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WNCW'S TOP 100 CDs OF 2009
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WNCW's Top CD of 2009
Avett Brothers -
I And Love And You | |
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Weekday Music Mix
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Avett Brothers – I And Love And You |
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Steep Canyon Rangers - Deep in the Shade |
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Wilco - (The Album) |
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Bob Dylan - Together Through Life |
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Bela Fleck - Throw Down Your Heart |
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Levon Helm - Electric Dirt |
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Del McCoury Band - Family Circle |
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Dave Rawlings Machine - A Friend of a Friend |
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Belleville Outfit - Time to Stand |
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10 |
Steve Earle - Townes |
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11 |
Drive-By Truckers - The Fine Print |
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Neko Case - Middle Cyclone |
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13 |
Sam Bush - Circles Around Me |
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14 |
Elvis Costello - Secret, Profane & Sugarcane |
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15 |
Derek Trucks Band - Already Free |
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16 |
Balsam Range - Last Train to Kittyhawk |
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17 |
Tom Waits - Glitter & Doom: Live |
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18 |
Dehlia Low - Tellico |
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19 |
Gov't Mule - By a Thread |
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20 |
Roseanne Cash - The List |
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Norah Jones - The Fall |
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22 |
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood - Live From Madison Square Garden |
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23 |
Eilen Jewell - Sea of Tears |
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24 |
Monsters of Folk - (self-titled) |
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Steve Martin - The Crow |
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26 |
Guy Clark - Somedays The Song Writese You |
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27 |
James McMurtry - Live in Europe |
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28 |
Lyle Lovett - Natural Forces |
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29 |
Leonard Cohen - Live in London |
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30 |
Iron & Wine - Around the Well |
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31 |
Decemberists - The Hazards of Love |
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32 |
Honeycutters - Irene |
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33 |
Rodrigo y Gabriela - 11:11 |
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34 |
Andrew Bird - Noble Beast |
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35 |
Son Volt - American Central Dust |
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36 |
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Up From Below |
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37 |
Ben Harper & The Relentless 7 - White Lies For Dark Times |
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38 |
J.J. Cale - Roll On |
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39 |
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl |
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40 |
M. Ward - Hold Time |
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41 |
Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel - Willie & The Wheel |
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42 |
Justin Townes Earle - Midnight at the Movies |
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43 |
Gourds - Haymaker |
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44 |
Robert Earl Keen - The Rose Hotel |
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45 |
Felice Brothers - Yonder is the Clock |
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46 |
Buddy & Julie Miller - Written in Chalk |
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47 |
Neil Young - Fork in the Road |
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48 |
Ricky Skaggs - Solo: Songs My Dad Loved |
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49 |
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit |
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50 |
Black Joe Lewis & The Hoenybears - Tell 'Em What Your Name Is! |
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51 |
Bryan Sutton and Friends - Almost Live |
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Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer |
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Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers - Levitate |
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Dailey & Vincent - Brothers From Different Mothers |
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55 |
Songs From the Road Band - As the Crow Flies |
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56 |
Blind Boys of Alabama - Live in New Orleans |
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57 |
Todd Snider - The Excitement Plan |
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58 |
Allen Toussaint - The Bright Mississippi |
