloyd & The Marvels	"Charles Lloyd & The Marvels"	Tone Poem	Blue Note
Chris Potter Circuits Trio	"Chris Potter Circuits Trio"	Circuits	Edition Records
Deniz Cuylan	"Deniz Cuylan"	No Such Thing As Free Will	Hush Hush Records
Gary Bartz, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge		Jazz Is Dead 006	Jazz Is Dead
Goran Ivanovic & Fareed Haque	"Goran Ivanovic & Fareed Haque"	IndoBalkan	Delmark Records
Ian Smit & Barry Chabala	The Clearing	(Bandcamp single)	Roeba Recordings
James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra		The Wide, Wide River	Domino Recording Company
Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird	"Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird"	These 13	Thirty Tigers
Laura Nyro	"Laura Nyro"	Go Find the Moon: The Audition Tape	Omnivore Recordings
The Man From Atlantis	"The Man From Atlantis"	Volume 1	Ramble Records
The Mommyheads	"The Mommyheads"	Age of Isolation	The Mommyheads
Ray Suhy - Lewis Porter Quartet	"Ray Suhy - Lewis Porter Quartet"	Transcendent	Sunnyside Records
Robert Plant / Alison Krauss	"Robert Plant / Alison Krauss"	Raise the Roof	Rounder Records
Shannon Lay	"Shannon Lay"	Geist	Sub Pop
Sons of Kemet	"Sons of Kemet"	Black To The Future	Impulse!
Steve Gunn	"Steve Gunn"	Other You	Matador Records
Steven R. Smith	"Steven R. Smith"	In The Spires	Worstward Recordings
Waswas	"Waswas"	The Abstract Bullet Journal of Nieuwekamp	Ramble Records

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Listener comments!
	🥁 11:54am Sean in Bristol UK: Good evening Irene, hello one and all, hope everyone had a fab time over the holidays
	11:58am Irene Trudel: Hello Sean and all listening in today! My holidays so far have been nice and quiet. Today on the show, my favorites of 2021, or as many as I can cram into one program.
	12:01pm Sylvia: Hello Irene! Hello Sean and all!
	12:01pm TDK60: Hi Irene.
	🥁 12:02pm Brian in UK: Hello Irene, Sean & Sylvia & TDK60 &......
	🥁 12:02pm βrian: Good afternoon, all.
	12:03pm Irene Trudel: Happy Krimble to you, Sylvia, TDK60, BrianUK, and βrian
	12:04pm listener james from westwood: Afternoon, Irene and all! Happy weird liminal week!
	12:05pm Irene Trudel: Hey james! I'm vacationing in place this week, but it's weird because Peter has to work.
	🥁 12:06pm Sean in Bristol UK: Feliz Navidad, Sylvia, Brian, TDK, Brian and James
	🥁 12:06pm βrian: We've set up basement bike trainers, so we can vacation in place, too.
	🥁 12:08pm βrian: Any snow in your neck, Sean?
	12:09pm Irene Trudel: We're awaiting possible snow in NYC today, but it'll turn to slush pretty quickly I suspect.
	🥁 12:10pm Sean in Bristol UK: Brian, took the pup for a walk, could have got away with a T-shirt! Me thinks we are in for a cold winter. But the days are slowly getting lighter
	🥁 12:11pm βrian: We got a solid inch or more last night, so it finally looks like winter here on the isthmus.
	🥁 12:13pm Summer and Michael and Sylvia: Good morning-ish, Irene!
	12:15pm Irene Trudel: Good Day, Summer and Michael and Sylvia!
	12:15pm doctorjazz: Hi Irene!
	🥁 12:15pm βrian: I've seen Dobet Gnahore a few times here in Madison. Really fun.
	12:17pm Irene Trudel: I can imagine she is, βrian! Such spirited music. And Hi to you, doctorjazz
	12:17pm doctorjazz: Don't know any of these artists except Iyer, cool sounds!
	12:19pm John from NJ: Glad I could make the show live this holiday week. Season's greetings!
	12:21pm Irene Trudel: I've played all of these great musicians over the course of the year, but not necessarily every week. It's so much fun to check back over the year and see all the great musical discoveries.
