Recommendations
A selection of favorites from our editors and polls. Readers’ Picks marked in bold.
Summer 2008
- MATTHEW SWEET, Sunshine Lies (Shout! Factory)
- BACKYARD TIRE FIRE, The Places We Lived (Hyena)
- THE DERAILERS, Guaranteed to Satisfy (Palo Duro)
- CHRIS KNIGHT, Heart of Stone (Drifters Church)
- TODD SNIDER, Peace Queer (self)
- BLUE MOUNTAIN, Midnight in Mississiippi
- MURRY HAMMOND, I Don’t Know Where I’m Going But I’m On My Way (self)
- RANDY NEWMAN, Harps And Angels (Nonesuch)
- CARRIE RODRIGUEZ, She Ain’t Me (Manhattan)
- CONOR OBERST, self-titled (Merge)
- ANDRE WILLIAMS & THE NEW ORLEANS HELLHOUNDS, Can You Deal With It? (Bloodshot)
- TAYLOR HOLLINGSWORTH, Bad Little Kitty (Mass)
- AVETT BROTHERS, The Second Gleam EP (Ramseur)
- BUDDY GUY, Skin Deep (Silvertone)
- BENJI HUGHES, A Love Extreme (New West)
- HOLD STEADY, Stay Positive (Vagrant)
- RANDY TRAVIS, Around The Bend (Warner Nashville)
- JOHN MELLENCAMP, Life, Death, Love And Freedom (Hear)
- BASEBALL PROJECT, Volume 1: Frozen Ropes And Dying Quails (Yep Roc)
- DONNA THE BUFFALO, Silverlined (Sugar Hill)
- RON SEXSMITH, Exit Strategy Of The Soul (Yep Roc)
- ALBERT HAMMOND JR., Como Te Llama (RCA/RED)
- WILLIE NELSON, Stardust: Legacy Edition (Columbia/Legacy)
- EARLIMART, Hymn And Her (Majordomo)
- LOS LONELY BOYS, Forgiven (Epic)
Spring 2008
- RECKLESS KELLY, Bulletproof (Yep Roc)
- ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO, Real Animals (Manhattan)
- AMOS LEE, Last Days At The Lodge (Blue Note)
- CROOKED STILL, Still Crooked (Signature Sounds)
- TEDDY THOMPSON, A Piece of What You Need
- DAN TYMINSKI, Wheels
- EEF BARZELAY, Lose Big
- SILVER JEWS, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
- EMMYLOU HARRIS, All I Intended To Be
- MY MORNING JACKET, Evil Urges
- INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, self-titled
- RAILROAD EARTH, Amen Corner
- SOLOMON BURKE, Like A Fire
- JAMES HUNTER, The Hard Way
- CENTRO-MATIC/SOUTH SAN GABRIEL, Dual Hawks
- MOTHER TRUCKERS, Let’s All Go To Bed
- JOHN HIATT, Same Old Man
- ELIZA GILKYSON, Beautiful World
- BAND OF HEATHENS, self-titled
- I SEE HAWKS IN LA, Hallowed Ground
- ABIGAIL WASHBURN & THE SPARROW QUARTET, The Sparrow Quartet
- DANIELIA COTTON, Rare Child
- EXPLORERS CLUB, Freedom Wind
- MASON JENNINGS, In The Ever
- OLD 97’s, Blame It On Gravity
- ELVIS COSTELLO, Momofuku
- GRIFFIN HOUSE, Flying Upside Down
- LANGHORNE SLIM, self-titled
- BOMBADIL, A Buzz, A Buzz
- BILLY BRAGG, Mr. Love & Justice
- CHRIS MILLS, Living In The Aftermath
- FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, self-titled
- THE WEEPIES, Hideaway
- JAMES MCMURTRY, Just Us Kids
- JORDAN ZEVON, Insides Out
- TRISTAN PRETTYMAN, Hello
- HAYES CARLL, Trouble In Mind
- NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
- MATTHEW RYAN, Matthew Ryan Vs. The Silver State
- R.E.M., Accelerate
- JACKIE GREENE, Giving Up The Ghost
- BLACK KEYS, Attack & Release
Winter 2008
- JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, The Good Life
- COUNTING CROWS, Saturday Nights And Sunday Mornings
- RACONTEURS, Consolers Of The Lonely
- SHE & HIM, Volume 1
- DANIEL LANOIS, Here Is What Is
- JOSEPH ARTHUR, Could We Survive
- BRYAN ADAMS, 11
- SHAWN MULLINS, Honeydew (Vanguard)
- KATHLEEN EDWARDS, Asking For Flowers
- BLACK CROWES, Warpaint
- AUSTIN COLLINS, Roses Are Black
- TIFT MERRITT, Another Country
- COWBOY JUNKIES, Trinity Revisited
- PUNCH BROTHERS, Punch
- RICHARD JULIAN, Sunday Morning In Saturday Shoes
- MISSY HIGGINS, On A Clear Night
- GARY LOURIS, Vagabonds
- MIKE DOUGHTY, Golden Delicious
- RAY DAVIES, Working Man’s Cafe
- JON DEE GRAHAM, Swept Away
- WIDESPREAD PANIC, Free Somehow
- BLUE HIGHWAY, Through The Window Of A Train
- MANDO SAENZ, Bucket
- BOB MOULD, District Line
- JASON COLLETT, Here’s To Being Here
- NADA SURF, Lucky
- WILLIE NELSON, Moment Of Forever
- SHELBY LYNNE, Just A Little Lovin’
- BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, Down In New Orleans
- JOE JACKSON, Rain
- ROBERT POLLARD, Superman Was A Rocker
- TWILIGHT HOTEL, Highway Prayer
- DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
- NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALL-STARS, Hernando
- LIAM FINN, I’ll Be Lightning
- STEELDRIVERS, self-titled
- ERIC LINDELL, Low On Cash, Rich In Love
- TYLER RAMSEY, A Long Dream About Swimming Across The Sea
- MARAH, Angels Of Destruction!