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Langhorne Slim - Be Set Free |
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60 |
Melody Gardot - My One and Only Thrill |
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Sweetback Sisters - Chicken Ain't Chicken |
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Booker T - Potato Hole |
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Karl Denson - Brother's Keeper |
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Willie Nelson - Naked Willie |
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Larry Keel & Natural Bridge - Backwoods |
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Jack Johnson - En Concert |
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Bruce Cockburn - Slice o Life: Live Solo |
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Slaid Cleaves - Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away |
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Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost |
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Malcolm Holcombe - For the Mission Baby |
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Gomez - A New Tide |
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Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard - One Fast Move Or I'm Gone |
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Rhonda Vincent - Destination Life |
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Casey Driessen - Oog |
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Elvis Perkins - Dearland |
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Angela Easterling - Blacktop Road |
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Nanci Griffith - The Loving Kind |
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Phish - Joy |
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David Gray - Draw the Line |
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Crosby, Stills, & Nash - Demos |
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Carolina Chocolate Drops - (self-titled) |
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Sara Watkins - (self-titled) |
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Alison Brown - The Company You Keep |
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Ziggy Marley - Family Time |
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Buffy Sainte-Marie - Running For the Drum |
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REM - Live at the Olympia |
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Delbert McClinton - Acquired Taste |
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Chris Smither - Time Stands Still |
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Claire Lynch Band - Whatcha Gonna Do |
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Firecracker Jazz Band - Red Hot Band |
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Scott Miller & The Commonwealth - For Crying Out Loud |
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Sam Baker - Cotton |
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Squirrel Nut Zippers - Lost at Sea |
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Cotton Jones - Paranoid Cocoon |
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Black Crowes - Before the Frost |
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Jorma Kaukonen - River of Time |
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Patterson Hood - Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs) |
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Pink Martini - Splendor in the Grass |
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Chuck Prophet - Let Freedom Ring! |
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Loudon Wainwright III - High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project |
WNCW'S TOP 20 Regional CD's OF 2009
1 Avett Brothers - I and Love And You
2 Dehlia Low - Tellico
3 Firecracker Jazz Band - Red Hot Band
4 Honeycutters - Irene
5 Velvet Truckstop - Sweet Release
6 Mad Tea Party - Zombie Boogie
7 Stephanie's Id - Warm People
8 Sons of Ralph - When I Find Time
9 Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band - Greatest Hips vol. 2
10 Possum Jenkins - Possum Jenkins and Their Collection of Bad Habits
11 Dave Desmelik - Onlooker
12 Laura Reed and Deep Pocket - Live at Tree Sound
13 Angela Easterling - Blacktop Road
14 Scott Miller - For Crying Out Loud
15 Cary Fridley - Fare You Well
16 Jill Andrews - EP
17 Floating Action - Floating Action
18 Christabel and the Jons - Custom Made For You
19 Lance Mills - Wore Out Shoes
20 Stereofidelics - Only Sleeping
WNCW'S TOP 50 Bluegrass CD's OF 2009
1 Steep Canyon Rangers - Deep In The Shade
2 Del McCoury Band - Family Circle
3 Dailey & Vincent - Brothers from Different Mothers
4 Steve Martin - The Crow
5 Seth Rhinehart - Come On In
6 Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver - Lonely Street
7 Ricky Skaggs - Solo: Songs My Daddy Loved
8 Balsam Range - Last Train To Kitty Hawk
9 Audie Blaylock and Redline - self-titled
10 Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out - self-titled
11 Barry Scott & Second Wind - In God's Time
12 Bryan Sutton and Friends - Almost Live
13 Dailey & Vincent - Singing From The Heart
14 Rhonda Vincent - Destination Life
15 Gibson Brothers - Ring The Bell
16 Adam Steffey - One More For The Road
17 Tom Godleski & Buncombe Turnpike - Ditch Diggin' Blues
18 Gold Heart - My Sisters And Me
19 Lou Reid & Carolina - My Own Set Of Rules
20 Bluegrass Brothers - As Time Goes By
21 Dale Ann Bradley - Don't Turn Your Back
22 Primitive Quartet - I'm Looking Through New Eyes
23 J. Larry Keith - Travelling Angel II
24 Ernie Thacker - The Hangman
25 David Via - All Night Long
26 Jerry Butler & John Wade - Haulin' Grass
27 Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press - Bluegrass & Beyond