	12:22pm doctorjazz: In a sick house-2 daughters came home for the holidays Thursday. By Saturday, youngest had cough and 102 fever (home COVID test negative, to repeat it). Yesterday other daughter and Mrs started coughing, feeling sick. Probably just a matter of time before I'm ill (hopefully not). Likely go on a testing run in a bit (not as easy in Jersey as in Manhattan...)
	12:22pm Irene Trudel: Glad you're here too, John! Hope you're enjoying to spirits of the season.
	12:23pm doctorjazz: Nice to be able to just listen, usually the show is on while I'm working, and I'm in and out of hearing Trane.
	🥁 12:23pm Sean in Bristol UK: Hey Doctor Jazz, healing thoughts heading your way
	12:24pm doctorjazz: *in and out of listening range, should have read (though I like the spell correct version....
	🥁 12:25pm Sean in Bristol UK: Arooj Aftab, have become a fan thanks to My Queen
	12:25pm Irene Trudel: Ooh, sorry to hear that, doctorjazz. Last week I was afraid I'd been exposed at a workplace gathering but my test came up negative. We're trying to stay home and healthy. Hope your family gets well quickly. Also sending healing thoughts your way.
	12:25pm doctorjazz: Thanks, Sean!
	12:25pm Stephen O: Close calls at both our kid’s schools just before Christmas. Felt really bad about canceling Christmas on my mom but I think it was the right call. This is a treat, Irene. Thank you
	12:26pm melinda: Morning Irene and friends
	🥁 12:28pm Brian in UK: Sean, it has been wet and misty these last three days, but warm. Light rain now. That's all from the weather desk!
	12:28pm Irene Trudel: Hi Stephen and melinda! Peter and I had a small outing on Christmas with one of my brothers, but only after tests said we were okay. New Year's Eve with friends was canceled. I think it's the right choice to keep others safe.
	12:28pm Doug Schulkind: Here's a toast to Buttery!
	12:29pm Irene Trudel: Mmmmnnn, buttery toast, Doug! A favorite (toast, and this music).
	🥁 12:29pm Brian in UK: Doug, sunshine where you are?
	12:30pm listener james from westwood: @doctorjazz: Yikes, sorry for the sick house, and hoping all cases resolve themselves soon and pass you by!
	🥁 12:31pm Sean in Bristol UK: Brian in UK, definitely unseasonable, counting the days to Spring Training, that warms my cockles when I watch with envy at the good folks in Florida and Arizona!
	🥁 12:31pm Brian in UK: doctorjazz, much sympathy to you.
	12:33pm David in London: Evening Irene and all assembled groovers. Season’s greetings good people.
	12:33pm Doug Schulkind: @Brian in UK No sunshine here. And here is Pittsburgh. Me and the family canceled our trip to visit my sister in Big Sur, California. Couldn't justify traipsing through six airports and marinating on four airplanes to get there and back.
	🥁 12:33pm chris in the redwoods: greetings, Irene and everyone, from a rainy, chilly SF Bay Area. i enjoy this "best of" week. :)
	12:34pm Doug Schulkind: Oh no! Feel better doctor and Mrs. and daughters jazz!
	12:34pm TDK60: Get well, to all the family, docjazz.
	🥁 12:34pm βrian: Probably a mixed blessing that so many flights were cancelled.
	🥁 12:35pm Sean in Bristol UK: Hey Doug, David in London and Chris (your avatar moves me), yes sorry to repeat the same gag!
	🥁 12:36pm chris in the redwoods: warm, healing vibes to you and yours, dr.jazz!
	🥁 12:36pm chris in the redwoods: hey, Sean! :)
	12:36pm Listener Robert: Happy unchosen staycation, Doug S.
	🥁 12:37pm βrian: Where in Michigan, do you know, Irene?
	12:37pm Doug Schulkind: @Listener Robert The airline gave us a credit for the tickets, so the only loss is emotional.
	12:38pm doctorjazz: Thanks, LJfW and BiUK, Chris and Dougmeister! I'm still OK-will be heading out soon to bring my older daughter for COVID testing. Hopefully a negative (acc-cen-tu-ate the negative, I always say)
	12:38pm Webhamster Henry: Hi End-of-the-year celebrators! Ear worms may be viral, but not fatally so.
	🥁 12:39pm βrian: Little Human asked for "worm socks" on her wish list.
	12:41pm Listener Robert: Such a deal, Doug!
