These are in no particular order. That's your decision.

The Best 44 of 2007
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Carlos Benjamin

Richard Thompson - Sweet Warrior - rock
The Mannish Boys - Big Plans - blues
Ruthie Foster - The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster - folk, blues, gospel
Pieta Brown - Remember The Sun - roots rock
Son Volt - The Search - rock
The Lustre Kings - Way Out There - rockabilly
Hunter Berry - Wow Baby - bluegrass
Tony Trischka - Double Bluegrass Spectacular - bluegrass
Robert Hazard - Troubador - americana/folk
Blue Rodeo - Small Miracles - roots rock
Peter Karp - Shadows and Cracks - americana, blues
The Sadies - New Seasons - twangy roots rock
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger - americana pop rock
Lucinda Williams - West - twang rock
Norah Jones - Not Too Late - mellow jazz
Adrienne Young - Room to Grow - folk, pop, bluegrass
John Fogerty - Revival - rock
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand - americana, slow rock
John Hammond - Push Comes to Shove - blues
Poncho Sanchez - Raise Your Hand - latin jazz
Koko Taylor - Old School - blues
Big Lazy - Postcards From X - dark instrumental twang rock & mixed genre
A Band of Bees - Octopus - soul, roots rock
Charlie Hunter Trio - Mistico - instrumental twang, dark mix w/ funk/jazz
Nappy Brown - Long Time Coming - blues
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminal - Lifeline - soulful pop rock
The Kennedys - Rhapsody in Uke - instrumental mix on ukeleles
Mamavig - Mamavig - acoustic instrumental
Eilen Jewell - Letters from Sinners and Strangers - roots, blues, jazz
Mark Knopfler - Kill to Get Crimson - acoustic/folk
Marmalade Souls - In Stereo - pop rock
Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills - 80's flavor rock
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - pop rock
Keller Williams - Dream - alternative folk, jam rock
Southern Culture on the Skids - Countrypolitan Favorites - hillbilly surf rock
The Sarah Ayers Band - 3am Epiphany - blues, funk, rock
Patty Griffin - Children Running Through - folk, americana
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights - soul, blues
Hazmat Modine - Bahamut - world, blues, jazz
Pierre Bensusan - Altiplanos - folk, acoustic guitar & some vocals
Tavern Tan - 3 Hosrepower - roots, rock
Thurston - Trees Outside the Academy - mellow edgy rock
Pat Dinizio - Pat Dinizio - rock, power pop
Radiohead - In Rainbows - alternative rock

These are in no particular order for each year. That's your decision.

The Best 49 of 2006
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Carlos Benjamin

Bob Dylan - Modern Times - Roots Rock
Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac - Roots Rock
The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker -Country Folk
Red Molly - Never Been To Vegas - Country Folk
Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards - Dark Folk/Blues
Tommy Emmanuel - The Mystery - Acoustic
Drive By Truckers - A Blessing And A Curse - Alt Country Rock
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped - Rock
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela - Flamenco / High Energy Mexican Acoustic
Stanton Moore - III - Jazz Funk Rock
Beck- The Information - Rock
The Vines - Vision Valley - Pop Rock
Gomez - How We Operate - Pop Rock
Madeleine Peyroux - Half The Perfect World - Jazz
Skip Wilkins Quintet - Vol 1 - Jazz
The Ditty Bops - Moon Over The Freeway - Folk/Acoustic
Eliane Elias - Around The City - Pop Rock
Nickodemus - Endangered Species - Funk/World
Charlie Hunter Trio - Copperopolis - Jazz
James Hunter - People Gonna Talk - Soul
Cassandra Wilson - Thunderbird - AAA
JJ Cale & Eric Clapton - The Road To Escondido - AAA
The Mammals - Departure - Folk/World
Peter Mulvey - The Knuckleball Suite - Folk
Slaid Cleaves - Unsung - Folk
Crooked Still - Shaken By A Low Sound - Newgrass
Paul Simon - Surprise - AAA
Richard Butler - Richard Butler - Mellow Rock
Neko Case - Fox Confessore Brings The Flood - AAA
The Who - Endlesswire - Rock
Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass - Rock
The Flank - At Stake - Rock
Jennifer O'Connor - Over The Mountain, Across The Valley And Back To The Stars - Alt Folk
Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys - Turntable Matinee - Rockabilly
The Two Timin' Three - Payin' The Price - Rockabilly
The Ultra Kings - Church Of The Weak - Rockabilly
Tavern Tan - Foxed, Flawed & Cupshot - Roots Rock
Robyn Hitchcock - Ole! Tarantula - Rock
The Sails - The Sails - Rock
The Slackers - Peculiar - Ska
Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood - Out Louder - Jazz
The Duhks- Migrations - Folk
Chris Smither- Leave The Light On - Acoustic Blues
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - All The Roadrunning - AAA
Cirkestra - Pinocchio - Acoustic
Guy Davis - Skunkmello - Acoustic Blues
Delfeao Marsalis - Minions Dominion - Jazz
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife - Pop Rock
The Guggenheim Grotto - Waltzing Alone - AAA