28 Isaacs - …Naturally
29 Brandon Rickman - Young Man, Old Soul
30 Cockman Family - All About Love
31 Grasstowne - The Other Side of Towne
32 David Davis & The Warrior River Boys - Two Dimes & A Nickel
33 Grass Cats - A Good Way To Get The Blues
34 Monroe Crossing - Heartache & Stone
35 Newfound Road - Same Old Place
36 Donna Ulisse - Walk This Mountain Down
37 Tommy Webb - Heartland
38 David Parmley & Continental Divide - Three Silver Dollars
39 Lost & Found - Love, Lost and Found
40 Eric Ellis - Every Night Before Breakfast
41 Far City Boys - I Have Been Blessed
42 Special Consensus - Signs
43 Tipton Hill Boys - Songs We Like
44 Mac Wiseman - Bluegrass Hits and Heartsongs
45 Constant Change - Hills Of Home
46 Rye Holler Boys - Ole Gravel Road
47 Chris Jones & The Night Drivers - Cloud Of Dust
48 Bill Yates & Friends - Country Gentlemen Tribute Volume II
49 Emory Lester - Reminiscing Today
50 Jeff Tolbert - Mercy & Grace
WNCW's Top 20 Jazz CD's of 2009
1 Allen Toussaint - The Bright Mississippi
2 Wynton Marsalis - He and She
3 Pink Martini - Splendor In The Grass
4 John Scofield - Piety Street
5 Poncho Sanchez - Psychedelic Blues
6 Melody Gardot - My One And Only Thrill
7 Bill Frisell - Disfarmer
8 Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band - I'm BeBoppin' Too
9 Billy Harper - Blueprints of Jazz Vol. 2
10 Dr. Lonnie Smith - Rise Up!
11 Branford Marsalis Quartet - Metamorphosen
12 Count Basie Orchestra - Swinging, Singing, Playing
13 Freddie Hubbard - Without A Song: Live in Europe 1969
14 Nellie McKay - Normal As Blueberry Pie
15 Rob Ickes - Road Song
16 Keith Jarrett - Yesterdays
17 Blue Note 7 - Mosaic: A Celebration of Blue Note Records
18 James Carter and John Medeski - Heaven On Earth Total
19 Mulatu Astatke - New York, Addis, London: The Story of Ethio Jazz…
20 Farreed Haque and the Flat Earth Ensemble - Flat Planet
WNCW'S TOP 20 Blues CD's Of 2009
1 Geoff Achison - One Ticket, One Ride
2 Blind Boys of Alabama - Duets
3 Robert Cray Band - This Time
4 Shemekia Copeland - Never Going Back
5 WSNB - Oktibbiha County
6 Tinsley Ellis - Speak No Evil
7 Hill Country Revue - Make A Move
8 Maria Muldaur - Garden Of Joy
9 Otis Taylor - Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs
10 Guy Davis - Sweetheart Like You
11 Robben Ford - Soul on Ten
12 Sean Costello - Seans Blues
13 Geoff Muldaur & The Texas Sheiks - self-titled
14 Rory Block - Blues Walkin' Like a Man
15 Saffire - Havin' the Last Word
16 Roy Rogers - Split Decision
17 Eric Lindell - Gulf Coast Highway
18 Homemade Jamz - I Got Blues For You
19 Fiona Boyes - Blues Woman
20 Victor Wainwright and the WildRoots - Beale Street to the Bayou
WNCW'S TOP 100 ARTISTS OF THE PAST 20 YEARS
THE RESULTS ARE IN. HERES OUR LIST OF THE TOP 100 WNCW ARTISTS OF THE PAST 20 YEARS. WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND LISTENERS AND MEMBERS CAST THEIR VOTES. THANKS TO EACH OF YOU WHO HELPED US COMPILE OUR LIST. THE TOP 20 ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.
