WNCW`s Top 100 CD`s of 2009
1
Avett Brothers – I And Love And You
2
Steep Canyon Rangers - Deep in the Shade
3
Wilco - (The Album)
4
Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
5
Bela Fleck - Throw Down Your Heart
6
Levon Helm - Electric Dirt
7
Del McCoury Band - Family Circle
8
Dave Rawlings Machine - A Friend of a Friend
9
Belleville Outfit - Time to Stand
10
Steve Earle - Townes
11
Drive-By Truckers - The Fine Print
12
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
13
Sam Bush - Circles Around Me
14
Elvis Costello - Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
15
Derek Trucks Band - Already Free
16
Balsam Range - Last Train to Kittyhawk
17
Tom Waits - Glitter & Doom: Live
18
Dehlia Low - Tellico
19
Gov't Mule - By a Thread
20
Roseanne Cash - The List
21
Norah Jones - The Fall
22
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood - Live From Madison Square Garden
23
Eilen Jewell - Sea of Tears
24
Monsters of Folk - (self-titled)
25
Steve Martin - The Crow
26
Guy Clark - Somedays The Song Writese You
27
James McMurtry - Live in Europe
28
Lyle Lovett - Natural Forces
29
Leonard Cohen - Live in London
30
Iron & Wine - Around the Well
31
Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
32
Honeycutters - Irene
33
Rodrigo y Gabriela - 11:11
34
Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
35
Son Volt - American Central Dust
36
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Up From Below
37
Ben Harper & The Relentless 7 - White Lies For Dark Times
38
J.J. Cale - Roll On
39
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl
40
M. Ward - Hold Time
41
Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel - Willie & The Wheel
42
Justin Townes Earle - Midnight at the Movies
43
Gourds - Haymaker
44
Robert Earl Keen - The Rose Hotel
45
Felice Brothers - Yonder is the Clock
46
Buddy & Julie Miller - Written in Chalk
47
Neil Young - Fork in the Road
48
Ricky Skaggs - Solo: Songs My Dad Loved
49
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
50
Black Joe Lewis & The Hoenybears - Tell 'Em What Your Name Is!
51
Bryan Sutton and Friends - Almost Live
52
Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer
53
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers - Levitate
54
Dailey & Vincent - Brothers From Different Mothers
55
Songs From the Road Band - As the Crow Flies
56
Blind Boys of Alabama - Live in New Orleans
57
Todd Snider - The Excitement Plan
58
Allen Toussaint - The Bright Mississippi
59
Langhorne Slim - Be Set Free
60
Melody Gardot - My One and Only Thrill
61
Sweetback Sisters - Chicken Ain't Chicken
62
Booker T - Potato Hole
63
Karl Denson - Brother's Keeper
64
Willie Nelson - Naked Willie
65
Larry Keel & Natural Bridge - Backwoods
66
Jack Johnson - En Concert
67
Bruce Cockburn - Slice o Life: Live Solo
68
Slaid Cleaves - Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away
69
Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost
70
Malcolm Holcombe - For the Mission Baby
71
Gomez - A New Tide
72
Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard - One Fast Move Or I'm Gone
73
Rhonda Vincent - Destination Life
74
Casey Driessen - Oog
75
Elvis Perkins - Dearland
76
Angela Easterling - Blacktop Road
77
Nanci Griffith - The Loving Kind
78
Phish - Joy
79
David Gray - Draw the Line
80
Crosby, Stills, & Nash - Demos
81
Carolina Chocolate Drops - (self-titled)
82
Sara Watkins - (self-titled)
83
Alison Brown - The Company You Keep
84
Ziggy Marley - Family Time
85
Buffy Sainte-Marie - Running For the Drum
86
REM - Live at the Olympia
87
Delbert McClinton - Acquired Taste
88
Chris Smither - Time Stands Still
89
Claire Lynch Band - Whatcha Gonna Do
90
Firecracker Jazz Band - Red Hot Band
91
Scott Miller & The Commonwealth - For Crying Out Loud
92
Sam Baker - Cotton
93
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Lost at Sea
94
Cotton Jones - Paranoid Cocoon
95
Black Crowes - Before the Frost
96
Jorma Kaukonen - River of Time
97
Patterson Hood - Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs)
98
Pink Martini - Splendor in the Grass
99
Chuck Prophet - Let Freedom Ring!
100
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