These are in no particular order for each year. That's your decision.

The Best 47 of 2005
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Carlos Benjamin

Paul McCartney - Chaos & Creation in the Backyard - Pop Rock
Eliza Gilkyson - Paradise Hotel - Folk
Thea Gilmore - Loft Music - Folk Pop
Beck -Guero -Rock
Little Barrie - We are Little Barrie - Funk
John Scofield - That's What I Say - Jazz
Madness - The Dangermen Sessions - Vol. 1 -Ska
Sinead O'Connor -Throw Down Your Arms - Reggae
Bonnie Raitt -Souls Alike - Blues / AAA
Sarah Borges - Silver City - Alt Rock
The Greenhornes - East Grand Blues - Rock
Caesars - Paper Tigers - Rock
Echo & The Bunnymen - Siberia - Rock
Supergrass - Road To Rouen - Pop Rock
Vanity Project - Vanity Project - Pop Rock
Hilde Marie Kjersem - Tub Quartet - Red Shoes Diary - Jazz
Neil Young - Prairie Wind - Folk Rock
Ben Folds - Songs for Silverman - Pop Rock
Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams - Folk Pop
Erin McKeown - We Will Become Like Birds - Folk Pop
Lou Barlow - EMOH - Folk Pop
Frank Black - Honeycomb - Rock
Susan Tedeschi - Hope and Desire - Blues
Robinella - Solace For The Lonely - Folk/Jazz/Blues
Michelle Shocked - Don't Ask Don't Tell Folk
Bettye LaVette - I've Got My Own Hell To Raise- Soul
Ellis Hooks -Godson of Soul - Soul
Todd Wolfe - Live at The Bluetone - Blues
Fabulous Thunderbirds - Painted On - Blues
Detroit Cobras - Baby - Rock
George Hrab - Interrobang - Rock
The Blasters - 4-11-44 - Rockabilly
The Two Timin' Three - Where Did You Sleep Last Night? - Rockabilly
Cap Gun Cowboys - Atomic Horsepower - Alt Rock
Brian Setzer - Rockabilly Riot - Rockabilly
John Prine - Fair & Square - Folk
Elvin Bishop - Getting' My Groove Back - Blues
Kate Bush - Aerial - Pop Rock
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine - Pop Rock
A Band of Bees - Free The Bees - Pop Rock
Jackie Tice - Second Skin - Folk
Susan Cowsill - Just Believe It - AAA
Tracy Grammer - Flower Of Avalon - Folk
Low Dogs - In The Tall Grass - Folk
Adrienne Young & Little Sadie - The Art Of Virtue - Various Folk
Twinemen - Sideshow -Dark Rock
Garage a Trois - Outre Mer - Funk Jazz

These are in no particular order for each year. That's your decision.