| DYLAN, BOB |
| AVETT BROTHERS |
| GARCIA, JERRY/GRATEFUL DEAD |
| KRAUSS, ALISON |
| CASH, JOHNNY |
| ACOUSTIC SYNDICATE |
| BEATLES |
| WATSON, DOC (+ MERLE) |
| YOUNG, NEIL |
| ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND |
| WILLIAMS, LUCINDA |
| WELCH, GILLIAN (+ DAVID RAWLINGS) |
| BAND, THE (+ LEVON HELM, ROBBIE ROBERTSON, ETC.) |
| BUSH, SAM |
| PRINE, JOHN |
| EARLE, STEVE |
| HARRIS, EMMYLOU |
| OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW |
| DONNA THE BUFFALO |
| McCOURY, DEL |
| MORRISON, VAN |
| FLECK, BELA (+ FLECKTONES) |
| ZAPPA, FRANK |
| MARLEY, BOB |
| TWEEDY, JEFF (WILCO, UNCLE TUPELO) |
| MCMURTRY, JAMES |
| CASE, NEKO |
| ADAMS, RYAN (+WHISKEYTOWN) |
| WAITS, TOM |
| KEEN, ROBERT EARL |
| O’BRIEN, TIM (+ HOT RIZE) |
| DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS |
| BECK |
| NELSON, WILLIE |
| CLAPTON, ERIC |
| WIDESPREAD PANIC |
| CROSBY, STILLS, & NASH (+ SOLO WORKS, BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD) |
| CALE, J.J. |
| CLARK, GUY |
| LOVETT, LYLE |
| SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE |
| BLUE HIGHWAY |
| HARTFORD, JOHN |
| COSTELLO, ELVIS |
| HIATT, JOHN |
| RICE, TONY |
| STEEP CANYON RANGERS |
| BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA |
| DAVIS, MILES |
| VAN ZANDT, TOWNES |
| TALKING HEADS/DAVID BYRNE |
| GOURDS |
| COHEN, LEONARD |
| HARPER, BEN |
| BRODSKY, CHUCK |
| KNOPFLER (+ DIRE STRAITS) |
| MAHAL, TAJ |
| HAYNES, WARREN (+ GOV'T MULE, ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND, ETC.) |
| R.E.M. |
| ROLLING STONES (INCLUDING SOLO PROJECTS) |
| FLATT & SCRUGGS/EARL SCRUGGS (+ SOLO PROJECTS) |
| LED ZEPPELIN |
| INDIGO GIRLS |
| GRIFFIN, PATTY |
| THOMPSON, RICHARD |
| SIMON, PAUL (+ SIMON & GARFUNKEL) |
| NICKEL CREEK/CHRIS THILE/SARA & SEAN WATKINS |
| LOS LOBOS |
| HENDRIX, JIMI |
| BE GOOD TANYAS |
| VAUGHAN, STEVIE RAY |
| RAITT, BONNIE |
| IRON & WINE |
| FRANTI, MICHAEL |
| COCKBURN, BRUCE |
| YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND |
| LITTLE FEAT |
| DOUGLAS, JERRY |
| MITCHELL, JONI |
| GRIFFITH, NANCI |
| TEDESCHI, SUSAN |
| STANLEY, RALPH (+ STANLEY BRO'S) |
| ZEVON, WARREN |
| BROWNE, JACKSON |
| HARRELL, MICHAEL RENO |
| COWBOY JUNKIES |
| SNIDER, TODD |
| PETTY, TOM |
| JAYHAWKS |
| COLTRANE, JOHN |
| ARMSTRONG, LOUIS |
| BURNSIDE, R.L. |
| GRISMAN, DAVID (+ QUINTET, OLD & IN THE WAY, ETC.) |
| SCOTT, DARRELL |
| TRUCKS, DEREK |
| HAGGARD, MERLE |
| CROWELL, RODNEY |
| DUHKS |
| BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (+ SOLO PROJECTS) |
| KING, B.B. |
WNCW TOP 100 OF 2008
Scroll down to see the top regional, bluegrass, reggae, jazz, celtic, and blues releases of the year.
