Here are the Best CD releases of 2010, handpicked by WWOZ's show hosts. Many of the discs are by local New Orleans artists, while others are from national and international acts—and all of them make great gifts for yourself or loved ones.
Click on the Buy Now buttons next to each disc to purchase it from retail outlets including Louisiana Music Factory, iTunes, or Amazon, and give the gift of music!
» More Best CD Picks: 2009 | 2008
A.J. Rodrigue, "The Boudin Man" [view show host profile]
Kitchen Sink with A.J. Rodrigue and A.A., Wednesday 10pm-midnight
Rough Seven - Give Up Your Dreams
Happy Talk Band - Starve A Fever
Preservation Hall - Preservation (Deluxe C.D. Edition)
3 editions are available. Vinyl l.p. and a standard and deluxe edition c.d. A 78 rpm edition with both Tom Waits songs is being released on November 19th.
Bobby Charles - Timeless
Anders Osborne - American Patchwork
The Lil’ Band O’ Gold - The Promised Land, A Swamp Pop Journey
Galactic - Ya-Ka-May
Meschiya Lake & Little Big Horns - Lucky Devil
This is a 45rpm record (or MP3 single).
Andrew Grafe [view show host profile]
Blues Eclectic with Andrew Grafe, Monday 2-4pm Little Freddie King - Gotta Walk With Da King
Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Preservation
Big D [view show host profile]
Blues and R&B: Sittin' at the Crossroads with Big D, Wednesday 2-4pm
David Kunian [view show host profile]
Kitchen Sink with David Kunian, Tuesday 10pm-midnightThis has been the best year in recorded music in New Orleans in years.
Galactic - Ya-Ka-May
Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns - Lucky Devil
Rotary Downs - Cracked Maps and Blue Reports
Rough Seven - Give Up Your Dreams
Happy Talk Band - Starve a Fever
Gypsyphonic Disco - Nola-Phonik Volume 1
Tom Paines - Rites of Man
Rex Gregory - An End to Oblivion
101 Runners - New Orleans Funk 101 Featuring Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
Matt Perrine & Sunflower City - Bayou Road Suite
Magnetic Ear - Aliens of Extraordinary Ability
Frank Gratkowski/Hamid Drake - Frank Gratkowski/Hamid Drake
Anders Osborne - American Patchwork
Cindy Scott - Let the Devil Take Tomorrow
Honey Island Swamp Band - Good To You
Jelly Roll Justice [view show host profile]
Overnight Jazz with Jelly Roll Justice, Monday, Wednesday and Friday 3-6amJazz from the French Market with Jelly Roll Justice, Thursday 4-7pm
Roberto Carcasses - A Todo Jazz
John Ellis & Double-Wide - Puppet Mischief
Jim Hobbs [view show host profile]
Cajun and Zydeco with Charles Laborde or Jim Hobbs, Sunday 12-2pm
Daigle - Frey Affair
Joel “Heavy D” Dinerstein [view show host profile]
The Morning Set with Joel "Heavy D" Dinerstein, Mondays 6-9am
Sondra Bibb [view show host profile]
Jazz from the French Market with Sondra Bibb, Wednesday 4-7pm
Suzanne Corley [view show host profile]
Tudo Bem (Brazilian) with Dean Ellis or Suzanne Corley, Saturday 2-4pmWorld Journey with Suzanne Corley, Saturday 4-6pm
Seguenon Koné Presents Ensemble Fatien
T.R. Johnson [view show host profile]
Jazz from the French Market with T.R. Johnson, Tuesday 4-7 p.m.These are in alphabetical order, not in order of preference!
John Ellis - Puppet Mischief
Magnetic Ear - Aliens of Extraordinary Ability
Rex Gregory - An End to Oblivion
Add a comment below if you would like to submit your own picks for 2010 or to comment on the picks above.
Comments
Our Songs by Holley Bendtsen and Amasa Miller
Wow, what about Threadhead's, Our Songs, the first all original CD by Holley Bendtsen and Amasa Miller, also featuring Little Queenie, Charmaine Neville, Hack Bartholomew, George Porter, Raymond Weber and Darcy Boye ? OZ has filed it under R and B, if any of y'all want to check it out...
Thanks!
Thank you, WWOZ, for supporting local artists. I really appreciate the nod to my latest CD, and I especially appreciate all the airplay it's gotten from many different WWOZ DJs. THANKS SO MUCH!!!
Cindy Scott
www.cindyscott.us