KAFM Music Blog

Well, we've got all new number ones this week, with a few new names here and there! Take a look!

Jazz - Bill Frisell moves on up - and there's a few names returning to the top 5...



1    BILL FRISELL    Guitar In The Space Age!   (OKeh)
2    NIKKI YANOFSKY    Little Secret    (A440)
3    ANNIE LENNOX    Nostalgia    (Blue Note)
4    OATMEAL JAZZ COMBO    Whole Wheat Oats    (Self Released)
5    JAGA JAZZIST    '94-'14    (Ninja Tune)
6    AL MUIRHEAD    It's About Time    (Chronograph)
7    JAMES FARM    City Folk    (Nonesuch)
8    JEREMY PELT    Tales, Musings, And Other Reveries    (HighNote)
9    TOM HARRELL    Trip    (HighNote)
10    MICROSCOPIC SEPTET    Manhattan Moonrise    (Cuneiform)

World Quick read more or view full article - A lot of movement on this chart this week, including Ireesh Lal regaining that top spot!



1    IREESH LAL    Ethnotronica    (Self-Released)
2    TERRA GUITARRA    Firelight    (Arc)
3    REBEL TUMBAO    Rebel Tumbao    (Sacred Rhythm)
4    FANTASMA    Eye Of The Sun [EP]    (Soundway)
5    INTENDED IMMIGRATION    Una Cartina    (Wooden Hat)
6    RED BARAAT    Gaadi Of Truth    (Sinj)
7    PAA KOW    Ask    (Self Released)
8    HORSEMAN    Dawn Of The Dread    (Mr. Bongo)
9    PARADISE BANGKOK MOLAM INTERNATIONAL BAND    21st Century Molam    (Studio Lam)
10    PERUQUOIS    The Original Essence    (Self-Released)

College - Our top 10 has a lot of new names!



1    STEVE EARLE    Terraplane    (New West)
2    WHITEHORSE    Leave No Bridge Unburned    (Six Shooter)
3    PUNCH BROTHERS    "I Blew It Off" [Single]    (Nonesuch)
4    VESPERS    Sisters And Brothers    (Tone Tree-Black Suit)
5    KUZIN    Cavity    (Self-Released)
6    BELLE AND SEBASTIAN    Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance    (Matador)
7    DENGUE FEVER    The Deepest Lake    (Tuk Tuk)
8    RYAN BINGHAM    Fear And Saturday Night    (Axster Bingham)
9    BRANDI CARLILE    The Firewatcher's Daughter    (ATO)
10    COMPUTER MAGIC    Dreams Of Better Days [EP]    (Self-Released)

Roots - A lot of new names here, and the Mavericks take over this week!



1     THE MAVERICKS     Mono     (Valory Music)
2     MIKE ZITO    Songs From the Road     (Ruf Records)
3     ALICE DI MICELE     Swim     (Alice Otter)
4     MICHAEL HARDIE     Real    (Worldhaus)
5     TIM FARRELL     Cascadia    (Self-Released)
6     THE ED PALERMO BIG BAND & ROB PAPAROZZI     Electric Butter     (Self-Released)
7     BRAD ABSHER & SWAMP ROYALE     Lucky Dog    (Montrose)
8     BRUCE KATZ BAND     Homecoming     (Self-Released)
9     D.A. FOSTER     The Real Thing    (Vizztone)
10     JOE FILISKO & ERIC NODEN      On The Move     (Roots Duo)

Keep it tuned to hear who will make the charts next week! Read Less