KAFM Music Blog

All new charts - and a ton of new names!

Jazz - New top five all over!



1. Helen Sung - Anthem For a New Day (Concord)
2. Pete Mills - Sweet Shadow (Cellar Live)
3. Mike Ferro - Django by Ferro (Self)
4. Stanton Moore - Conversations (Royal Potato Family)
5. Tim Warfield - Inspire Me! (Herb Harris)

World - Thievery Corporation takes the top spot again, but there are a few new names...



1. Thievery Corporation - Saudade (ESL)
2. Sousou & Maher Cissoko - Africa Moo Baalu (ARC)
3. Techung - Lam Le Che-On the Quick read more or view full article Road (ARC)
4. Ziggy Marley - Fly Rasta (Tuff Gong)
5. Rodrigo Y Gabriela - 9 Dead Alive (ATO)

College - Completely new top 5, complete with a new number 1!



1. Nickel Creek - Dotted Line (Nonesuch)
2. Jamestown Revival - Utah (Wild Bunch)
3. Beck - Morning Phase (Capitol)
4. Shook Twins - What We Do (Independent)
5. Cody ChesnuTT - Landing on a Hundred: B Sides and Remixes (Vibration Vineyard)

Roots - A close race here, but our all new chart goes like this...



1. Carmen Grillo - A Different World (Big Surprise Music)
2. String Cheese Incident - Song In My Head (Loud & Proud)
3. John Mayall - A Special Life (Forty Below Records)
4. Leon Russell - Life Journey (Universal)
5. Rodney Crowell - Tarpaper Sky (New West)

We keep gettin a ton of great new music in - keep listening to hear who tops our charts! Read Less

We're back! After a week hiatus for our Spring Member Drive, the charts are back up and running.

Thanks to everyone who supported us!

Jazz - We've got some brand new titles up for Jazz, but the one spot goes back to...



1. David "Fathead" Newman - Cellar Groove (Cellar Live)
2. Amy Cervini - Jazz Country (Anzic)
3. Mike Ferro - Django by Ferro (Denwa Jazz)
4. Stanton Moore - Conversations (Royal Potato Family)
5. Tim Warfield - Inspire Me! (Her Harris)

World - A few new names, and a whole lotta Bossa!



1. Thievery Corporation Quick read more or view full article - Saudade (ESL)
2. Damien Jurado - Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son (Secretly Canadian)
3. Ziggy Marley - Fly Rasta (Tuff Gong)
4. Sine Qua Non - Simple Pleasures (Transoul)
5. Bossacucanova - Our Kind of Bossa (Six Degrees)

College - A lot of favorites are back on top this week...



1. Drive-By Truckers - English Oceans (ATO)
2. Euforquestra - Fire (Self)
3. Nick Waterhouse - Holly (Inovative Leisure)
4. Beck - Morning Phase (Capitol)
5. Gardens and Villa - Dunes (Secretly Canadian)

Roots - Lots of Blues, and some Jam!



1. Bad Brad & The Fat Cats - Take a Walk With Me (Self)
2. Albert Castiglia - Solid Ground (Ruf)
3. Duncan Street - Baptized by the Blues (15th South Records)
4. Catherine Russell - Bring It Back (Jazz Village)
5. String Cheese Incident - Song In My Head (Loud & Proud)

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It's a new month! And our charts are changing up, too!!

Jazz - Some new names getting in there, as well as a new number one - from Colorado!



1. 7 on 7 - Back When it Was Fun (Self)
2. Pete Mills - Sweet Shadow (Cellar Live)
3. David "Fathead" Newman - Cellar Groove (Cellar Live)
4. B.D. Lenz - Ready or Not (Jade Buddah)
5. Jane Ira Bloom - Sixteen Sunsets (Outline)

World - New number one, that just came out this week!



1. Thievery Corporation - Saudade (ESL)
2. Spiritual Rez - Apocalypse Whenever (Self)
Quick read more or view full article /> 3. Bossacucanova - Our Kind of Bossa (Six Degrees)
4. Tinariwen - Emmar (Anti-)
5. Sousou and Maher Cissoko - Africa Moo Baalu (Arc)

College - What's this? No Avett Brothers? Sharon Jones? Hmmm...



1. Drive By Truckers - English Oceans (ATO)
2. Desert Noises - 27 Ways (SQE)
3. St. Paul and the Broken Bones - Half the City (Single Lock)
4. Motet - The Motet (Motet)
5. Beck - Morning Phase (Capitol)

Roots - All Blues this week - just about!



1. Terry Quiett Band - Taking Sides (Lucky Bag Records)
2. Various Artist - Looking Into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne (Music Road Records)
3. Cathy Lemons - Black Crow (VizzTone)
4. Holmes Brothers - Brothers (Alligator Records)
5. Lisa Mann - Move On (Lisa Mann Music)


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