2012 arrived in hurry and brought with it three monumental events for me, my family, and Uprooted Music Revue: the birth of our son, a new teaching position, and an "uprooted" cross-county move from Brooklyn, NY to Portland, OR.

So with keeping these joyous, thrilling, and forever life-altering experiences in mind, these are the albums that I have been listening to most as a fan, artist, teacher, writer, husband, and father this year.

Father John Misty: Fear Fun (Sub Pop)

Carolina Chocolate Drops: Leaving Eden (Nonesuch)

Trampled By Turtles: Stars and Satellites (Banjodad)

Old Crow Medicine Show: Carry Me Back (ATO)

Hurray For The Riff Raff: Look Out Mama (Born To Win)

Bettye LaVette: Thankful N' Thoughtful (Anti-)

The Two Man Gentlemen Band: Two At A Time (Bean-Tone)

The Wandering: Go Now, You Can't Stay Here (Songs of the South)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band: The Preservation Hall 50th Anniversary Collection (Legacy)

The Tallest Man on Earth: There's No Leaving Now (Dead Oceans)

Hiss Golden Messenger: Poor Moon (Tompkins Square)

Beth Orton: Sugaring Season (Anti-)

Luther Dickinson: Hambone's Meditations (Songs of the South)

Joan Shelley: Ginko (Ol Kentuck)

Elephant Micah: Louder Than Thou (Product of Palmyra)

Justin Townes Earle: Nothing's Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now (Bloodshot)

Wanda Jackson: Unfinished Business (Sugar Hill)

Laura Gibson: La Grande (Barsuk)

Elizabeth Mitchell: Little Seed: Songs For Children By Woody Guthrie and Blue Clouds (Smithsonian Folkways)

Daniel Martin Moore & Joan Shelley: Farthest Field (Ol Kentuck)

Shovels & Rope: O' Be Joyful (Dualtone)

Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three: Live in Holland (Free Dirt)

Calexico: Algiers (Anti-)

The Black Swans: Occasion For Song (Misra)

Woody Pines: You Gotta Roll EP (Woody Pines)