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WNCW's Top CD of 2008
Avett Brothers -
The Second Gleam |
WEEKDAY MIX
Rank CD
1 Avett Brothers - The Second Gleam
2 Bob Dylan - Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8
3 Old Crow Medicine Show - Tennessee Pusher
4 Drive By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
5 Wood Brothers - Loaded
6 Lucinda Williams - Little Honey
7 James McMurtry - Just Us Kids
8 Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal
9 Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
10 Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet - (self-titled)
11 B.B. King - One Kind Favor
12 Belleville Outfit - Wanderin'
13 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
14 Tyler Ramsey - A Long Dream About Swimming Across The Sea
15 Al Green - Lay it Down
16 Dehlia Low - Dehlia Low
17 Emmylou Harris - All I Intended to Be
18 Beck - Modern Guilt
19 Aimee Mann - @#%&*! Smilers
20 Donna the Buffalo - Silverlined
21 Blind Boys of Alabama - Down in New Orleans
22 Felice Brothers - (self-titled)
23 JJ Grey & Mofro - Orange Blossoms
24 Blue Highway - Through the Window of a Train
25 Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers
26 Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static
27 Nikki Talley - To Be a Bird
28 Mad Tea Party - Found a Reason
29 Railroad Earth - Amen Corner
30 David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
31 Black Crowes - Warpaint
32 Ani DiFranco - Red Letter Year
33 Michael Franti & Spearhead - All Rebel Rockers
34 Mudcrutch - (self-titled)
35 Ray LaMontagne - Gossip in the Grain
36 Vampire Weekend - (self-titled)
37 Susan Tedeschi - Back to the River
38 Tim O'Brien - Chameleon
39 Dan Tyminski - Wheels
40 Infamous Stringdusters - (self-titled)
41 Darrell Scott - Modern Hymns
42 Randy Newman - Harps and Angels
43 Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis - Two Men With the Blues
44 Buddy Guy - Skin Deep
45 Duhks - Fast Paced World
46 Black Keys - Attack & Release
47 Otis Taylor - Recapturing the Banjo
48 Buena Vista Social Club - At Carnegie Hall
49 Toubab Krewe - Live at the Orange Peel
50 She & Him - Volume One
51 Hank Williams III - Damn Right Rebel Proud
52 Calexico - Carried to Dust
53 Biscuit Burners - Take Me Home
54 Malcolm Holcombe - Gamblin' House
55 High Windy - A Greater Storm
56 Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
57 Todd Snider - Peace Queer
58 Cat Power - Jukebox
59 Chuck Brodsky - Two Sets
60 Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Cardinology
61 Earl Scruggs with Family & Friends - (self-titled)
62 Jackson Browne - Time the Conqueror
63 Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Momofuku
64 Dar Williams - Promised Land
65 Waybacks - Loaded
66 Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder - Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass
67 Mavis Staples - Live: Hope at the Hideout
68 Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Revisited
69 Crooked Still - Still Crooked
70 John Hiatt - Same Old Man
71 Tracy Chapman - Our Bright Future
72 Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Rattlin' Bones
73 Chatham County Line - IV
74 McCoy Tyner - Guitars
75 Sam Bush - On The Road
76 Van Morrison - That's Entertainment
77 Tift Merritt - Another Country
78 John Mellencamp - Life Death Love and Freedom
79 David Kraai & The Saddle Tramps - High & Lonesome
80 Hayes Carll - Trouble in Mind
81 Brett Dennen - Hope For the Hopeless
82 North Mississippi Allstars - Hernando
83 Yonder Mountain String Band - Mountain Tracks: Vol. 5
84 Rodney Crowell - Sex & Gasoline
85 B-52's - Funplex
