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Playlist from 01/01/2011 @ 8:00am

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Michael J.

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Over The Rhine

All My Favorite People
The Long Surrender 2011 via GREAT SPECKLED DOG
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Mohammed Alidu & the Bizung Family

Zabli Zabli
Land of Fire 2010 via CD BABY.COM/INDYS
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Michael J's pick for best worldbeat record of 2010 -- from the country of Ghana.

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Anders Osborne

Got Your Heart
American Patchwork 2010 via Alligator Records

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9:40 am

Ray Lamontagne

Beg Steal or Borrow
God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise 2010 via RCA/RED
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Mavis Staples

Wonderful Savior
You Are Not Alone 2010 via Anti
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Michael J's pick for the best blues release of 2010.

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9:30 am

Nellie McKay

Absolute Elsewhere
Home Sweet Mobile Home 2010 via Verve Forecast
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The Spares

I Don't Miss
Everything Is Easy 2010 via Tweed Records
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John Legend & The Roots

Humanity (Love The Way It Should Be)
Wake Up! 2010 via Columbia
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9:20 am

Regina Carter

Hiwumbe Awumba
Reverse Thread 2010 via E1 Music
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Michael J's selection for finest jazz record of 2010.

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Kim Richey

Leaving 49
Wreck Your Wheels 2010 via THIRTY ONE TIGERS
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Sharon Shannon

The Galway Girl [with Steve Earle]
The Diamond Mountain Sessions 2001 via Compass Records
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Michael Franti & Spearhead

Hey Hey Hey
The Sound of Sunshine 2010 via Capitol
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Michael J's choice for best rock release of 2010.

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9:00 am

Hope Waits

You Crossed the Line
Hope Waits 2007 via Radarproof Records
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Mumford & Sons

Roll Away Your Stone
Sigh No More 2010 via coop
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Michael J's pick for best folk release of 2010.

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8:40 am

Lizz Wright

In From the Storm
Fellowship 2010 via Verve Forecast
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Amadou & Mariam

Senegal Fast Food
Dimanche a Bamako 2005 via Nonesuch
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Bruce Springsteen

Talk To Me
The Promise 2010 via Columbia
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8:30 am

Corey Harris & Henry Butler

There's No Substitute for Love
Vu-Du Menz 2000 via Alligator Records
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Shawn Mullins

Love Will Find A Way
Light You Up 2010 via Vanguard Records
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8:20 am

Joanne Shenandoah

Help Us Be Peaceful
Covenant 2003 via Silver Wave
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May 2011 be a peaceful and joy-filled year for all of us -- around the world!

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Victor Wooten

Us 2
Palmystery 2008 via Heads Up
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Stevie Wonder

Heaven Help Us All
Greatest Hits, Volume 2
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Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris

This Is Us
All The Roadrunning 2006 via Warner Bros / Wea
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Regina Spektor

Us
Soviet Kitsch 2005 via Sire / London/Rhino
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