Playlist 20.12.10

Hooray for Pat Damoglou Smyth who turned disarray and bad times into a remarkable record called 'The Great Divide'. You may remember the guy as one half of Pat And Nipsy and a third of The Fools. He was also deep into Smokey Angle Shades before things went awry in London. With all of these experiences, he made great music. I will always be lit up by an early composition called 'Don't Fight With Me' that became a personalised radio message, 'Don't Fight With Stu', that served me happily.

So it was a pleasure to have him in the studio for the penultimate show of the year. He was talking up the new album and playing some Buffalo Springfield. We salute the man and expect more delights in 2011.

Next week: my faves of the year, including The Arcade Fire, Paul Weller, Villagers, The Gaslight Anthem, Ali Farka Toure, John Grant, Mavis Staples, Warpaint, Laura Marling, Caitlin Rose, Gil Scott Heron, Vampire Weekend, The Duke And The King, Beach House and more. Have a terrific holiday, kind listeners.

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

Mondays, ten - midnight

Keith Richards - Run Rudolph Run (Rolling Stones)

Ry Cooder - Footprints In The Snow (Nonesuch)

The Hold Steady - The Weekenders (Rough Trade)

Pat Dam Smyth - Yellow Line (ps)

Buffalo Springfield - Flying On The Ground Is Wrong (Atlantic)

Pat Dam Smyth - Slip John (ps)

The Coral - Walking In The Winter (Deltasonic)

Avi Buffalo - What's In It For? (Sub Pop)

Captain Beefheart - Observatory Crest (Virgin)

Cathy Davey - Little Red (Hammer Toe)

Neil Young - Love and War (Reprise)

Ash - Binary (Atom Heart)

The Charlatans - My Foolish Pride (Frinck)

Colenso Parade - Find Your Mother (white)

Eels - Little Bird (E Works)

Villagers - In A New Found Land You Are Free (ATL session)

The Kissaway Trail - SDP (Bella Union)

Tracey Thorne - Oh The Divorces (Strange Feeling)

Kurt Wagner, Courtney Tidwell - Picking Wild Mountain Berries (City Slang)

Escape Act - Salt In Your Eye (Volte Face)

The National - Conversation 16 (4AD)

The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (Columbia)

Joanna Newsome - Jackrabbits (Drag City)

Antony And The Johnsons - Thank You For Your Love (Rough Trade)

These New Puritans - Hologram (Domino)

Blitzen Trapper - The Tree (Sub Pop)