86 Laura Blackley - Love and Monsters
87 Billy Bragg - Mr. Love & Justice
88 Dailey & Vincent - (self-titled)
89 Hold Steady - Stay Positive
90 Taj Mahal - Maestro
91 Pretenders - Break Up the Concrete
92 Langhorne Slim & The War Eagles - (self-titled)
93 Jerry Douglas - Glide
94 Allison Moorer - Mockingbird
95 Willie Nelson - Moment of Forever
96 Conor Oberst (self-titled)
97 Dr. John & The Lower 911 - City That Care Forgot
98 Josh Phillips Folk Festival - Wicker
99 Widespread Panic - Free Somehow
100 Ralph Stanley - Old-Time Pickin-: A Clawhammer Banjo Collection
Top 30 Regional
Rank CD
1 Avett Brothers-The Second Gleam
2 Tyler Ramsey - A Long Dream About Swimming Across the Sea
3 Malcolm Holcombe - Gamblin' House
4 Toubab Krewe - Live at the Orange Peel
5 Chuck Brodsky - Two Sets
6 Trainwreks- Ready to Die
7 Shane Pruitt Band- Shane Pruitt Band
8 Nikki Talley- To Be A Bird
9 Valorie Miller- Autumn Eyes
10 Josh Phillips Folk Festival- Wicker
11 Free Planet Radio- The Unraveling
12 Mad Tea Party- Found a Reason
13 Charles Hedgepath- Instruments of Peace
14 Brian McGee and the Hollow Speed-Brian McGee and the Hollow Speed
15 Jazz the Ripper- Funky and Fresh
16 Galen Kipar Project - Paper Sailer
17 Hope Massive- Itany
18 David Earl and the Plowshares- Local Anesthesia
19 Don Dixon and the Jump Rabbits- The Nu-Look
20 Jonathan Scales- Plot/Scheme
21 Aaron Burdett- Resolve
22 Pond Brothers- Pond Brothers
23 J. Scott Hinkle- Blueridge Martini
24 Arizona- Glowing Bird
25 Turbo Pro Project- Daydream
26 Scoot Pittman- (Sooner or Later, These Will Be) Smash Hits vol. 1
27 Dana and Susan Robinson- Round My Door
28 Paco Shipp- One in a Million
29 Andy Pond- Andy Pond
30 George Pond-Warpexter Cosmoverse
Top 50 Bluegrass
Rank CD
1 Infamous Stringdusters - Infamous Stringdusters
2 Blue Highway - Through the Window of a Train
3 Jim Lauderdale - Could We Get Any Closer
4 Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder - Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass
5 Grascals - Keep On Walkin'
6 Rhonda Vincent - Good Thing Going
7 Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver - Help Is On The Way
8 Town Mountain - Heroes and Heretics
9 Lonesome River Band - No Turning Back
10 Dan Tyminski - Wheels
11 High Windy - Greater Storm
12 Steeldrivers - (self-titled)
13 Dailey and Vincent Band - (self-titled)
14 Gibson Brothers - Iron and Diamonds
15 Kenny & Amanda Smith Band - Live and Learn
16 Larry Sparks - I Don't Regret A Mile
17 Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper - Leavin' Town
18 Laurie Lewis and The Right Hands - Live
19 Sierra Hull - Secrets
20 Blue Moon Rising - One Lonely Shadow
21 Daughters of Bluegrass - Bluegrass Bouquet
22 Baker Boys - Lonesome Weary Heart
23 Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice -Blueside of the Blue Ridge
24 Longview - Deep In The Mountains
25 Danny Paisley And The Southern Grass - The Room Over Mine
26 Darin Aldridge and Brooke Justice - I'll Go With You
27 Valerie Smith and Becky Buller - Here's a Little Song
28 Kristen Scott Benson - Second Season
29 Snyder Family Band Featuring Samantha and Zeb Snyder - (self-titled)
30 Charles Wood - Banjology
31 James King - Gardens In The Sky
32 Paul Williams & The Victory Trio - What A Journey
33 Primitive Quartet - 35th Anniversary
34 Tom Godleski - Fresh Preserves
35 Surefire - The Old, Old House
36 Redwine - Winter's Come And Gone
37 Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad - Pickin', Praisin' and Singin'/
Hymns From The Mountain
38 Beth Stevens and Edge - Strong Enough
39 Darrell Webb - Live at Bellamys
40 Mountain Harmony - On Our Way
41 The Hagars Mountain Boys - A Better Way
