WNCW`s Top 100 CD`s of 2010
1 Avett Brothers – Live, Volume 3
2 Carolina Chocolate Drops – Genuine Negro Jig
3 Black Keys – Brothers
4 Bob Dylan – Bootleg Series V. 9: Witmark Demos '62-64
5 Balsam Range – Trains I Missed
6 Drive-By Truckers – The Big To-Do
7 Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs
– God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise
8 Darrell Scott – A Crooked Road
9 Derek Trucks Band – Roadsongs
10 Band of Horses – Infinite Arms
11 Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
12 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
13 Robert Plant – Band of Joy
14 Neil Young – Le Noise
15 Shannon Whitworth – Water Bound
16 Mavis Staples – You Are Not Alone
17 John Prine – In Person & On Stage
18 Alejandro Escovedo – Street Songs of Love
19 Eric Clapton - Clapton
20 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Mojo
21 Tim O'Brien – Chicken & Egg
22 Sol Driven Train – Believe
23 Nikki Talley – Beautiful Charmer
24 Big Daddy Love – To the Mountain
25 Jimi Hendrix – Valleys of Neptune
26 Blue Highway – Some Day: The Fifteenth Anniversary Collection
27 J.J. Grey & Mofro – Georgia Warhorse
28 Widespread Panic – Dirty Side Down
29 Infamous Stringdusters – Things That Fly
30 Toubab Krewe – TK2
31 Red June – Remember Me Well
32 Willie Nelson – Country Music
33 Gov't Mule – Mulennium
34 Frazey Ford – Obadiah
35 Buddy Guy – Living Proof
36 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – I Learned the Hard Way
37 Keller & The Keels – Thief
38 Elvis Costello – National Ransom
39 Railroad Earth – self-titled
40 Justin Townes Earle – Harlem River Blues
41 Patty Griffin – Downtown Church
42 Anders Osborne – American Patchwork
43 Los Lobos – Tin Can Trust
44 Johnny Cash – American VI: Ain’t No Grave
45 Michael Franti & Spearhead – The Sound of Sunshine
46 Darin & Brooke Aldridge – (self-titled)
47 Southern Culture on the Skids – Kudzu Ranch
48 Chatham County Line – Wildwood
49 Yarn – Come On In
50 Jack Johnson – To the Sea
51 Galen Kipar Project – The Scenic Route
52 Cowboy Junkies – Renmin Park
53 Broken Bells – Broken Bells
54 Punch Brothers – Antifogmatic
55 Jim Lauderdale – Patchwork River
56 Dehlia Low – Live
57 Indigo Girls – Staring Down the Brilliant Dream
58 Kings of Leon – Come Around Sundown
59 Var.: Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows – Songs of John Prine
60 Asleep At the Wheel – It's a Good Day
61 Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate – Ali and Toumani
62 Dr. John – Tribal
63 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – The Live Anthology
64 Boxcars – self-titled
65 Ben Folds & Nick Hornby – Lonely Avenue
66 Tallest Man on Earth – The Wild Hunt
67 Crooked Still – Some Strange Country
68 Phosphorescent – Here's To Taking It Easy
69 Ben Harper & Relentless 7 – Live From the Montreal Int'l Jazz Festival
70 Cadillac Sky – Letters in the Deep
71 Andrew and Noah Van Norstrand – All the Good Summers
72 Vampire Weekend – Contra
73 7 Walkers – 7 Walkers
74 Dierks Bentley – Up On the Ridge
75 Afrocubism – Afrocubism
76 Richard Thompson – Dream Attic
77 Soulive – Rubber Soulive
78 Honey Dewdrops – These Old Roots
79 Freight Hoppers - Mile Marker
80 Dr. Dog – Shame, Shame
81 Stereo Fidelics - You Are Having a Wonderful Time
82 Merle Haggard – I Am What I Am
83 Hank Williams III – Rebel Within
84 John Hiatt – The Open Road
85 Natalie Merchant – Leave Your Sleep
86 Aaron Burdett – Stand Up Eight
87 Steel Drivers – Reckless
88 David Gray – Foundling
89 Jackson Browne & David Lindley – Love is Strange
90 Anais Mitchell – Hadestown
91 Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Junky Star
92 Asylum Street Spankers – God’s Favorite Band
93 Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver - Light On My Feet, Ready to Fly
94 Grascals – The Famous Lefty Flynn's
95 Tift Merritt - See You On the Moon
96 Secret Sisters – Secret Sisters
97 Robin Rogers – Back in the Fire
98 Brushfire Stankgrass - One For the Salamanders
99 Old 97's – The Grand Theatre, Vol. One
100 Chieftains with Ry Cooder – San Patricio
WNCW'S TOP 20 Regional CD's OF 2010
1 Red June - Remember Me Well
2 Shane Pruitt Band - State of Grace
3 Toubab Krewe - TK2
4 Dehlia Low - Live
5 Shannon Whitworth - Water Bound
6 Big Daddy Love - To the Mountain
7 Nikki Talley - Beautiful Charmer
8 Gigi Dover & The Big Love - The Avocado Sessions
9 Brushfire Stankgrass - One For the Salamanders
10 Robin Rogers - Back In The Fire
11 Skinny Legs and All - The Original
12 Galen Kipar Project - The Scenic Route
13 Freddie Vanderford - Greasy Greens
14 Matthew Knights Williams - She's Got a Mind Of Her Own
15 Lazybirds - Broken Wing
16 Charles Hedgepath - Spirituals
17 Aaron Burdett - Stand Up Eight
18 Leigh Glass Band - The Drone
19 Jar-E - Blood of the Summer
20 Overmountain Men - Glorious Day
WNCW'S TOP 50 Bluegrass CD's OF 2010
1. Balsam Range - Trains I Missed