	🥁 12:42pm Sean in Bristol UK: What a majestic album from Mr Crosby, I so agree with you, Irene, this awesome fellow just seems to raise the bar with each release, definitely in my top 5 albums of the year
	🥁 12:44pm chris in the redwoods: hehe, βrian. we love the Bombas company, here in the redwoods, when we need worm socks or even warm socks.
	12:45pm TDK60: Darn, was out of the apt. during the Crosby. Didn't know he has a newer slab. (But will listen via archive later..)
	🥁 12:46pm Sean in Bristol UK: I wanted Santa to bring me socks but alas it wasnt to be
	🥁 12:46pm Bas NL: Hello Irene! All!
	🥁 12:47pm Sean in Bristol UK: Got a Mets hoody so extremely happy!
	12:48pm doctorjazz: Missed the Crosby too (showering for my test outing), will check it out later.
	12:48pm Irene Trudel: Doug, you did the right thing. We haven't been ready to fly to CA, although we dearly miss friends/family there. Maybe next spring? chris, we'd be hanging in the Bay Area too, one of my favorite places.
	🥁 12:49pm Sean in Bristol UK: Hey Bas, Goededag
	12:50pm Irene Trudel: Welcome Robert, WHenry, Sock and Bas!
	🥁 12:51pm Bas NL: Hi Sean!
	🥁 12:51pm Sean in Bristol UK: Touche Sock it to me, it’s bright orange, getting a public airing in February
	🥁 1:02pm Sean in Bristol UK: Got to do my Scotty impersonation ‘Captain, the engines canna not take it’, a set of beautification, plaudits, Irene
	🥁 1:05pm βrian: 14 cars to go …
	1:08pm melinda: I got a Balmorrhea CD with my Marathon swag years ago not realizing I'd won a prize, it was a nice bonus item.
	🥁 1:11pm Michael 98145: we'll be quite happy to stream out of 2021
	1:17pm Irene Trudel: melinda, nice that you got that Balmorhea album.They've put out so many wonderful ones over the years. And Michael, I totally agree. 2021 was definitely better than 2020, but still rather disappointing.
	1:21pm BillD: Hello Irene , Maggie and I ( and feline Alex) just lounging around on this cozy winter day listening to your show.
	1:22pm Franco Twinkie: Irene, I should be outside exercising before the rain starts, but I can't tear myself away. Your selections are catching the mood perfectly. By the way, David was wearing a cape. Pain in the ass he is for everybody, he can still write great songs.
	1:28pm doctorjazz: Update: testing here in Central Joisey is pretty difficult to find, not coming up with same day tests. I think I'll be heading to Staten Island, should be somewhat easier (Manhattan sounds like you get people sticking swabs in your nose as you walk down the street, whether you want it or not, but hate venturing into Manhattan on a weekday...)
	1:30pm doctorjazz: Had plans this coming weekend with the missus and a couple we're friends with, bed and breakfast upstate somewhere or other, think may need to cancel
	1:30pm Franco Twinkie: Good luck Doc.
	1:31pm headcleaner: actually I saw lines 50 deep in manhattan recently, dr.j
	1:31pm headcleaner: btw I know what you mean about not wanting to venture around there on a weekday ... coz that's where I live
	1:32pm Franco Twinkie: Same here in L.A. headcleaner. Here comes the storm we've all been dreading.
	1:32pm Irene Trudel: Thank you Bill, Maggie and Franco! So glad the music is making things cozy for you all. and thanks for the comment on Crosby. He looked like such a goofball on the Sullivan show.
	1:34pm Irene Trudel: doctorjazz, it's kind of the same in NYC. No same day tests, but there are curbside PCR tests in a lot of places with no waiting. Good luck!
	1:35pm Franco Twinkie: David went from goofball to insufferable crank in about a hot minute. But still, those songs!
	1:36pm Irene Trudel: Hey headcleaner! Yeah, we're all not going out much in Manhattan. Just for necessities. And my workplace is all remote throught January 14th.
	🥁 1:37pm Michael 98145: Happy to see those California mountains finally getting some actual snow
	1:38pm TDK60: Franco, hola. I saw The Byrds with David wearing his green Sherwood Forest cape, in a year very long ago! Now, all I want is a WFMU cape. But station mgr. Ken doesn't like my idea of a WFMU cape for a swag item. Oh well...
	🥁 1:39pm Sean in Bristol UK: A cape, what a great idea, TDK, a super hero for WFMU
	🥁 1:40pm Summer and Michael and Sylvia: Yes, Irene! That was a wonderful night seeing Marissa Nadler with you and Peter!
