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The new month brings us all new charts - and new #1s this week. No foolin'!

Jazz - A LOT of new names within this chart, and a new number one!



1    KEVIN EUBANKS AND STANLEY JORDAN    Duets   (Mack Avenue)
2    ELIANE ELIAS    Made In Brazil    (Concord)
3    ROBERT KENNEDY TRIO    Big Shoes    (Self-Released)
4    MIKE OSBORNE    Dawn    (Cuneiform)
5    OATMEAL JAZZ COMBO    Whole Wheat Oats   (Self)
6    TWIN DANGER    Twin Danger [EP]    (Decca)
7    DANA LANDRY QUARTET    Standard Elevation    (Artist Alliance)
8    RAPHAEL WRESSNIG    Soul Gumbo   (Self)
9    RONGETZ FOUNDATION    Kiss Kiss Double Jab    (Heavenly Sweetness)
10    JEFF COFFIN MU'TET    Side Up    (Ear Up)

World - After Quick read more or view full article just two weeks in the station, Niyaz crawls up to the top spot!



1    NIYAZ    The Fourth Light    (Six Degrees)
2    REBEL TUMBAO    Rebel Tumbao    (Sacred Rhythm)
3    INTENDED IMMIGRATION    Una Cartina    (Wooden Hat)
4    IREESH LAL    Ethnotronica    (Self-Released)
5    DENGUE FEVER    The Deepest Lake    (Tuk Tuk)
6    ALEX CUBA    Healer    (Caracol)
7    XIOMARA LAUGART    Tears And Rumba    (Chesky)
8    EL NAAN    Codigo De Barros: An Iberian Roots Project    (Arc)
9    TERRA GUITARRA    Firelight    (Self-Released)
10    RED BARAAT    Gaadi Of Truth    (Sinj)

College - The Decemberists are baaaack...



1    DECEMBERISTS    What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World    (Capitol)
2    VESPERS    Sisters And Brothers    (Tone Tree-Black Suit)
3    LOW CUT CONNIE    Hi Honey    (Contender)
4    BELLE AND SEBASTIAN    Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance    (Matador)
5    JD MCPHERSON    Let The Good Times Roll    (Rounder)
6    STEVE EARLE    Terraplane    (New West)
7    GO BETTY GO    Reboot    (Self-Released)
8    TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT    The Temperance Movement    (Concord-Earache)
9    HOUNDSTOOTH    No News From Home    (No Quarter)
10    ROBERT EARL KEEN    Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions    (Dualtone)

Roots - Well, we expected Mark Knopfler to stay at the top, but we have a new number one...



1    BLUES TRAVELER    Blow Up the Moon    (Loud & Proud Records)
2    MARK KNOPFLER    Tracker    (Verve)
3    NANCY WRIGHT    Putting Down Roots    (Direct Hit)
4    THE MAVERICKS    Mono    (Valory)
5    AJ GHENT BAND    Live at Terminal West    (Blue Corn)
6    VAN MORRISON    Duets: Re-Working the Catalogue     (Warner)
7    RANDY VOLIN AND THE HARD ONES    Detroit Thing    (Self-Released)
8    SPUYTEN DUYVIL    The Social Music Hour Vol. 1    (Self-Released)
9    SHAUN MURPHY    Loretta    (Self-Released)
10    GREG NAGY    Stranded     (Big O Records)

We've been getting a lot of great new music this spring, so keep it tuned to 88.1! Read Less