WNCW`s Top 100 of 2000
100. Lou Reed - Ecstasy (Reprise)
99. V-Roys - Are You Through Yet? (V-Roys/E Squared)
98. Various Artists-'til we outnumber 'em (Righteous Babe)
97. Victoria Williams - Water To Drink (Atlantic)
96. Robin & Linda Williams - In the Company of Strangers (Sugar Hill)
95. Chris Smither - Live As I'll Ever Be (Hightone)
94. Dan Tyminski - Carry Me Across the Mountain (Doobie Shea)
93. The Persuasions - Might As Well: The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead (Grateful Dead)
92. The Brian Setzer Orchestra - VaVoom (Interscope)
91. Todd Snider - Happy To Be Here (Oh Boy)
90. Sonny Landreth - Levee Town (Sugar Hill)
89. The Jazz Mandolin Project - Xenoblast (Blue Note)
88. BR5-49 - Coast to Coast (Arista)
87. Various Artists - Big Mon (Skaggs Family)
86. Various Artists - O Brother Where Art Thou? (Mercury)
85. Hot Club of Cow Town - Dev'lish Mary (Hightone)
84. Dwight Yoakam - Tomorrow's Sounds Today (Reprise)
83. Joan Osborne - Righteous Love (Interscope)
82. John Hartford - Live From Mountain Stage (Blue Plate Music)
81. Blueground Undergrass - Live at the Variety Playhouse (Phoenix Media)
80. Dave Alvin - Public Domain (Hightone)
79. Willie Nelson - Me and the Drummer (Luck Records)
78. BB King - Makin' Love is Good For You (MCA)
77. Joe Jackson - Summer in the City (Sony Classical)
76. Joe Jackson - Night and Day II (Sony Classical)
75. Aimee Mann & Others - Magnolia Soundtrack (Reprise)
74. Patti Smith - Gung Ho (Arista)
73. Michael Reno Harrell - Second Wind (Rank)
72. Ronnie McCoury - Heartbreak Town (Rounder)
71. Patty Larkin - Regrooving the Dream (Vanguard)
70. Dwight Yoakam - dwightyoakamacoustic.net (Reprise)
69. The Gourds - Bolsa de Agua (Sugar Hill)
68. Aimee Mann - Bachelor No 2 (Superego Records)
67. Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer - Tanglewood Tree (Signature Sounds)
66. Snake Oil Medicine Show - Hi Speed Highway Parade (SOMS)
65. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (Bloodshot)
64. Sarah Harmer - You Were Here (Zoe/Rounder)
63. The Jayhawks - Smile (Coumbia)
62. Little Feat - Chinese Work Songs (CMC International)
61. John Cowan - John Cowan (Sugar Hill)
60. The Tony Rice Unit - Unit of Measure (Rounder)
59. Dr. John - Duke Elegant (Blue Note)
58. Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - Live (Elektra)
57. Laura Love - Fourteen Days (Zoe/Rounder)
56. Ratdog - Evening Moods (Grateful Dead)
55. Merle Haggard - If I Could Only Fly (Anti/Epitaph)
54. Alison Brown - Fair Weather (Compass)
53. Medeski Martin & Wood - The Dropper (Blue Note)
52. Afro Cuban All Stars - Distinto, Diferente (Nonesuch)
51. Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now (Reprise)
50. Slaid Cleves - Broke Down (Philo)
49. Cubanismo - Mardi Gras Mambo (Hannibal)
48. Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (Artemis)
47. The Wallflowers - Breach (Interscope)
46. Seldom Scene - Scene It All (Sugar Hill)
45. North Mississippi All Stars - Shake Hands With Short (Tone Cool)
44. RL Burnside - Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down (Fat Possum)
43. Morphine - The Night (Dreamworks)
42. kd Lang - Invincible Summer (Warner Bros)
41. Various Artists - Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska (Subpop)
40. Galactic - Late For The Future (Capricorn)
39. Greg Brown - Covenant (Redhouse)
38. David Wilcox - What You Whispered (Vanguard)
37. Cowboy Junkies - Rarities, B-Sides & Slow Sad Waltzes (Valley)
36. The String Cheese Incident - Carnival '99 (Sci Fidelity)
35. Squirrel Nut Zippers - Bedlam Ballroom (Mammoth)
34. Chuck Brodsky - Last of the Old Time (Redhouse)
33. Stacey Earle - Dancin' With Them That Brung Me (Gearle)
32. Rickie Lee Jones - It's Like This (Artemis)
31. Van Morrison & Linda Gail Lewis - You Win Again (Point Blank)
30. Widespread Panic - Another Joyous Occasion (Widespread)
29. Nickel Creek - Nickel Creek (Sugar Hill)
28. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - One Endless Night (Rounder)
27. Shelby Lynne - I Am Shelby Lynne (Island)
26. Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks - Beatin' The Heat (Surfdog)
25. David Gray - White Ladder (ATO)
24. Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Ave, Vol II (Elektra)
23. Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band - Live:Shoutin In Key (Hannibal)
22. Dar Williams - The Green World (Razor & Tie)
21. Steely Dan - Two Against Nature (Giant)
20. U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind (Interscope)
19. Bruce Hornsby - Here Come the Noise Makers (RCA)
18. Tim O'Brien & Darryl Scott - Real Time (Howdy Skies)
17. Willie Nelson - Milk Cow Blues (Island)
16. Phish - Farmhouse (Elecktra)
15. Southern Culture On the Skids - Liquored Up and Lacquered Down (TVT)
14. BB King & Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (Reprise)
13. Mark Knopfler - Sailing to Philadelphia (Warner Bros)
12. Paul Simon - You're The One (Warner Bros)
11. Keb Mo - The Door (Sony)
10.John Hiatt - Crossing Muddy Water (Vanguard)
9. Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man (American)
8. Donna The Buffalo - Positive Friction (Sugar Hill)
7. Bela Fleck & the Flecktones - Outbound (Sony)
6. Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues (Artemis)
5. Jerry Garcia, David Grisman & Tony Rice - The Pizza Tapes (Acoustic Disc)
4. Neil Young - Silver and Gold (Reprise)
3. Sam Bush - Ice Caps: Peaks of Telluride (Sugar Hill)
2. Acoustic Syndicate - Crazy Little Life (Little King)
1. Emmy Lou Harris - Red Dirt Girl (Nonesuch)