	1:41pm TDK60: Sean in beautful Bristol. I thought of starting a harassment campaign with Ken but realized he would love that but still, never come through after all. I go through life capeless.
	1:41pm Franco Twinkie: I'm with you TDK! I think we should start a rogue WFMU swag society. Unchain the fan art I say!
	🥁 1:41pm chris in the redwoods: yes, Michael! me as well. winters like this, i wish i still lived up in them. no snowy winters down here on the coast.
	🥁 1:43pm Bas NL: Rogue swag WFMU cape.. :)
	1:43pm Irene Trudel: To further focus on Crosby's curmudgeonly ways, if yo haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend the documentary about him: "David Crosby: Remember My Name." He really doesn't hold back.
	1:44pm Franco Twinkie: Chris, it seems like we're actually getting a real winter this year!
	1:46pm Irene Trudel: I'd totally wear a cape. Back in high school I was a big "Dark Shadows" fan and sewed my own cape to wear outside. It was blue wool with a gold satin lining. Wish I still had it.
	🥁 1:47pm Sean in Bristol UK: So I have come up with idea to put this boring virus to bed, dog saliva and Mother Nature’s finest. Ok, got the double vaccine along with the booster but I think my idea may have traction. Ok, its a gross factor but my Lola wakes me up each morning with a big, fat kiiseroo! The other factor to this is depending where you live!
	🥁 1:48pm Sean in Bristol UK: JJJJJerome Ellis, you have my attention
	1:50pm Franco Twinkie: An old girlfriends parents were neighbors with David's father. One day his wife asked us to come over and visit. Floyd Crosby was a living ledged but he talked about Davy a lot, I think for the benefit of us kids.
	1:50pm Irene Trudel: JJJJJerome is a stutterer, who mainly freezes on a letter , especially 'J.' He creates these really fascinating sound poems.
	1:51pm doctorjazz: Heading out on test hunt, thanks, Irene, Happy New Year!
	1:51pm Irene Trudel: Wow, I'll bet you heard a few choice stories, Franco!
	1:52pm Irene Trudel: Good luck doctorjazz. Happy New Year!
	🥁 1:56pm βrian: 2½ hours in line after pre-registering. Car-only access. This doesn't bode well.
	1:56pm Franco Twinkie: Floyd Crosby was an award winning cinematographer. I only wish I had the forethought to ask him about working on The Man With X Ray Eyes, a personal favorite from my childhood.
	2:00pm prguitar: Greetings Irene and fellow listeners, whether new friends, or those of us that find we're connected for the long haul.... Always feel comfort sharing music here in community to start off the week.. thankful even if I can't always be here at noon.. Hope everyone is doing alright given the present circumstances..
	2:08pm TDK60: Hi prguitar.
	🥁 2:09pm chris in the redwoods: feeling grateful over here, prguitar. best wishes backatcha! :)
	🥁 2:10pm Sean in Bristol UK: Hey prguitar
	2:12pm Irene Trudel: Greetings to you prguitar! Happy that you can make it here with whenever you can.
	2:12pm sphere (from app): There are still kitchen cynics releases on Bandcamp. If it was released on a label, it may still be on the service.
	2:16pm Irene Trudel: Ugh, βrian! Sorry for the long wait. Hopefully you can still listen to these soothing tunes.Thanks for that, sphere. I did know there were a few Kitchen Cynics release still on BC. I want to ask him directly where to get his others.
	2:18pm Franco Twinkie: Thanks Irene. Got to get moving before the rain starts. Excellent show!
	🥁 2:18pm Sean in Bristol UK: Chris in the Redwoods, I am transfixed by your avatar and have come up with an idea to the running man. This is no way reflected on you but we have a possible wintry wonderland and this chap is running away from a Christmas family get together! Maybe I need a check up from the neck up!
	2:20pm headcleaner: that's quite an album title
	2:20pm Irene Trudel: Franco, did you know I presented an alternate soundtrack to The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, as performed by Pere Ubu? It's here: wfmu.org...
	2:21pm sphere (from app): Irene, good luck!
	🥁 2:23pm chris in the redwoods: Sean, or perhaps Buster heard of testing site with no line, the next town over.