42 Good Shepherd Quartet - Surely, God Is Able
43 Mashville Brigade - Bluegrass Smash Hits Volume 1
44 Alan Munde Gazette - Made To Last
45 Last Road - Highway
46 Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road - Why Don't You Give Jesus a Try
47 Jason Davis - Steppin' Out
48 Jeanette Williams - Thank You For Caring
49 Dewey Farmer - My Old Favorites
50 Churchmen - I'll Be Long Gone
Top 20 Reggae
Rank CD
1 Burning Spear - Jah is Real
2 Hope Massive - Itany
3 John Brown's Body - Amplify
4 Lee "Scratch" Perry - The End of an American Dream
5 Rockamovya - Rockamovya
6 Soldiers of Jah Army - Stars and Stripes EP
7 Beat Pharmacy - Wikkid Times
8 Augustus Pablo - The Rockers Story
9 Cocoa Tea: Reggae Anthology - The Sweet Sound of Cocoa Tea 2CD
10 Ancient King- Judgement
11 Tuff Lion - Ten Strings
12 Luciano - Jah Is My Navigator
13 Various Artists: Roots Garden Records - Showcase Part 1
14 Junior Delgado - Brothers
15 Telepath - Contact
16 Army- Zion Sodiers Chant
17 Kenyatta "Culture" Hill - Pass the Torch
18 Zeb - Zeb Step EP
19 Jah Rubal - Fire Chariot
20 Midnite & Desmond Williams - Kayamagan
Top 25 Jazz
Rank CD
1 Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis - Two Men With The Blues
2 Medeski Martin and Wood - Let's Go Everywhere
3 Pat Metheny - Day Trip
4 Brubeck Brothers Quartet - Classified
5 McCoy Tyner - Guitars
6 Medeski Martin and Wood - Radiolarians I
7 Maceo Parker - Roots and Grooves
8 Sonny Rollins - Road Shows, Vol. 1
9 Sun Ra - The Night Of The Purple Moon
10 Stanley Jordan - State of Nature
11 Jeff Coffin Mu'tet - Mutopia
12 Stanton Moore Trio - Emphasis On Parenthesis
13 Dave Holland Sextet - Pass It On
14 Hot Club Of Detroit - Night Town
15 Mary Lou Williams - A Grand Night For Swinging
16 Bob Mintzer Big Band - Swing Out
17 David Fathead Newman - Diamondhead
18 Jacqui Naylor - You Don't Know Jacq
19 Will Bernard - Blue Plate Special
20 Bill O'Connell - Triple Play
21 Jonathan Scales - Plot/Scheme
22 Jenny Scheinman - Crossing the Field
23 Bill Heid - Asian Persuasion
24 Joey Defrancesco - Joey D!
25 Rebecca Martin - The Growing Season
Top 20 Celtic
Rank CD
1 Gaelic Storm-What's the Rumpus
2 Flogging Molly - Float
3 Juniper - Live From the Appalachians
4 Solas - For Love and Laughter
5 Dervish-Travelling Show
6 Karan Casey - Ships in the Forest
7 Capercaillie - Roses & Tears
8 Thistledown Tinkers - Red Clay Celtic Revue
9 Lunasa - The Story So Far
10 Various Artists - Putumayo Celtic Dreamland
11 Various Artists - Absolutely Irish
12 Aidan O'Rourke - Sirius
13 Kevin Burke & Cal Scott - Across the Black River
14 Kate Rusby-Awkward Annie
15 Archie Fisher - Windward Away
16 Dick Gaughan - Live! At the Trades Club
27 Daithi Sproule - The Crow in the Sun
28 Buille - self-titled
29 Patrick Street - On the Fly
20 Breabach-The Big Spree
Top 20 Blues
Rank CD
1 B.B. King - One Kind Favor
2 Buddy Guy - Skin Deep
3 Susan Tedeschi - Back to the River
4 Blind Boys of Alabama - Down in New Orleans
5 North Mississippi Allstars - Hernando
6 Mavis Staples - Live: Hope at the Hideout
7 Otis Taylor - Recapturing the Banjo
8 Elvin Bishop - The Blues Rolls On
9 Marcia Ball - Peace, Love & BBQ
10 Cedric Burnside & Lightnin- Malcolm - 2 Man Wrecking Crew
11 Pinetop Perkins & Friends - (self-titled)
12 Watermelon Slim and the Workers - No Paid Holidays
13 Jimmy Thackery - Inside Tracks
14 Tab Benoit - Night Train to Nashville
15 Irma Thomas - Simply Grand
16 Cephas & Wiggins - Richmond Blues
17 Robin Rogers - Treat Me Right
18 David Grissom - Loud Music
19 Afrissippi - Alliance
20 Lightnin' Wells- Shake 'Em On Down
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