KAFM Music Blog

We're just starting off our Member Drive today! Well, we've got some great charts to kick it off... Top 5 today, though:

Jazz - Kevin Eubanks and Stanley Jordan keep that top Jazz spot again this week, and a lot of other great names stay up there!



1    KEVIN EUBANKS AND STANLEY JORDAN    Duets    (Mack Avenue)
2    JAMIE CULLUM    Interlude    (Blue Note)
3    AL MUIRHEAD    It's About Time    (Chronograph)
4    ELIANE ELIAS    Made In Brazil    (Concord)
5    OATMEAL JAZZ COMBO    Whole Wheat Oats    (Self-Release)

World - Oh, a new number one! Rebel Tumbao has been up and down, but hasn't had that top spot for a while!

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1    REBEL TUMBAO    Rebel Tumbao    Sacred Rhythm
2    DENGUE FEVER    The Deepest Lake    Tuk Tuk
3    INTENDED IMMIGRATION    Una Cartina    Wooden Hat
4    NIYAZ    The Fourth Light    Six Degrees
5    QUITAPENAS    Quitapenas    White Iris

College - Seriously, we can't stop listening to the Decemberists.



1    DECEMBERISTS    What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World    Capitol
2    WHITEHORSE    Leave No Bridge Unburned    Six Shooter
3    BELLE AND SEBASTIAN    Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance    Matador
4    STEVE EARLE    Terraplane    New West
5    LOW CUT CONNIE    Hi Honey    Contender

Roots - Woah! Look at this all new top 5!



1    TOOTS LORRAINE    Make it Easy    (Self-Release)
2    THE LOCAL STRANGERS    Take What You Can Carry    (TLS)
3    ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL   Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys    (Bismeaux Records)
4    SHAUN MURPHY    Loretta    (Self-Release)
5    NANCY WRIGHT    Putting Down Roots    (Direct Hit) Read Less