2. Blue Highway - Some Day: The Fifteenth Anniversary Collection
3. Boxcars - Self-Titled
4. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver - Light On My Feet, Ready To Fly
5. Darin & Brooke Aldridge - Self-Titled
6. Rhonda Vincent - Taken
7. Lonesome River Band - Still Learning
8. Blue Moon Rising - Strange New World
9. Darrell Webb Band - Bloodline
10. Grascals - The Famous Lefty Flynn's
11. Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa - Out in the Middle of Nowhere
12. Jerry Douglas & Friends - Southern Filibuster: A Tribute to Tut Taylor
13. Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band - Legacy
14. Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice - Heartaches and Dreams
15. Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen - Self-Titled
16. Crowe/Lawson/Williams -Old Friends Get Together
17. Audie Blaylock and Redline - Cryin' Heart Blues
18. Lou Reid & Carolina - Sounds Like Heaven To Me
19. Don Rigsby & Midnight Call - The Voice of God
20. Brand New Strings - No Strings Attached
21. Snyder Family Band - Comin' on Strong
22. Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road - Carolina Hurricane
23. Bartley Brothers - Hit the Road
24. Paul Williams & The Victory Trio - Just a Little Closer Home
25. All-Star Jam - Live at Graves Mountain
26. Primitive Quartet - He Lifted Me Out
27. River Boy - Self-Titled
28. Ben Greene - Bluegrass Sideman
29. Donna Ulisse - Holy Waters
30. Wildfire - Crash Course in the Blues
31. Ashleigh Caudill - Fruit of the Vine
32. Big Country Bluegrass - The Boys in Hats & Ties
33. Steve Gulley & Tim Stafford - Dogwood Winter
34. Summertown Road - Self-Titled
35. Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie - Southern
36. Della Mae - Self-Titled
37. Last Road - Six Days in a Dusty Field
38. Nu-Blu - Nights
39. Carpenter & May - Self-Titled
40. Chapmans - Grown Up (A Revisionist History)
41. David Grindstaff - Here & Now
42. Hillbenders - Down To My last Dollar
43. Larry Stephenson - 20th Anniversary
44. Darren Beachley and Legends of the Potomac - Take Off
45. Moore Brothers Band - Self-Titled
46. Bankester Family - Somewhere in Between
47. Whitewater Bluegrass Co. - …The Celebration Continues!
48. Jett's Creek - Guilty
49. Bobby & Blue Ridge Tradition - I Live for Him
50. Chris Warner - Goin' To the Dance
WNCW'S TOP 20 Blues CD's OF 2010
1 Derek Trucks Band - Roadsongs
2 Buddy Guy - Living Proof
3 Shane Pruitt Band - State of Grace
4 Robin Rogers - Back In The Fire
5 J.J. Grey & Mofro - Georgia Warhorse
6 Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone
7 Elvin Bishop - Red Dog Speaks
8 Freddie Vanderford - Greasy Greens
9 Cyndi Lauper - Memphis Blues
10 Bettye LaVette
- Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook
11 Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith
- Joined At The Hip
12 Delta Moon - Hellbound Train
13 Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - Live In Chicago
14 James Cotton - Giant
15 Steve Miller Band - Bingo
16 Lucky Peterson - You Can Always Turn Around
17 Otis Taylor - Clovis People, Vol. 3
18 Hill Country Revue - Zebra Ranch
19 Eric Lindell - Between Motion and Rest
20 Eric Bibb - Booker's Guitar
WNCW'S TOP 20 Jazz CD's OF 2010
1 Charlie Hunter - Gentlemen, I Neglected to Inform
You You Will Not Be Getting Paid
2 Mose Allison - The Way of the World
3 Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Preservation
4 Pat Metheny - Orchestrion
5 Soulive - Rubber Soulive
6 Garaj Mahal - More Mr. Nice Guy
7 Frank Vignola Trio - 100 Years of Django
8 Duke Robillard - Tales From The Tiki Lounge
9 Charles Hedgepath - Spirituals
10 Stanton Moore - Groove Alchemy
11 Larry Coryell - Prime Picks
12 Dr. Lonnie Smith - Spiral
13 Regina Carter - Reverse Thread
14 Vertigo Jazz Project - Paragon
15 John Pizzarelli - Rockin' In Rhythm: A Tribute to Duke Ellington
16 Marco Benevento - Between The Needles and Nightfall
17 Bad Plus - Never Stop
18 Hot Club Of Detroit - It's About That Time
19 Kermit Ruffins - Happy Talk
20 Alien Music Club - Samurai Werewolves From Mars
20 Cory Weeds - The Many Deeds Of Cory Weeds
20 Paquito D'Rivera - Panamericana Suite
20 Waitiki 7 - New Sounds of Exotica
WNCW'S TOP 20 Celtic CD's OF 2010
1 Chieftains with Ry Cooder - San Patricio
2 Karan Casey & John Doyle - Exiles Return
3 Solas - The Turning Tide
4 Old Blind Dogs - Wherever Yet May Be
5 Lunasa - La Nua
6 Hugh Morrison - Robert Burns Rocks
7 Altan - 25th Anniversary Celebration
with the RTE Orchestra
8 Sharon Shannon - Saints & Scoundrels
9 John McSherry - Soma
10 Heidi Talbot - The Last Star
11 Jeremy Kittel - Chasing Sparks
12 Colcannon - Three Days in May
13 Teada - Ceol & Cuimhne
14 Liz Knowles - Making Time
15 Grada - Natural Angle
16 Nuala Kennedy - Tune In
17 Patrick & Cathy Sky - Down To Us
18 Chris Norman & David Greenberg Duo
19 Brian Maskew - Songs in Good Company
20 Joe Derrane - Grove Lane