	🥁 2:24pm Sean in Bristol UK: Oh my goodness, Miss Williams, happy, happy days
	🥁 2:27pm Bas NL: What beautiful sounds Irene.. Got me thinking of missing The Shrunken Planet w Jeffrey Davison.
	2:27pm TDK60: A reminder that some NYC hospitals have virus testing too, and are often organized enough to get people through quicker. My last test took a half hour (before the latest surge; not sure of the latest).
	🥁 2:31pm Michael 98145: beautiful set. as always.
	2:32pm Irene Trudel: Thank you, Bas! Jeffrey share a lot of similar tastes. I'm hoping we can lure him back on the stream now that he's relocated to Montreal.
	🥁 2:34pm Bas NL: That would be awesome Irene! Hope he is doing fine up there.
	2:34pm Irene Trudel: That's good to know, TDK60. For work purposes I need to find a good rapid testing site and may try that.
	2:36pm TDK60: I miss Shrunken Planet too, Bas. Irene, last visit was early fall. With the latest variant, I'm not sure.
	2:37pm Irene Trudel: I have heard from Jeffrey recently, so I may try to persuade him. He had to move in with family because his work in catering dried up during the Pandemic.
	🥁 2:42pm Sean in Bristol UK: Shrunken Planet, great show
	2:45pm TDK60: I have to run. Thanks for the '21 sounds. Merry new year.
	2:45pm annie: i miss jeffrey's show
	🥁 2:46pm Bas NL: If Jeffrey is interested we might do a little fundraiser to get him started?
	2:47pm Irene Trudel: Thanks everyone for indulging me for my favorites of the past year! Hope you have a healthy happy New Year's celebration, and I'll catch yo next Monday at noon. Stay tuned for Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza: wfmu.org...
	🥁 2:49pm chris in the redwoods: very much enjoyed it, Irene. thank you! :)
	🥁 2:49pm Sean in Bristol UK: Constant, yes!
	2:51pm Marc Farre: just catching the tail end of this Beautiful show. Happy new year, Irene!! <3
	🥁 2:51pm Bas NL: Thanks for the beautiful selection Irene! Hope to catch you through the mobile app next week; i'll be in line for my booster at the time.
	🥁 2:52pm Brian in UK: Thanks Irene, listening in from the kitchen. Wonderful shows all year.
	2:52pm Irene Trudel: Hey Marc! I played something from your latest earlier in the show. Happy New Year to you both!
	2:53pm Stanley: Happy New Year Irene and thanks for the great music.
	🥁 2:54pm Sean in Bristol UK: An absolute stonker of a show, thank you Irene
	2:54pm Toni: Happy New Year to you Irene! This was a beautiful program of music. Thank you for being part of my day. xoxoxo
	2:56pm Irene Trudel: Thank you Toni! Happy, healthy New Year to you and John.
	2:56pm Stork: Just jumping in at the end to say Happy New Year to Irene and all of her dear listeners! See you in two-two!
	🥁 2:57pm Brian in UK: Vocals kind of remind me of Dorothy Moscovich.
	2:57pm Irene Trudel: Thank you Stanley and Stork! Glad you got in at the end.
	🥁 2:57pm Michael 98145: Thanks again, Irene
	2:57pm Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever): Happy new year, Irene! Next on this Drummer Stream, we'll be "Swirled Freely": A wordless and happy-dream-making lazy layering play of field recordings from all over the world, and pleasing electronic musics from many joymakers. Hither: wfmu.org...
	2:59pm listener james from westwood: Gentle, delightful revue; thanks, Irene!
	🥁 2:59pm David (in London): Thanks for a lovely show today Irene.
	2:59pm prguitar: Hey there TDK60 it's been a while thanks for the heads up about Hospitals! I haven't been tested yet.. Fully vaxed with booster, but I imagine testing will be inevitable.. Thanks for the wishes chris in the redwoods! I'm with you, there is much to be thankful for during these difficult times.. Do you live in Northern California? Hey there Sean in Bristol UK! Good to share this time with you.. sounds to be pretty rough in the UK now.. been keen on a visit.. especially to head north to Scotland.. it's been a long while, and who knows when at this point..
	3:03pm prguitar: Thanks Irene! Great to hear your voice, and all the amazing music you've shared today! All the best for the holidays! Will see you shortly after New Years! My best to Peter, and your wonderful feline rascals!

Irene Trudel: Playlist from December 27, 2021

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