THE 2015 PENGUIN AWARD NOMINEES

"WHAT'S THAT BACK THERE?"

 "That's the year, mate."  "What, you mean it's over already?"  "S'right, mate.  Where ya been?"  Well if that's the way the calendar chooses to act, then I suppose I've got no alternative but to announce the nominees for the 2015 Penguin Awards.

SONG OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

ALL OF THIS AND NOTHING - Dave Gahan and Soulsavers
BLACK MAMBO  -  Glass Animals
BLACKSTAR  -  David Bowie
CHATEAU LOBBY # 4 (IN C FOR TWO VIRGINS)  -  Father John Misty
COME A LONG WAY  -  Indigo Girls
DANGEROUS  -  Big Data featuring Joywave
DO YO DANCE  -  The Family Stone
IT GONNA COME  -  Melody Gardot
KANSAS CITY  -  The New Basement Tapes
MAKE YOU BETTER  -  The Decemberists
2 HEADS  -  Coleman Hell
UNFAIR WEATHER FRIEND  -  Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard
WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU  -  The New Basement Tapes

ALBUM OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

CURRENCY OF MAN  -  Melody Gardot

DJANGO AND JIMMIE  -  Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard

I LOVE YOU, HONEYBEAR  -  Father John Misty

LOST ON THE RIVER  -  The New Basement Tapes

OWL CALL BLUES  -  Tuba Skinny

TOMORROW IS MY TURN  -  Rhiannon Giddens

WHAT A TERRIBLE WORLD, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD  -  The Decemberists

DUET OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

IT'S ALL GOING TO POT  -  Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard
UNFAIR WEATHER FRIEND  -  Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard

COVER SONG OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

DON'T LET IT TROUBLE YOUR MIND  -  Rhiannon Giddens
EV'RYBODY WANTS TO BE A CAT  -  Charles Perry
I WAN'NA BE LIKE YOU (THE MONKEY SONG)  -  Fall Out Boy
SHE'S GOT YOU  -  Rhiannon Giddens
SUMMERFLY  -  Screaming Orphans