The Best 49 of '04
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Carlos Benjamin

Cowboy Junkies - OneSoulNow - AAA
David Byrne - Grown Backwards - AAA
JJ Cale - To Tulsa and Back - AAA
Luna - Rendezvous - AAA
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home - AAA
Rachel Yamagata - Happenstance - AAA
Sonia Dada - Test Pattern - AAA
Steve Brosky - Trouble - AAA
Tift Merrit - Tambourine - AAA
William Shatner - Has Been - AAA
Mae Moore & Lester Quitzau - Oh My! - Acoustic
Jim White - Drill a Hole … - Alt Folk
Alison Krauss & Union Station - Lonely Runs Both Ways - Bluegrass/Pop
Hound Dog Taylor - Release The Hound - Blues
Louise Hoffsten - Knackerbrod Blues - Blues
Pinetop Perkins - Ladies' Man - Blues
Nick Curran & the Night Lifes - Player! - Blues/Soul
Rod Picott - Girl from Arkansas - Dark Folk
Slaid Cleaves - Wishbones - Dark Folk
Lucy Kaplansky - The Red Thread - Folk
Steve Forbert - Just Like There's Nothin' to It - Folk
Maggie, Pierce, and EJ - Maggie ,Pierce, and EJ - Folk / 30's Jazz
The Electric Farm - The Electric Farm - Folk Rock
Fred Hersch Trio - + 2 - Jazz
Madeline Peyroux - Careless Love - Jazz
Tangle Eye - Alan Lomax's Southern Journey Revisited - Jazz, Blues
Medeski, Martin, and Wood - End of the World Party (Just in Case) - Jazz/Funk
Los Lobos - The Ride - Latin Rock
Pink Martinis - Hang on Little Tomato - Lounge
Crooked Still - Hop High - Newgrass
Kings of Convenience - Riot on Empty Street - Pop Folk
The Vinyl Kings - A Little Trip - Pop Rock
Toots and the Maytals - True Love - Reggae
Another Pretty Face - 21st Century Rock - Rock
Camper van Beethoven - New Roman Times - Rock
Drive by Truckers - The Dirty South - Rock
Elvis Costello - The Delivery Man - Rock
George Hrab - Coelacanth - Rock
Nerissa & Katryna Nields - This Town is Wrong - Rock
Patti Smith - Trampin' - Rock
Sergent Petter - It's a Record - Rock
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now - Rock
The Beta Band - Heroes to Zeros - Rock
The Minus 5 - In Rock - Rock
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory - Rock Blues
Comets on Fire - Blue Cathedral - Psychadelic Rock
Ellis Hooks - Uncomplicated - Soul Rock
Southern Culture on the Skids - Mojo Box - Southern Surf Rock
Calexico - Convict Pool - Southwestern

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These are in no particular order for each year. That's your decision.

The Best 45 of 2003
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Carlos Benjamin

Mike Marshall & Chris Thile Into the Cauldron- Bluegrass / Acoustic / Classical
Big Bill Morganfield - Blues in the Blood - Blues
Guy Davis - Chocolate to the Bone - Blues
Chris Smither - Train Home - Blues
John Hammond - Ready for Love - Blues / Roots Rock John Melloncamp - Trouble No More - Blues / Roots Rock
Black Keys - thickfreakness - Blues Rock
Nick Curran and the Nightlifes - Dr. Velvet - Blues, Swing, R&B
Danu - The Road Less Traveled - Irish
Solas - Another Day - Irish
Lyle Lovett - My Baby Don't Tolerate - Country/Folk/Swing/Blues
Rod Picott - Stray Dogs - Dark Folk Blues
Luka Bloom - Amsterdam - Folk
Natalie Merchant - The House Carpenter's Daughter - Folk
John Gorka - Old Future's Gone - Folk
Bruce Cockburn - You've Never Seen Everything - Folk Rock
Richard Thompson - The Old Kit Bag - Folk Rock
The Kennedys - Stand - Folk Rock
Randy Newman - Songbook, Vol. 1 - Folk, Blues
Galactic - Ruckus - Funk
Garage a Trois - Emphasizor - Funk / Jazz
Tony Furtado & the American Gypsies - Live Gypsy - Jazz / Blues Jam / Bluegrass
Poncho Sanchez - Out of Sight - Jazz / Latin / Funk
Ben Harper - Diamonds on the Inside - Pop Rock
Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers - Pop Rock
Roseanne Cash - Rules of Travel - Pop Rock
Shelby Lynne - Identity Crisis - Pop Rock
The Villas - Set For Life - Pop Rock
Thea Gilmore - Avalanche - Pop Rock
Erin McKeown - Grand - Pop Rock
Blur - Think Tank - Rock
Drive By Truckers - Decoration Day - Rock
Joe Jackson Band - Vol 4 - Rock
Robert Earl Keen - Farm Fresh Onions - Rock
Supergrass - Life on Other Planets - Rock
The White Stripes - Elephant - Rock
Los Straitjackets - Supersonic Guitars in 3-D - Rock Instrumental
Wanda Jackson - Heart Trouble - Rockabilly
Last Hombres - Redemption - Root Rock
John Hiatt & The Goners - Beneath this Gruff Exterior - Roots Rock
Al Green - I Can't Stop - Soul
Van Morrison - What's Wrong With This Picture? - Soul / Rock / Blues
Calexico - Feast of Wire - Southwestern
Gotan Project - La Revencha Del Tango - Tango / Acid Jazz
Ry Cooder and Manuel Galban - Mambo Sinuendo - Twang Instrumental

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These are in no particular order for each year. That's your decision.

The Best 29 of the Year 2002
WDIY’s Monday Afternoon Blend
w/ Carlos Benjamin

Keller Williams - Laugh - Folk Jam
Roamin' Gabriels - Smile - Jazz / Funk
Bonnie Raitt - Silver Lining - Blues
Sue Foley - Where the Action Is - Blues
Guy Davis - Give in Kind - Blues
Blind Boys of Alabama - Higher Ground - Gospel / Blues
Peter Mulvey - 10,000 Mornings - Folk
Mark Knopfler - Ragpicker’s Dream - Folk
Jorma Kaukonen - Blue Country Heart - Folk / Country/ Blues
Blackwater - Stranded - Celtic
Greg Brown - Milk of the Moon - Folk
Tom Waits - Alice - Theatrical / Dark Folk
Big Lazy - New Everything - Dark Twangy Instrumental
Johnny Vidacovich - Vidacovich - Jazz
Mulgrew Miller & Wingspan - Sequel - Jazz
The Kennedys - Get it Right - Folk Rock
The Soft Boys - NextDoorLand - Rock
Rhett Miller - The Instigator - Rock
The Pretenders - Loose Screw - Rock
Chris Isaak - Always Got Tonight - Rock
John Scofield Band - Uberjam - Jazz / Funk / World
Drums & Tuba - Mostly Ape - Rock Instrumental
Twinemen - Twinemen - Rock
Kronos Quartet - Nuevo - Instrumental / World
Thievery Corporation - Richest Man in Babylon - Lounge / World
Angelique Kidjo - Black Ivory Soul - World
Elvis Costello - When I was Cruel - Rock
California Guitar Trio - CG3+2 - Instrumental
David Grisman Quintet - Dawgnation - Instrumental / Eclectic

These are in no particular order for each year. That's your decision.


