December 23, 2008
The year in music
Here is my list of most-listened to albums for 2008. Most of these are new releases, although there are a few items that I just had not found before. As in previous years, most of these albums come from eMusic.
Crooked Still - Still Crooked (2008) & Shaken by a low sound (2006)
Rodriguez - Cold Fact (Re-release 2008, 60s)
Tunng - Good Arrows (2007) & back catalog
Tony Trischka - Territory (2008); Bela Fleck & Tony Trischka - Solo Banjo Works (1992)
Matthew Herbert Big Band - There's Me and There's You (2008)
Jazzanova - Of all the things (2008)
Sean Hayes - Flowering Spade (2007)
Balmorhea - Rivers Arms (2008)
Shearwater - Rook(2008)
DJ /rupture - Uproot (2008)
Horses Brawl - Horses Brawl (2006)
Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line (2008)
Ursula Rucker - One Love (best of compilation - 2007)
Guilty pleasures:
Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke (2008)
Santogold - Santogold (2008)