WNCW's 2018 Top 100 - Staff Picks

Joe Kendrick:

1. Calexico -- The Thread That Keeps Us
2. Courtney Marie Andrews - May Your Kindness Remain
3. Tellico - Woven Waters
4. River Whyless - Kindness, A Rebel
5. Jose James - Lean on Me
6. Damien Jurado - The Horizon Just Laughed
7. Motel Mirrors - In the Meantime
8. Aaron Lee Tasjan - Karma For Cheap
9. Erika Wennerstrom - Sweet Unknown
10. Middle Kids - Lost Friends

 Martin Anderson:

1. Courtney Marie Andrews - May Your Kindness Remain
2. Brandi Carlile - By the Way, I Forgive You
3. Jim Lauderdale & Roland White - Jim Lauderdale & Roland White
4. Tellico - Woven Waters
5. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel
6. River Whyless - Kindness, A Rebel
7. Jupiter & Okwess - Kin Sonic
8. Robert Walter’s 20th Congress - Spacesuit
9. John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness
10. Leftover Salmon – Something Higher

 Renee Denton:

1. The Marcus King Band - Carolina Confessions
2. Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
3. The Nude Party - The Nude Party
4. Liz Cooper & The Stampede - Window Flowers
5. Brandi Carlile - By the Way, I Forgive You
6. Amanda Shires - To the Sunset
7. The Wood Brothers - One Drop of Truth
8. José James - Lean On Me
9. Aaron Lee Tasjan - Karma for Cheap
10. Uncle Walt’s Band - Anthology: Those Boys from Carolina, They Sure Could Sing

 Jasmin Melton:

1. Slocan Ramblers - Queen City Jubilee
2. Lonesome Ace Stringband - When The Sun Comes Up
3. Bobby Britt - Alaya
4. H.C. McEntire - Lionheart
5. Brandi Carlile - By The Way I Forgive You
6. Kurt Vile - Bottle It In
7. Charley Crockett - Lonesome As A Shadow
8. Foghorn Stringband - Rock Island Grange
9. Songs From The Road Band - Road To Nowhere
10. Charles Bradley - Black Velvet

 Rob Daves:

1. Spider Bags – Someday Everything Will Be Fine
2. Sofi Tukker – Treehouse
3. Aquaserge – Deja Vous (Live)
4. Juliana Hatfield – Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John
5. Sunwatchers – II
6. Superchunk – What a Time to Be Alive
7. Las Rosas – Shadow By Your Side
8. Funeral Horse – Psalms for the Mourning
9. Evil Triplet – Have a Nice Trip
10. Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth

 Spencer Jones:

1.     Brownout- Fear of a Brown Planet
2.     Jupiter & Okwess- Kin Sonic
3.     Uncle Walt’s Band: Anthology- Those Boys From Carolina, They Sure Enough Could Sing
4.     Angelique Kidjo- Remain In Light
5.     David Byrne- American Utopia
6.     Kamasi Washington- Heaven and Earth
7.     Toubab Krewe- Stylo
8.     Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco- You’re Driving Me Crazy
9.     Eli “Paperboy” Reed- Meets the High & Mighty Brass Band
10.     Steep Canyon Rangers- Out In the Open

 Vicki Dameron:

1. Damien Jurado - The Horizon Just Laughed
2. John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness
3. Charley Crockett - Lonesome As a Shadow
4. Calexico - The Thread That Keeps Us
5. Mark Knopfler - Down the Road Wherever
6. Steep Canyon Rangers - Out in the Open
7. Tami Neilson - Sassafrass!
8. Neko Case - Hell-On
9. Lake Street Dive - Free Yourself Up
10. Paul Cauthen - Have Mercy