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KGNU Top Lots of Music for 2004 based on all shows reporting
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Overall • International • Jazz • Beatbox • Electronica • Space/Modern • Classical • Americana • Rock • Latin
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| Artist | Title | Label |
| Various Artists | Sahara Lounge | Putumayo |
| Antibalas | Who Is This America? | Ropeadope |
| Zap Mama | Ancestry In Progress | Luaka Bop |
| Various Artists | Electric Gypsyland | Six Degrees |
| Abyssinia Infinite | Zion Roots | Network Medien Gmbh |
| Candi Staton | CD | Astralwerks |
| Los Lobos | The Ride | Hollywood |
| Various Artists | Peace Not War | Mordam Records |
| Tom Waits | Real Gone | Anti/Epitaph |
| Tangle Eye | Alan Lomax's Southern Journey Remixed | Zoe Records |
| Various Artists | Zen CD: A Retrospective | Ninja Tune |
| Various Artists | Rough Guide To African Rap | World Music Network |
| Tinariwen | Amassakoul | World Village |
| Air | Talkie Walkie | Astralwerks |
| Various Artists | Six Degrees 100 | Six Degrees |
| Ojos De Brujo | Bari | World Village |
| Wilco | A Ghost Is Born | Nonesuch Records |
| Various Artists | World 2004 | Wrasse |
| Devotchka | How It Ends | Cicero |
| Tortoise | It's All Around You | Thrill Jockey |
| Lunchbox | Anyways | The Agriculture |
| Rasputina | Frustration Plantation | Instinct Records |
| Calexico | Convict Pool | Quarterstick Records |
| Mavis Staples | Have A Little Faith | Alligator Records |
| Asylum St. Spankers | Mercurial | Spanks A Lot |
| Laurie Lewis/Tom Rozum | Guest House | Hightone Records |
| Various Artists | Women Of Africa | Putumayo |
| Gipsy Kings | Roots | Nonesuch Records |
| Otis Taylor | Double V | Telarc Blues |
| Vijay Iyer/Mike Ladd | In What Language | Pi Recordings |
| Jolie Holland | Escondida | Anti/Epitaph |
| Hamsa Lila | Gathering One | In The Pocket |
| Angelique Kidjo | Oyaya! | Columbia Records |
| Arto Lindsay | Salt | Righteous Babe Records |
| Sonic Youth | Sonic Nurse | Geffen Records |
| Michael Franti | Songs From The Front Porch | Boo Boo Wax |
| Various Artists | Is It Rolling Bob? | Ras Records |
| The Flatlanders | Wheels Of Fortune | New West |
| Various Artists | Rough Guide To Ethiopia | World Music Network |
| Blockhead | Music By Cavelight | Ninja Tune |
| Bobby Rush | Folkfunk | Deep Rush Records |
| Dave Alvin | Ashgrove | Yep Roc Records |
| Miles Gurtu | CD | Shakti |
| Ray Charles | Genius Loves Company | Concord Jazz |
| William Shatner | Has Been | Shout Factory |
| Various Artists | The Rough Guide To The Music Of Kenya | World Music |
| Cesaria Evora | Club Sodade | Lusafrica |
| Fred Frith | Middle Of The Moment | RER |
| Issa Bagayogo | Tassoumakan | Six Degrees |
| Wagon Christ | Sorry I Make You Lush | Ninja Tune |
| Various Artists | Billy Martin Presents Vol 1:The Turntable Sessions | Amulet |
| Various Artists | Edge Of The World | Narada |
| Outernationalists | Ethnomixicology | Six Degrees |
| Afro Celt Sound System | Pod | Realworld Records |
| Various Artists | World Groove | Putumayo |
| Bjork | Medulla | Elektra Records |
| Keb Mo | Keep It Simple | Okeh/Epic |
| Clouddead | Ten | Mush Records |
| David Byrne | Grown Backwards | Nonesuch Records |
| Ozomatli | Street Signs | Concord Jazz |
| Ustad Sultan Khan | Rare Elements | 5 Points |
| Juana Molina | Tres Cosas | Domino |
| DJ Krush | Jaku | Red Ink |
| Ooioo | Kila Kila Kila | Thrill Jockey |
| Various Artists | Pop A Paris: Rock And Roll And Mini Skirts | Sunnyside |
| State Of Bengal Vs Paban Das Baul | Tana Tani | Realworld Records |
| California Guitar Trio | Whitewater | Insideout |
| Medeski Martin & Wood | End Of The World Party | Blue Note Records |
| Mocean Worker | Enter The Mowo | Hyena |
| Califone | Heron King Blues | Thrill Jockey |
| Various Artists | BBQ Beets II: Return Of The Yams | Agriculture |
| Sainkho Namtchylak | Who Stole The Sky? | Ponderosa Music & Arts |
| Loretta Lynn | Van Lear Rose | Interscope |
| Lila Downs | One Blood (Una Sangre) | Narada |
| Br549 | Tangled In The Pines | Dualtone |
| DJ Spooky | Celestial Mechanix | Thirsty Ear Communication |
| Haco + Sakamoto Hiromichi | Ash In The Rainbow | RER |
| Black Keys | Rubber Factory | Fat Possum |
| Lambchop | Aw Cmon/No You Cmon | Merge |
| Modest Mouse | Good News For People Who Love Bad News | Epic Records |
| Various Artists | Nuevo Latino | Putumayo |
| Dr John | N'awlinz Dis Dat Or D'udda | Blue Note Records |
| Jim White | Drill A Hole In That Substrate & Tell Me What… | Luaka Bop |
| Claudia Quintet | I, Claudia | Cuneiform Records |
| Phil Kline | Zippo Songs | Cantaloupe Music |
| Six-Fing Thing | Our Children | Dogfingers |
| Various Artists | Rough Guide To Gypsy Swing | World Music Network |
| Cocorosie | La Maison De Mon Reve | Touch And Go Records |
| Clay Kirkland | Bluesandbeyondthebeyondblues | Self Produced |
| Various Artists | Lounge Story 2 | Dreyfus |
| Daby Toure | Diam | Realworld Records |
| Various Artists | Blues Lounge | Putumayo |
| Various Artists | Rough Guide To Morocco | World Music Network |
| Stereolab | Margerine Eclipse | Elektra Records |
| Habib Koite | Foly! | World Village |
| Bad Plus | Give | . |
| The Stanley Brothers | An Evening Long Ago | Columbia Records |
| Sam Bush | King Of My World | Sugar Hill Records |
| G. Love | The Hustle | Brushfire Records |
| Little Axe | Champagne & Grits | Real World |
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International [top]
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| Various Artists | Sahara Lounge | Putumayo |
| Antibalas | Who Is This America? | Ropeadope |
| Zap Mama | Ancestry In Progress | Luaka Bop |
| Abyssinia Infinite | Zion Roots | Network Medien Gmbh |
| Tinariwen | Amassakoul | World Village |
| Various Artists | Six Degrees 100 | Six Degrees |
| Ojos De Brujo | Bari | World Village |
| Various Artists | World 2004 | Wrasse |
| Various Artists | Women Of Africa | Putumayo |
| Gipsy Kings | Roots | Nonesuch Records |
| Hamsa Lila | Gathering One | In The Pocket |
| Angelique Kidjo | Oyaya! | Columbia Records |
| Arto Lindsay | Salt | Righteous Babe Records |
| Various Artists | Is It Rolling Bob? | Ras Records |
| Various Artists | Rough Guide To Ethiopia | World Music Network |
| Various Artists | The Rough Guide To The Music Of Kenya | World Music |
| Issa Bagayogo | Tassoumakan | Six Degrees |
| Outernationalists | Ethnomixicology | Six Degrees |
| Various Artists | World Groove | Putumayo |
| Sainkho Namtchylak | Who Stole The Sky? | Ponderosa Music & Arts |
| Lila Downs | One Blood (Una Sangre) | Narada |
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Jazz [top]
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| Vijay Iyer/Mike Ladd | In What Language | Pi Recordings |
| Medeski Martin & Wood | End Of The World Party | Blue Note |
| Claudia Quintet | I, Claudia | Cuneiform Records |
| Bad Plus | Give | Sony |
| Bill Frisell | Unspeakable | Nonesuch Records |
| Rabih Abou Khalil | Morton's Foot | Enja Records |
| Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake | Back Together Again | Thrill Jockey |
| Diana Krall | The Girl In The Other Room | Verve Records |
| Myra Melford | The Tent | Arabesque Recordings |
| Various Artists | Happy Birthday Newport | Columbia Records |
| Patricia Barber | Live: A Fortnight In France | Blue Note Records |
| Matthew Shipp | Harmony And Abyss | Thirsty Ear Recordings |
| Dave Douglas | Strange Liberation | BMG |
| Sticks And Stones | Shed Grace | Thrill Jockey |
| El-P | High Water | Thirsty Ear Communication |
| Charlie Hunter Trio | Friends Seen And Unseen | Ropeadope |
| Royal Hartigan | Blood Drum Spirit | Innova Arts Ltd |
| Groundtruther | Latitude | Thirsty Ear Communication |
| Norah Jones | Feels Like Home | Blue Note Records |
| Jenny Scheinman | Shalagaster | Tzadik |
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Beatbox [top]
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| Candi Staton | CD | Astralwerks |
| Various Artists | Rough Guide To African Rap | World Music Network |
| Mavis Staples | Have A Little Faith | Alligator Records |
| Blockhead | Music By Cavelight | Ninja Tune |
| Bobby Rush | Folkfunk | Deep Rush Records |
| Ray Charles | Genius Loves Company | Concord Jazz |
| Al Green | I Can't Stop | Blue Note Records |
| Meshell Ndegeocello | Comfort Woman | Maverick |
| Neville Brothers | Treacherous Ii | Rhino Records |
| Dr John | N'awlinz Dis Dat Or D'udda | Blue Note Records |
| G. Love | The Hustle | Brushfire Records |
| Little Axe | Champagne & Grits | Real World |
| Saul Williams | CD | Self Produced |
| Joss Stone | The Soul Sessions | EMI |
| Michael Franti & Spearhead | Stay Human | Six Degrees |
| Robert Randolph & The Family Band | Unclassified | Warner Bros Records |
| Sly & The Family Stone | The Essential Sly & The Family Stone | Legacy |
| DJ Signify | CD | Lex |
| Various Artists | The Rough Guide To Brazilian Hip-Hop | World Music Network |
| James Brown | Soul On Top | Verve Records |
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Electronica [top]
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| Various Artists | Electric Gypsyland | Six Degrees |
| Tangle Eye | Alan Lomax's Southern Journey Remixed | Zoe Records |
| Miles Gurtu | CD | Shakti |
| Cesaria Evora | Club Sodade | Lusafrica |
| Wagon Christ | Sorry I Make You Lush | Ninja Tune |
| Various Artists | Edge Of The World | Narada |
| Afro Celt Sound System | Pod | Realworld Records |
| Ustad Sultan Khan | Rare Elements | 5 Points |
| DJ Krush | Jaku | Red Ink |
| State Of Bengal Vs Paban Das Baul | Tana Tani | Realworld Records |
| Mocean Worker | Enter The Mowo | Hyena |
| Various Artists | Bbq Beets Ii: Return Of The Yams | Agriculture |
| DJ Spooky | Celestial Mechanix | Thirsty Ear Communication |
| Various Artists | Lounge Story 2 | Dreyfus |
| Craig Taborn | Junk Magic | Thirsty Ear Communication |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto | Chasm | Kab |
| Boom Bip | Corymb | Lex |
| Ex-Centric Sound System | West Nile Funk | Indieland Entertainment |
| Bill Laswell | Version 2 Version: A Dub Transmission | Roir Records |
| Various Artists | Blue Note Revisited | Blue Note Records |
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Space/Modern [top]
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| Bonobo | Dial "M" For Monkey | Ninja Tune |
| Fred Frith | Middle Of The Moment | RER |
| Snuggles - Various Artists | Free Speech For Sale | Self Produced |
| Robert Een | Mystery Dances | Starkland |
| Evolution Control Committee | Plagiarythm Nation | Seeland Records |
| Phil Kline | Zippo Songs | Cantaloupe Music |
| Four Tet | Rounds | Domino |
| Twine | CD | Ghostly |
| The Residents | Icky Flix | East Side Digital |
| Bang On A Can | Meets Kyaw Kyaw Naing | Cantaloupe Music |
| Banco De Gaia | You Are Here | Six Degrees |
| Lutz Glandien | Lost In Rooms | Recommended Records |
| Vas | Feast Of Silence | Narada |
| Ensemble Modern | Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions | Bmg |
| Sigmatropic | Sixteen Haiku & Other Stories | Thirsty Ear Communication |
| Various Artists | Archiv 1.1 | Asphodel |
| Wu Man / Tatsu Aoki | Posture Of Reality | Asian Improv Records |
| Kptmichigan | Player Player | Aesthetics |
| Brian Eno | January 07003 | Long Now |
| The C.A.G.E. Record Project | A Consonant Vowel | |
| Kwisp | Teriyaki Vest Odyssey | Self Produced |
| Various Artists | Messiah Remix | Cantaloupe Music |
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Classical [top]
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| Bela Fleck & Edgar Meyer | Music For Two | Sony Classical |
| Fazil Say | Black Earth | Naïve |
| John Adams | Road Movies | Nonesuch Records |
| Toby Tenenbaum | The Tenenbaum Sonatas | Self Produced |
| Michael Gordon | Light Is Calling | Nonesuch Records |
| Various Artists | Tango Argentino | Naxos |
| Vellard/Zuckerman/Chaudhuri/Chemirani | Meeting: Two Worlds Of Modal Music | Harmonia Mundi |
| Villancicos Y Danzas Criollas | La Capella Reial De Catalunya- Hesperion Xxi | Aliavox |
| Guillaume De Machaut | Motets: The Hilliard Ensemble | Ecm New Series |
| Anonymous 4 | American Angels | Harmonia Mundi |
| Antonio Vivaldi | Complete Bassoon Concertos 1 | Naxos |
| Castelnuovo - Tedesco | Piano Music | Naxos |
| Trio Mediaeval | Soir, Dit-Elle | Ecm New Series |
| Trey Anastasio | Seis De Mayo | Elektra Records |
| Tobias Hume | Musicall Humors - Savall | Alia Vox |
| Graham Anthony Devine | Guitar Music From Brazil | Naxos |
| John Rutter | Requiem | Naxos |
| Kurt Weill | The Eternal Road(Highlights) | Naxos |
| Andrew Lawrence-King | El Arte De Fantasia | Harmonia Mundi |
| Pablo Casals | Encores And Transcriptions - 2 | Naxos |
| Various Artists | Norwegian Classical Favourites 2 | Naxos |
| Philip Glass | The Concerto Project Vol 1 | Orange Mountain |
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Americana [top]
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| Corey Harris | Mississippi To Mali | Rounder |
| Hot Club Of Cowtown | Continental Stomp | Hightone Records |
| Asylum St. Spankers | Mercurial | Spanks A Lot |
| Austin Lounge Lizards | Strange Noises In The Dark | Blue Corn Music |
| Laurie Lewis/Tom Rozum | Guest House | Hightone Records |
| Various Artists | Just Because I'm A Woman- Songs Of Dolly Parton | Sugar Hill Records |
| Otis Taylor | Double V | Telarc Blues |
| Mary Flower | Ragtime Gal | