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We'll be featuring new music from the master songwriter Eg White - he has previously written for the likes of Duffy, James Morrison, Natalie Imbruglia and - picking up an Ivor Novello award on the way - he wrote Leave Right Now. Eg's solo album is a bit more leftfield, but the songs are real growers, and you'll hear lots of them on Chill tonight.

Here is the full tracklist:
Actionslacks - Simple Life
Eg White - Broken
Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
Laura Higgins - You Won't Fail
Sufjan Stevens - Sofia's Song
Eg White - But California
Lykke Li - Melodies & Desires
Adele - Daydreams
Andrew Bird - Simple X
Eg White - My People
Elizabeth & The Catapult - Taller Children
Oren Lavie - The Man Who Isn't There
Charlie Wood - American Tune
Eg White - If You Run
Kris Delmhorst - Since You Went Away
Nitin Sawhney - Waiting O Mistress Mine
Homeless Balloon - Harmony
ASCIAN - Voices From The Ether

Special mix for a Chill listener:
Zero 7 - In The Waiting Line
Deadmau5 - Careless (acoustic)
Air - All I Need
The Beauty Room - Holding On
royksopp - Happy Up Here
Ulrich Schnauss - Wherever You Are
Sia - I Go To Sleep
If you would like a mix made for you, email bern@simplecity.org

Katie Doherty - Bridges
Townes Van Zandt - Pancho & Lefty
Mirah - The World Is Falling
The Besnard Lakes - For Agent 13
The Mummers - Nightbus
Scott Matthew - There Is An Ocean That Divides

More details at the Simple City site

Ani DiFranco - Overlap
Ani DiFranco - O.K.
Dar Williams - Another Mystery
Dar Williams - Wilder Than Her
Erin McKeown - Born to Hum
Erin McKeown - Delicate December
Kris Delmhorst - Weatherman
Kris Delmhorst - Little Wings
Melissa Ferrick - Closer
Melissa Ferrick - Back in Love
Patty Griffin - Flaming Red
Patty Griffin - Mad Mission

Positie 2008/2007
1 (1) Ray LaMontagne 697
2 (2)Herman Düne 428
3 (3)Band of Horses 378
4 (/) Fleet Foxes 351
5 (272) Madrugada 343
6 (9) Micah P. Hinson 309
7 (4) Sam Baker 306
8 (12) Teitur 289
9 (8) The Magic Numbers 284
10 (13) Damien Rice 281
11 (20) Cold War Kids 271
12 (68) The Cave Singers 265
13 (20) Antony and the Johnsons 262
13 (6) Beirut 262
15(5) Editors 252
16 (216) John Prine 250
17 (19) Andrew Bird 245
18 (59) Luka Bloom 240
19 (25) Mary Gauthier 239
20 (7) The Decemberists 236
21 (211) Joe Henry 233
22 (43) Bonnie 'Prince' Billy 226
23 (24) Pavement 214
23 (22) Rufus Wainwright 214
25 (74) DeVotchKa 210
26 (34) Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly 209
27 (18) Sufjan Stevens 206
27 (27) Bright Eyes 206
29 (10) Husky Rescue 202
29 (286) Alela Diane 202
31 (11) The Arcade Fire 201
32 (50) Lambchop 200
33 (36) Radiohead 199
34 (112) Kings of Convenience 197
35 (364) Calexico 196
36 (26) Razorlight 195
36 (184) Josh Ritter 195
38 (81) Joan as Police Woman 192
39 (84) Sonic Youth 190
40 (17) Pompeii 186
41 (37) Islands 185
42 (42) Mason Jennings 182
43 (80) I Am Kloot 181
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45 (15) Grinderman 173
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47 (16) Sleep the Season 171
48 (90) Richmond Fontaine 170
49 (94) Amadou & Mariam 167
50 (90) My Morning Jacket 166
51 (42) Nizlopi165
51 (99) Tool 165
53 (43) Woven Hand 164
54 (135) Paolo Nutini 157
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57 (39) Guillemots 153
58 (156) Sigur Rós 151
59 (51) Wolf Parade 150
60 (23) The Triffids 149
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61 (59) Eilen Jewell 148
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63 (123) Tom McRae 145
65 (28) Stars 142
65 (46) TV on the Radio 142
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68 (134) Beck 140
68 (172) Travis 140
70 (31) Bob Dylan 139
71 (51) Neil Young 137
71 (/) Silver Jews 137
73 (30) The Veils 135
74 (31) The Elected 134
74 (105) Sophia 134
74 (70) The National 134
77 (34) Devendra Banhart 133
78 (/) Elbow 132
79 (153) 16 Horsepower 131
79 (70) Stephen Malkmus 131
79 (/) Jamie Scott and the Town 131
82 (105) Vetiver 130
83 (39)Absentee 127
83 (38) Great Lake Swimmers 127
85 (41) Built to Spill 125
86Feist 123
87 (/) Rob Lutes 119
88 (45) Kashmir 118
89 (238) Bon Iver 117
90 Horse Stories 116
91 (/) Glasvegas 115
92 Aqualung 114
92 Richard Ashcroft114
92 Iron & Wine 114
92 Steve Wynn 114
96 Adam Green 113
97 Rock Plaza Central 112
98 Broken Social Scene 111
98 Alaska In Winter 111
98 The Dodos 111
98 (/) The Deep Dark Woods 111
102 Amy Winehouse 110
102 Eels 110
104 Sam Cooke 109
105 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 108
106 Beth Orton 107
106 Midlake 107
106 The Raconteurs 107
106 Okkervil River 107
110 Pink Floyd 104
110 The Walkmen 104
110 Dolorean 104
113 My Latest Novel 103
113 Vampire Weekend 103
115 [unknown] 102
115 Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan 102
117 Elliott Smith 101
117 The Appleseed Cast 101
117 Xavier Rudd 101
120 Stevie Wonder 100
120 Angus & Julia Stone 100
120 The Kooks 100
123 Gomez 99
124 The Verve 97
124 The White Stripes 97
124 Loney, Dear 97
124 Dirty Three97
128 (68) Thomas Dybdahl 96
128 Snow Patrol 96
130 Arctic Monkeys 95
131 (74) Aereogramme 94
131 Ten Kens 94
131 Athlete 94
134 Brett Dennen 93
134 I'm From Barcelona 93
134 Jack Johnson 93
137 Lucky Fonz III 92
137 The Accidental 92
139 Camera Obscura 91
139 Lewis & Clarke 91
139 Yeah Yeah Yeahs 91
142 Nancy Elizabeth 90
143 Infadels89
143 Tunng 89
143 Yo La Tengo 89
143 Love Is All 89
147 Babyshambles 88
147 The New Pornographers 88
147 Conor Oberst 88
150 The Mountain Goats 87
150 Rifles 87
150 The Last Shadow Puppets 87
153 Poni Hoax 86
154 Devon Sproule 85
154 Joseph Arthur 85
154 Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson 85
154 Frightened Rabbit 85
158 Babel 84
158 Electrelane 84
158 Plants and Animals 84
158 Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova 84
158 Jens Lekman 84
163 Jason Mraz 83
163 Mika 83
163 Johnny Cash 83
163 Joy Division 83
163 David Kitt 83
168 M. Ward 82
169 Piano Magic 81
169 Rocky Votolato 81
171 Cloud Cult 80
171 Tinariwen 80
171 Tom Waits 80
174 U2 79
174 Jacob Golden 79
176 Bruce Springsteen 78
176 Bloc Party 78
176 Califone 78
176 Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs 78
180 Van Morrison 77
180 Angels of Light & Akron 77
180 Orchestra Baobab 77
183 A Hawk and a Hacksaw 76
183 Clinic 76
183 Lykke Li 76
183 Nirvana 76
183 The Felice Brothers 76
183 The Modern Lovers 76
189 Modest Mouse 75
189 Two Gallants 75
189 Laura Veirs 75
189 City and Colour 75
189 (/) Kings of Leon 75
194 Ween 74
194 Elvis Costello 74
194 Carissa's Wierd 74
194 Nels Andrews 74
198 The Long Winters 73
198 Elvis Presley 73
198 The Feelies 73
198 Badly Drawn Boy 73
198 Willard Grant Conspiracy 73
198 (/) Royal Wood 73
204 Brian Eno & David Byrne 72
204 Adem 72
206 I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness 71
206 Mercury Rev 71
206 Nick Lowe 71
206 Hayden 71
206 (/) Department of Eagles 71
206 Patrick Wolf 71
212 Maximilian Hecker 70
212 Will Johnson 70
212 The Lancaster Orchestra 70
212 Takka Takka 70
212 Guided by Voices 70
217 dEUS 69
217 Doves 69
217 Warren Zevon 69
217 Camphor 69
217 Elvis Perkins 69
222 iLiKETRAiNS 68
222 Solal 68
222 Robert Forster 68
222 Death Cab for Cutie 68
222 Josh Rouse 68
222 The Smashing Pumpkins 68
228 Shout Out Louds 67
229 Pink Martini 66
229 Ryan Adams & The Cardinals 66
229 Dan Wilson 66
229 The Velvet Underground 66
229 Aimee Mann 66
234David Thomas Broughton 65
234 Boards of Canada 65
234 Patrick Bruel 65
234 K.O.L.O 65
234 Bell Orchestre 65
239 Brendan James 64
239 Gavin DeGraw 64
239 Ratatat 64
239 Cocoon 64
239 Interpol 64
239 The Wave Pictures 64
245 Mark Olson and Gary Louris 63
246 Alexander de Vree 62
246 Songs: Ohia 62
246 Johnny Flynn 62
246 She & Him 62
250 Moss 61
250 The Rosie Taylor Project 61
252 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! 60
252 Tom Baxter 60
252 Moby 60
252 Sticks & Delic 60
256 The Good Life 59
256Cass McCombs 59
256 Hellwood 59
256 Alamo Race Track 59
260 The Opposites 58
260 The Submarines 58
260 Architecture in Helsinki 58
260 Ryan Adams 58
260 The Feeling 58
265 Wilco 57
265 Ben Harper 57
265 CocoRosie 57
265 Get Well Soon 57
265 Jolie Holland 57
265 Duke Special 57
265 Blitzen Trapper 57
272 Fionn Regan 56
272 John Martyn 56
272 Evangelicals 56
272 Ali Farka Touré 56
276 Manu Chao 55
276 Whiskeytown 55
276 And Also the Trees 55
276 Spoon 55
276 The Notwist 55
276 Bill Callahan 55
276 Grandaddy 55
276 Neko Case 55
276 Railroad Earth 55
276 Citizen Cope 55
286 Ane Brun 54
286 Nick Cave 54
286 DAAU 54
286 The Cardigans 54
290 Levon Helm 53
290 Current 93 53
290 Fred Eaglesmith 53
290 Page France 53
290 Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin 53
290 The Twilight Singers 53
290 Albert Hammond Jr. 53
290 Saint Etienne 53
290 Sivert Høyem 53
299 The Black Heart Procession 52
299 Ben Kweller 52
299 British Sea Power 52
299 Morphine 52
303 Allen Toussaint 51
303 Share 51
303 Low 51
303 The Album Leaf 51
307 Ghostface 50
307Film School 50
307 Austin Lucas 50
307 Brightblack Morning Light 50
307 Shearwater 50
307 Eric Clapton 50
307 Los Lobos 50
307 Timesbold 50
307 Guster 50
316 Paolo Conte 49
316 Gary Louris 49
316 Portishead 49
316 Brisa Roche 49
316 Ron Sexsmith 49
321 Asobi Seksu 48
321 The Hold Steady 48
321 Sunset Rubdown 48
321 John Mayer 48
321 Ludwig van Beethoven 48
321 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 48
327 Serena Maneesh 47
327 Coldplay 47
327 Mike Doughty 47
327 Dustin Kensrue 47
327 Kevin Ayers 47
327 Dixie Chicks 47
327 Chad VanGaalen 47
327 Joe Purdy 47
327Robert Wyatt 47
327 Swayzak 47
327 Kasabian 47
338 Death Vessel 46
338 Syd Matters 46
338 Novastar 46
338 Ohbijou 46
338 Jim White 46
343 Anthony Green 45
343 Five O'Clock Heroes 45
343 Pharrell 45
343 Final Fantasy 45
343 Yael Naim 45
343 Friska Viljor 45
349 Tegan and Sara 44
349 Danielson 44
349 The Knife 44
349 Richard Buckner 44
349 The Weepies 44
349 Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves 44
349 Channels 44
349 Air 44
349 Deerhunter 44
349 Jarvis 44
359 All Smiles 43
359 Peter Bjorn & John 43
359 Horse Feathers 43
359 The Tea Party 43
359 John Doe

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359 Anna Ternheim 43
359 Scott Matthews 43
359 Port O'Brien 43
359 The View 43
359 Richard Youngs 43
359 Alexi Murdoch 43
370 Lightspeed Champion 42
370 Arid 42
370 Blaudzun 42
370 John Phillips 42
370 Larkin Grimm 42
370 Secret Machines 42
370 Sleeping States 42
370 JJ Grey & Mofro 42
370 R.E.M. 42
370 Bowerbirds 42
370 Room Eleven 42
370 Hole 42
382 Mew 41
382 Calla 41
382 Cat Power 41
382 Eric Clapton & JJ Cale 41
386 Kathleen Edwards 40
386 The Stone Roses 40
386 Danna 40
386 Mellow Candle 40
386 Nouvelle Vague 40
386 Mavis Staples 40
386 Nina Nastasia And Jim White 40
386 Zita Swoon 40
394 Right Away, Great Captain 39
394 Patrick Watson 39
394 Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man 39
394 Four Tet 39
394 The Rakes 39
394 James Yorkston and The Athletes 39
394UNKLE 39
394 31knots 39
394 José González 39
394 Malcolm Middleton 39
394 Dennis Kolen 39
394 Madeleine Peyroux 39
406 Pixies 38
406 Super Furry Animals 38
406 Maritime 38
406 Cranes 38
406 Carla Bruni 38
406 Tapes 'n Tapes 38
406 The Black Crowes 38
406 Gravenhurst 38
406 George Michael 38
406 Newton Faulkner 38
406 Mark Lanegan38
406 Felix da Housecat 38
406 Dire Straits 38
406 Efterklang 38
420 The Reindeer Section 37
420 Robert Gomez 37
420 Rainer Maria 37
420 Matt Nathanson 37
420 David McComb 37
420 Stuart A. Staples 37
420 The Besnard Lakes 37
420 Kaiser Chiefs 37
420 Laura López Castro 37
420

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420 Play
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420 Castanets 37
433 Neil Diamond 36
433 The Twilight Sad 36
433 Vyvienne Long 36
433 Sun Kil Moon 36
433 Nina Simone 36
433 Ben Folds Five 36
433 The Radio Dept. 36
433 Grand Archives 36
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441 Old Crow Medicine Show 35
441 Franz Ferdinand 35
441 Soul Coughing 35
441 Traffic

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441 South San Gabriel + Centro-matic 35
441 Amy Millan 35
441 Drive-By Truckers 35
441 2Pac 35
441 Willy Vlautin & Paul Brainard 35
452 Spinvis 34
452 Portugal. The Man 34
452 Voxtrot 34
452 Adele 34
452 Foals 34
452 Morcheeba 34
452 Bo Diddley 34
452 Alice in Chains 34
452 Dez Mona 34
452 The Uglysuit 34
452 Shelby Lynne 34
463 Junkie XL 33
463 Randy Newman 33
463 O'Death 33
463 Kris Delmhorst 33
463 50 Cent 33
463 a balladeer 33
463 Headless Heroes 33
463 Jason Isbell 33
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463 Johan 33
463 The Wrens 33
463 Will Stratton 33
463 Yeasayer 33
476 Simon & Garfunkel 32
476 Tim Fite 32
476 PJ Harvey 32
476 Norah Jones 32
476 (286) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 32
476 Guns N' Roses 32
476 The Innocence Mission 32
476 Joanna Newsom 32
476 My Midnight Creeps 32
476 Peter Bjorn and John 32
476 Martha Wainwright 32
476 The Good, The Bad & The Queen 32
476 Hooverphonic 32
476 Benzos 32
476 Mark Knopfler 32
491 Jennifer Warnes 31
491Crystal Stilts 31
491 Eldar 31
491Phosphorescent 31
491 (/) The Diableros 31
491 (/) Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins31
491 (/) White Rabbits 31
491 (/)Emma Pollock 31
491 (/)Thom Yorke 31
491 (/)Ed Harcourt 31

The weekly High Rotation playlist, consisting of 5 tunes that will be played frequently over the next 7 days:

Sometimes a week feels like it's spanning a lifetime...

1. Barry White - You're The First, The Last, My Everything
   
2. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
   
3. No Doubt - It's My Life
   
4. Kris Delmhorst - Broken White Line
   
5. Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted
   

Here's my hypelist, 8 songs I'll be playing frequently next 2 weeks:

1. JJ Grey & Mofro - Orange Blossoms
   Great on-the-road-song
   
   
2. Redbird - Ithaca
   A lovely combination of Jeffrey Foucault,Kris Delmhorst and Peter Mulvey.
   
   
3. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Magick
   A stand out track of their great new album Cardinology.
   
   
4. Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
   They caught my attention when I was reading Plato magazine (of the Plato record stores in The Netherlands). They were labeld "No Risk Disk". Always a good choice :)
   
   
5. Chris & Rich Robinson - Darling Of The Underground Press
   I just love them.
   
   
6. Emiliana Torrini - Big Jumps
   She took some time to sink in but now I really like her 2008 album Me And Armini.
   
   
7. Pete and J - America
   The opener on Before The Goldrush, a lovely cover of Simon & Garfunkel's song.
   
   
8. Embrace - Nature's Law
   I've loved this song from the first time I heard it. Poppy, a bit dramatic, but somehow it appeals to me.
   

The Hypelist Group

A playlist w/ the names of the US states in the songtitle:

• Alabama - Neil Young
  
• Alaska - Camera Obscura
  
• Arizona - Adrienne Pierce
  
• The Last of the Arkansas Greyhounds - Leo Kottke
  
• California - Albert King
  
• Colorado - Shannon McNally
  
• Columbia - Eric Johnson
  
• I live in Connecticut - Aerosmith
  
• Hello I'm In Delaware - City and Colour
  
• Florida - Patty Griffin
  
• Georgia On My Mind - Billie Holiday
  
• Hawaii - Meiko
  
• Idaho - Emm Gryner
  
• Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
  
• Indiana - Meg & Dia
  
• Iowa (Traveling III) - Dar Williams
  
• Kansas City, Kansas - Garrison Starr
  
• Kentucky - Everly Brothers
  
• Louisiana - Cerys Matthews
  
• Maine Island Lovers - Okkervil River
  
• Maryland - Vonda Shepard
  
• Massachusetts - Bee Gees
  
• Especially in Michigan - Red Hot Chili Peppers
  
• Minnesota - The Mountain Goats
  
• Mississippi - Dixie Chicks
  
• Missing Missouri - Sara Evans
  
• Montana - Venus Hum
  
• Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
  
• Nevada - Scout Niblett
  
• New Hampshire - Matt Pond PA
  
• New Mexico - Johnny Cash
  
• Jersey Girl - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
  
• New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
  
• north carolina - Melissa Ferrick
  
• North Dakota - Kris Delmhorst
  
• Ohio - Over the Rhine
  
• Oklahoma - Wallis Bird
  
• Back to Oregon - Deb Talan
  
• Pennsylvania - Dawn Kinnard
  
• Holiday in Rhode Island - The Softies
  
• South Carolina - The Outlaws
  
• South Dakota - Liz Phair
  
• Tennessee - The Wreckers
  
• Texas - Joanna Connor
  
• Utah - John Linnell
  
• Moonlight In Vermont - Ben Webster
  
• Virginia - Gin Blossoms
  
• Washington - Lutricia McNeal
  
• Leaving West Virginia - Kathy Mattea
  
• Going to Wisconsin - The Mountain Goats
  
• Wyoming and Me - The Black Crowes

Thanks Kirs (Knirrie) for having the idea and helping me to complete the playlist. :)

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US:

Alaska:
Kate Earl (Chugiak)
Melissa Mitchell

Arizona:
Courtney Robbins (Tucson)

California:
Kurt Adam (Hollywood)
Lauren Adams
Adrianne (Los Angeles)
Priscilla Ahn (Los Angeles)
Kawika Alfiche (San Francisco)
Anticon (San Francisco)
Augustana (San Diego)
Joan Baez (Menlo Park)
Roem Baur (San Francisco)
Blame Sally
Jeff Bonilla (Modesto)
Mataji Booker (Los Angeles)
Barry Big B Brenner (Tujunga)
John Bruce (Modesto)
Emma Burgess (Hollywood)
Rachael Cantu
Carolyn (El Cerrito)
Chicago Red (Los Angeles)
Correatown (Los Angeles)
Cosmologic (San Diego)
Deborah Crooks (San Francisco)
Deerhoof (Oakland)
Brett Dennen (Oakdale)
Rick di Dia (Oakland)
Diablo Dimes
DJ Egadz (San Francisco)
DJ Slate and Rocket 8 (Modesto)
DJ Werd (Aptos)
Aaron Durr (Modesto)
Eels (Los Angeles)
Elina (Los Angeles)
aireene espiritu (Oakland)
Melissa Etheridge (Los Angeles)
Evaline (Turlock)
Michelle Featherstone (Los Angeles)
Sean Fonda (Modesto)
Dina Gathe (Chatsworth)
Inara George
Gretchen (Los Angeles)
Margo Guryan (Los Angeles)
Beth Hart (Los Angeles)
Florence Hartigan (Los Angeles)
Julie Henderson (San Francisco)
Kristin Hersh
Ibid (Merced)
Jen & Abby (Los Angeles)
Molly Jenson (Orange County)
Jupiter Is Useless (Turlock)
KITKA Women's Vocal Ensemble (Oakland)
Niki Leigh (Oakdale)
Let's Go Sailing (Los Angeles)
Lisa Loeb
Sara Lov (Los Angeles)
Stephanie Marie (Ripon)
Anya Marina (San Diego)
Charlotte Martin (Los Angeles)
Max and the Wolf Suit (Turlock)
Brooke Miller (Cannington)
Johnette Napolitano (Joshua Tree)
Matt Nathanson (San Francisco)
Nedelle (Oakland)
Ayla Nereo (Oaktown)
Jake Newton (Los Angeles)
Sarah Olson
panhandle (Central Valley)
Patrick Park (Los Angeles)
Katrina Parker (Hollywood)
Kendall Payne (Los Angeles)
PEECH (Los Angeles)
Tiffany Petrossi (San Jose)
pianorama (Santa Barbara)
Rachel Renae (Modesto)
Reveries By Moonlight (Hollywood)
rizorkestra (Los Angeles)
Melynda Rodriguez (Turlock)
James Rust (Fresno)
Ruut (Silverlake)
Lisa Sanders
Stefanie Shea (Turlock)
Sia
Judee Sill
Megan Slankard (San Francisco)
Songs for Moms (Oakland)
Soul in a Suit
Annie Stela (Los Angeles)
The Adam Bishop Band (Turlock)
The Arcane Empire (Modesto)
The Bird and the Bee (Los Angeles)
The Flying Scooters (Turlock)
The Matinees (San Francisco)
The Weepies (Topanga)
Chantelle Tibbs (Los Angeles)
Ryan Toth
Mahealani Uchiyama (Oakland)
Uni and her Ukulele (San Francisco)
Jon Valenti (Turlock)
Vetiver (San Francisco)
Rachel Wagner (Roseville)
Watercolor Paintings (Santa Barbara)
Julie Wolf (Oakland)
Mali Woods (Los Angeles)

Colorado:
Beth Amsel (Boulder)
Trace Bundy (Boulder)
Jeff Caylor (Colorado Springs)
Tarantella (Denver)

Connecticut:
Abu Bless (Hartford)
Columbia Fields[/u] (Marlborough)

[u]DC[/u]:
flo anito (Washington)
Alex Voegele (Washington)

[u]Florida[/u]:
John Gold
Cat Power (Miami)
Terry Lynn
Merrick (Palm Beach Gardens)
Lisagaye Tomlinson (Fort Lauderdale)

[u]Georgia[/u]:
Larkin Grimm (Dahlonega)
Indigo Girls (Decatur)
Lauren Lapointe (Savannah)
Tin Cup Prophette (Athens)
Doria Roberts (Atlanta)
Maggie Smith (Athens)
The Barn Rats (Atlanta)

[u]Hawaii[/u]:
Leo Waiau(Kahului)

[u]Illinois[/u]:
Laura Glyda (Chicago)
Rickie Lee Jones (Chicago)
Wil Maring (Cobden)
Liz Phair (Chicago)
Koko Taylor (Chicago)

[u]Indiana[/u]:
Jenn Christy (Indianapolis)

[u]Iowa[/u]:
Jen Gloeckner

[u]Kentucky[/u]:
JD Crowe And The New South (Lexington)
Andrea Davidson (Louisville)
Alanna Fugate (Louisville)
Rayna Gellert (Lexington)
Teneia Sanders (Louisville)
Leigh Ann Yost (Louisville)

[u]Louisiana[/u]:
Mary Gauthier (Baton Rouge)
Jhelisa (New Orleans)

[u]Maine[/u]:
Olivia Cornell & The Precious (Portland)
Emilia Dahlin (Portland)

[u]Maryland[/u]:
Noah Clements (Silver Spring)
Gina Deluca (Baltimore)
David Andrew Smith (Ellicott City)

[u]Massachusetts[/u]:
Edie Carey (Boston)
Kris Delmhorst
Antje Duvekot (Somerville)
Erin Harpe (Jamaica Plain)
Anne Heaton (Somerville)
LauraC. (Northampton)
Michelle Lewis (Boston)
Lori McKenna (Stoughton)
Miss Tess (Boston)
Chris O'Brien (Somerville)
Rose Polenzani (Somerville)
Eileen Rose
Noe Venable (Cambridge)

[u]Michigan[/u]:
Adam Kenyon (Grand Rapids)
Sue Nordman (Ann Arbor)
Karisa Wilson (Grand Rapids)

[u]Minnesota[/u]:
Dalia (Minneapolis)
Jenny Dalton (Minneapolis)
Daniel (Minneapolis)
Ellis (Minneapolis)
Joanna James (St Paul)
The Bear Clan Music Cooperative (Minneapolis)

[u]Nebraska[/u]:
Maria Taylor

[u]New Hampshire[/u]:
April Hobart (Rindge)

[u]New Jersey[/u]:
Steven Delopoulos (Ocean)
Dizzy Stardust
sarah donner (Princeton)
Amanda Duncan
Marianne Nowottny

[u]New York[/u]:
A Girl Called Eddy (NYC)
Abby Ahmad (Brooklyn)
Anemone (NYC)
Keren Ann (NYC)
Ian Axel (NYC)
Cassandra Bacon (Glens Falls)
Tim Baldwin (Buffalo)
Bitch (NYC)
Blonde Redhead
Sarah Bowman (NYC)
Jay Brannan (NYC)
Break Of Reality (NYC)
Jonatha Brooke (NYC)
Brownbird Rudy Relic (NYC)
Citizen Cope (Brooklyn)
Copper Rose (Long Island)
Amy Correia (Brooklyn)
Dina Dean (NYC)
Ani DiFranco (Buffalo)
Steve Earle (NYC)
Susan Enan (Brooklyn)
steve espinola (Brooklyn)
Lara Ewen (Brooklyn)
Rachel Garlin (NYC)
Girlyman (Brooklyn)
Kierstin Gray (NYC)
Hamell on Trial (Ossining)
Hem (Brooklyn)
Ari Hest (Brooklyn)
John Houx (NYC)
Joan as Police Woman (Brooklyn)
Milla Jovovich (NYC)
Lucy Kaplansky (NYC)
Sonya Kitchell (Brooklyn)
Jana Losey (Upstate)
Rebecca Martin
Pamela Means (Brooklyn)
Ingrid Michaelson (Staten Island)
Nina Nastasia (NYC)
Alix Olson
Onliest (NYC)
Katy Pfaffl (NYC)
Jenny Queen
Annie Quick (NYC)
Meghann Robinson (NYC)
Erika Rose (Brooklyn)
Randi Russo
Rachael Sage (NYC)
Debby Schwartz (NYC)
Bree Sharp (NYC)
Sidestreet Reny (Brooklyn)
Erika Simonian (Brooklyn)
Matt Singer (Brooklyn)
Slouch (Brooklyn)
Regina Spektor (NYC)
Sparlha Swa (NYC)
Vienna Teng (Brooklyn)
The Fiery Furnaces (NYC)
Chris Thile (NYC)
Martha Wainwright (Brooklyn)
Teagan L. Ward (Rochester)
Rachael Yamagata (NYC)
Youna (NYC)
Natalia Zukerman

[u]North Carolina[/u]:
Toby Bonar (Durham)
Carolina Chocolate Drops (Durham)
Custard Pie (Asheville)
Rhiannon Giddens (Durham)
Adam Hurt
Eliza Lynn (Asheville)
Sarah McMillan (Charlotte)
The Forge Mountain Diggers (Asheville)
The Muses (Asheville)
Toubab Krewe (Asheville)
Shannon Whitworth (Brevard)

[u]Ohio[/u]:
Jeff Davis (Springfield)
rebecca jadway (Columbus)
Over the Rhine (Cincinnati)

[u]Oregon[/u]:
Goxxip (Portland)
Scout Niblett (Portland)
Sassparilla Jug Band
Shelby Sifers (Portland)
Viva Voce (Portland)

[u]Pennsylvania[/u]:
Hannah Bingman (Beaver Springs)
Lisa Bouchelle
Birdie Busch (Philadelphia)
Hudson Harding (Philadelphia)
Jamie Harrison (Philadelphia)
Hezekiah Jones (Philadelphia)
Arlene Mccann (Philadelphia)
Monica Mcintyre (Philadelphia)
Peanut Butter Jellyfish (Lansdale)
Seldom Scene (Philadelphia)

[u]Tennessee[/u]:
Be Your Own Pet (Nashville)
Matraca Berg (Nashville)
Christabel and The Jons (Knoxville)
rebecca correia (Nashville)
Deek Hoi (Knoxville)
Dennis E. Eggers (Nashville)
Jen Foster (Nashville)
Michael Gum (Murfreesboro)
Old Crow Medicine Show (Nashville)
Kim Richey (Nashville)
Rosemary
Melanie safka (Nashville)
Jerry Salley (Nashville)
Mindy Smith (Nashville)
Garrison Starr (Nashville)
The Infamous Stringdusters (Nashville)
Abigail Washburn (Nashville)
Gillian Welch (Nashville)

[u]Texas[/u]
Dixie Chicks (Austin)
Shawn Colvin (Austin)
Eliza Gilkyson (Austin)
Jana Hunter (Houston)
Iron And Wine
Sarah Jarosz (Austin)
Midlake (Denton)
Willie Nelson (Austin)
Rhonda Nicole (Dallas)
Raina Rose (Austin)
Alice Spencer & her Monkey Butlers (Austin)
Kelly Willis
Carolyn Wonderland (Austin)

[u]Vermont[/u]:
Anais Mitchell aka Anaïs Mitchell (Montpelier)

[u]Virginia[/u]:
Heather Jinmaku (Williamsburg)
Ann Rabson (Hartwood)
Alison Self (Richmond)

[u]Washington[/u]:
Sera Cahoone (Seattle)
Brandi Carlisle (Seattle)
Kimya Dawson (Olympia)
PURA FE (Seattle)
Futuristic Sex Robotz (Seattle)
June Madrona (Olympia)
Holly O'Reilly (Seattle)
Rosie Thomas (Seattle)

[u]West Virginia[/u]:
Dave McMann (Charleston)

[u]Wisconsin[/u]:
Jeffrey Foucault

[u]Misc[/u]:
Tori Amos
Sibylle Baier
Sarah Bettens
Butterfly Boucher
Lori Carson
Neko Case
Cherryholmes
Elizabeth Cook
Catie Curtis
Devo
Stephanie Dosen
Dressy Bessy
Schuyler Fisk
Liza Garza
Adam Gnade
Lis Harvey
Jungli
Angelique Kidjo
Erin McKeown (Fredricksburg)
Mercy
Juana Molina
Nickel Creek
Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band
Sadie
Seasick Steve
Jill Sobule
Phoebe Snow
St. Vincent
Tara Tinsley
Uncle Earl (Lyons)
Laura Veirs
Kate Voegele
Krystle Warren & The Faculty
Dar Williams
Kate Wolf


[b][u]UK[/b][/u]:
Adriana (Glasgow)
Fraser Anderson (Scotland)
Corinne Bailey Rae
Paul Baker-Dogherty
Lizzy Banoffee (Lancashire)
Bat for Lashes (Brighton)
Billy the Kid
Tara Blaise
Boards of Canada (Edinburgh)
Borderville (Oxford)
Kyla Brox (Manchester)
Katie Buckhaven
Morvern Callar (London)
Camera Obscura (Glasgow)
Candidate
Chippewa Falls (Newcastle)
Natalie Cutler (Lancashire)
Dead Centre
Rosalie Deighton (London)
Tina Dico (London)
Digital Bat (Brighton)
William Douglas and The Wheel (Edinburgh)
Emmy the Great
Februus (Edinburgh)
Catherine Feeny
Flook
Flute Girl
Emma Forman
Bob Fox (Chester-le-Street)
Lyla Foy (London)
Freaky Sheep (London)
Austen George
Liam Gerner (London)
Beth Gibbons
Belinda Gillett (Felixstowe)
Thea Gilmore
Rachel Goswell (Surrey)
Neils Halstead (Newquay)
Hamfatter (Cambridge)
Morag Hannah (Edinburgh)
Charlotte Hatherley
Carrie Hayden (Worcestershire)
Edwina Hayes (Driffield)
Kat Healy (Edinburgh)
Imogen Heap (London)
Corrina Hewat (Borders)
Natalie Imbruglia
Jem (Wales)
Nic Jones
JR (Edinburgh)
Katell Keineg (Wales)
Niki King (Edinburgh)
Kinzli (London)
Lucy Kitt (London)
Lisa Knapp (London)
Ladytron (Liverpool)
Seth Lakeman
Lazyhand (Edinburgh)
Kristen Leigh
Lemon Jelly (London)
Annie Lennox
Little Brother Graham (Kent)
Amy Macdonald (Glasgow)
Talitha MacKenzie (Edinburgh)
Laura Marling (Eversley)
Bex Marshall (London)
Iona Marshall (Scotland)
Alistair McErlain
Neil McIntosh
Me And Bobby (London)
Valentina Mitzkat
Mitzy and Mabel
Denise Morgan (Whalley on the Range)
Terra Naomi (London)
Wilson Noble (Edinburgh)
Jackie Oates (Exeter)
Belinda O'Hooley (Huddersfield)
Orphan (Edinburgh)
Beth Orton (London)
Nerina Pallot (London)
James Parkinson (Edinburgh)
Polly Paulusma (London)
Candie Payne (Liverpool)
Petra Jean Phillipson
Karine Polwart (Borders)
Psapp (London)
Ragz (Liverpool)
Renfro
Lou Rhodes
Meaghan Roberts (London)
Lee Rogers (Belfast)
Kate Rusby (Barnsley)
She Tells Lies (Bristol)
Rob St John (Edinburgh)
Barney Strachan (Edinburgh)
Amy Studt
Cris Tanzi
Jane Taylor (Bristol)
The Cinematic Orchestra
The Chans (Edinburgh)
the Idolins (Nottingham)
The Kazoo Funk Orchestra (Glasgow)
The Lonesome Hearts (Glasgow)
The Long Blondes
The Pipettes
Linda Thompson (London)
Tinariwen
Emiliana Torrini
Chris Townsend (London)
Tim Van Eyken (Bath)
Vashti (London)
Amy Wadge (Cardiff)
Kate Walsh (Brighton)
Hannah Werdmuller (Edinburgh)
Mark Wilden (Oxford)
Kathryn Williams (Newcastle)
Withered hand (Edinburgh)
Sean Wright (King's Lynn)
Zero 7

[b][u]Argentina[/u][/b]:
Lhasa (Buenos Aires)

[b][u]Australia[/u][/b]:
Architecture in Helsinki
Because We Can (Melbourne)
Sarah Blasko (Sydney)
Missy Higgins (Melbourne)
Sophie Koh (Melbourne)
Women in Docs (Brisbane)

[b][u]Austria[/u][/b]:
Christene LeDoux (Innsbruck)
Clara Luzia (Vienna)
Fatima Spar und die Freedom Fries

[u][b]Belgium[/u][/b]:
Manou Gallo
Jawhar (Brussels)
Marie Wernant (Brussels)


[b][u]Bermuda[/u][/b]:
Heather Nova

[b][u]Brazil[/u][/b]:
Rosie and Me

[b][u]Canada[/b][/u]:
David Celia
emaline delapaix (Vancouver)
DiggingRoots
Kathleen Edwards
Feist (Toronto)
Lily Frost (Toronto)
Eve Goldberg (Toronto)
Emily Haines
Stephanie Lang
Jay Linden (Ontario)
Cara Luft (Winnipeg)
Raine Maida
Sarah McLachlan
Erik Mongrain (Montreal)
Ry Moran (Victoria)
Oh Susanna (Toronto)
Po' Girl
Serena Postel
Shannon Rose (Ottawa)
Don Ross (Ontario)
Serena Ryder (Toronto)
Kit Soden (West Point Grey Village)
Theresa Sokyrka
Janine Stoll (Toronto)
Ember Swift
T. Nile
The Be Good Tanyas
The Wailin' Jennys (Winnipeg)
Woodpigeon (Calgary)

[b][u]Cote d'Ivoire[/b][/u]:
Debot Gnahore

[b][u]Denmark[/u][/b]:
Concert Nr. 1 (V. Skerningelyden)
Marshmallow Kisses And Candy Apples

[b][u]France[/u][/b]:
Ilene Barnes
Camille
Captain Tak (Paris)
Diane K (Nantes)
Katel (Paris)
Maeva (Alsace)
Margaux
pepe oleka (Marseilles)

[b][u]Germany[/u][/b]:
Sarah Brendel
Catherine de la Roche (Cologne)
Evilmrsod (Berlin)
Anja Janosi (Augsburg)
Masha Qrella (Berlin)

[b][u]Iceland[/u][/b]:
Bjork
Lay Low (Reykjavik)

[b][u]Ireland[/b][/u]:
Big Mamma's Door (Laois)
Cara Dillon
Fight Like Apes (Dublin)
Gemma Hayes
Thomas Kitt (Dublin)
Brigid Power-Ryce (Galway)
Fionn Regan
Claire Sproule (Donegal)

[b][u]Italy[/u][/b]:
Sylvie Lewis (Rome)
Nathalie (Rome)

[b][u]Japan[/u][/b]:
Cornelius (Nakameguro)
Fantastic Plastic Machine
Polysics (Tokyo)
Puffy AmiYumi
ROVO
the pillows (Tokyo)

[b][u]Mali[/u][/b]:
Afel Bocoum
Toumani Diabate
Salif Keita (Bamako)
Oumou Sangare
Ali Farka Toure

[b][u]Netherlands[/b][/u]:
Insight (Hilversum)
marain (Amsterdam)
Marijke van Seters

[b][u]New Zealand[/u][/b]:
Chester Travis

[b][u]Nigeria[/b][/u]:
Tony Allen
Femi Kuti (Lagos)

[b][u]Norway[/u][/b]:
Cortina (Haugesund)
Marte Heggelung (Hammerfest)
Heidi Marie (Bergen)
Meman (Bergen)
Rockettothesky (Oslo)
Maria Solheim
Susanna and the Magical Orchestra (Oslo)
The Johnny Kahlua Band (Kristiansand)

[b][u]Portugal[/b][/u]:
Encontros Da Eira (Madeira)

[b][u]Senegal[/b][/u]:
Orchestra Baobab

[b][u]Serbia[/b][/u]:
Bootleg Blues (Belgrade)

[b][u]South Africa[/u][/b]:
Matthew Gair

[b][u]Sweden[/u][/b]:
Ane Brun (Stockholm)
El Perro del Mar (Gothenburg)
Ebba Forsberg (Stockholm)
Kallioinia (Stockholm)
Koop
Marie Lindberg
Stina Nordenstam (stockholm)
Everett Parker
Sofia Talvik (Stockholm)
Anna Ternheim

So, beginning of a new year, time for everyone to do their end of 2007 best music lists... I'm just going to offer the stuff I got off eMusic, and a few of them were released in 2006 even though I didn't get them til 2007 - with the way digital releases go, things released on CD one year might not end up being available for download until early in the next year anyway, so there's a little ambiguity about what a 'release date' is these days... (the album titles below link to the emusic pages, and the artist names to their last.fm pages)

Draw Breath - Nels Cline Singers - LA-based avant guitarist keeps on melding 'out' weirdness with amazing tunes. This new one is no exception.

Line By Line - John Patitucci - John continues to grow as both a composer and player on this beautiful guitar-led album of introspective jazz and beautiful chamber music. My favourites of his since One More Angel.

Double Talk - Theo Travis - push comes to shove, probably my favourite album of the year. Theo just gets better and better, and here his band are just amazing. It's no wonder he's so in demand right now... Look out for our duo live album some time in the next 12 months....

Shine - Joni Mitchell - seems like a very personal record, much smaller in scope than anything she's done for years, a beautifully understated return to the recording world. Now let's hope she tours...

The Antisocial Club - Alan Pasqua - anyone savvy enough to put Jimmy Haslip and Nels Cline on the same record HAS to have it going on. A beautiful album of spikey post-miles jazz, and the kind of project that Jimmy excels at, even though people don't think of him as an out player...

You've Got To Laugh - Nik Kershaw - when are people going to wake up and realise that he's one of the finest songwriters of the last 25 years - how long can one man's reputation be defined by his mullet of two decades ago?

Sermon On Exposition Boulevard - Rickie Lee Jones - mad freewheeling gospel album, sounds unlike anyone else that I can think of. In a good way.

These Friends Of Mine - Rosie Thomas - really a trio record with Sufjan Stevens and the wonderful Denison Witmer, Rosie's yet to record a bad song, let along a bad album. Now when is Sheila's first album coming out?

Rock Garden - Ty Tabor - Ty finally allows himself to really rock out without the rest of King's X.

Strange Conversation - Kris Delmhorst - as with everything she does, it's full of great tunes and great words.

there you go, no Radiohead, no Britney, no Arctic Monkeys, no... whatever, you can go and read about their tedious nonsense elsewhere... :o)