The Best 25 of the Year 2001
WDIY’s Monday Afternoon Blend
w/ Carlos Benjamin


Robert Randolph, John Medeski, &
North Mississippi All Stars - The Word - Instrumental Gospel
Lucinda Williams - Essence - Folk, Blues
Hank Williams, Jr. - The Almeria Club - Roots Country, Blues, Swing, Bluegrass
Bob Dylan - Love & Theft - Roots Rock, Blues, Folk
Robert Cray - Shoulda Been Home - Blues
SaxManPete - Son of a Flitch - Pop/Jazz/Funk/Blues
David Byrne - Look Into the Eyeball - Pop Rock
Afro Celt Sound System - Vol. 3, Further in Time - World
Brian Setzer - Ignition, 68 Comeback Special - Roots Rock
Ryan Adams - Gold - Rock
SWAG - Catch-All - Rock
Old 97’s - Satellite Rides - Rock
Los Straitjackets - Singalong with Los Straitjackets - Rock
The Go Gos - God Bless the Go Gos - Rock
John Hammond (and Tom Waits) - Wicked Grin - Blues
Steve Brosky - Limestone & James - Varied, Pop/Rock/Blues
Alison Krauss & Union Station - New Favorite - Folk, Bluegrass
Chris Thile - Not All Who Wander are Lost - Newgrass
Bob Schneider - Lonelyland - Eclectic Pop Rock
Sam Phillips - Fan Dance - Eclectic Pop
Jonatha Brooke - Steady Pull - Pop Rock
Equation - The Dark Ages - English Folk Rock
Suzanne Vega - Songs in Red & Gray - Pop / Folk
Kirsty MacColl - Tropical Brainstorm - Pop Rock w/ Cuban Flavor
Charlie Hunter Quartet - Songs from the Analog - Jazz, Funk, Brazilian
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The Best 21 of the Year 2000
WDIY’s Monday Afternoon Blend
w/ Carlos Benjamin


Brian Setzer Orchestra - Vavoom! - Swing Jazz
Los Lobos - Just Another Band from East L.A. - World / Mexican Folkloric
Zen for Primates - It's Polka Time - Pop Cabaret
Stan Ridgeway - Anatomy - Rock
Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals - Burn to Shine - Rock
The Nields - Jeremy Newborn Street - Pop Rock
The Mississippi All Stars - Shake Hands with Shorty - Blues rock
Greg Brown - Covenant - Folk
Peter Case - Flying Saucer Blues - Folk, Blues
Sam Broussard - Geeks - Folk
Dave Holland Quintet - Prime Directive - Jazz
Bob Dorough - Too Much Coffee Man - Jazz
Ray Condo & His Ricochets - High & Wild - Roots Rock
Nickel Creek - Nickel Creek - Bluegrass
Whirlig - Spin - Celtic
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks - Beatin' the Heat - Pop, Folk, Jazz
Terri Hendrix - Places in Between - Folk, Pop
John Wesley Harding - The Confessions of St. Ace - Pop Rock
The Villas - Secrets - Pop Rock
The Dandy Warhols - 13 Tales from Urban Bohemia - Rock
Sue Foley - Goin' Down - Blues

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The Best 18 of the Year 1999
WDIY’s Monday Afternoon Blend
w/ Carlos Benjamin


Big Lazy - - Dark Twang Instrumental Rock
The Woodies - - Instrumental Surf Rock
Old 97’s - Fight Songs - Rock
Bruce Cockburn - B in NO, D in T - Rock, Folk World
Beausoleil - Cajunization - Cajun
Bela Fleck - Tales from An Acoustic Planet -
Bluegrass Sessions Vol. 2 - Bluegrass
Mary Lee’s Corvette - True Lovers of Adventure - Cabaret Folk Rock
The Pretenders - Viva El Amor - Rock
Fiona Apple - When The Pawn - Rock
Paul McCartney - Run Devel Run - Roots Rock
The Whoa Dads - Crazy Feeling - Roots Rock
Hurry Down Sunshine - Raw in Memphis - Blues
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire - Jazz
BB King - Let The Good Times Roll - Jump Swing
California Guitar Trio - An Opening Act - Various Instrumental Rock, Film, Classical
Blackwater - - Celtic
Lyle Lovett - Live in Texas - Blues Folk Gospel
Odetta - Blues Everywhere I Go - Blues

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