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WNCW`s 2009 Top 100 Results

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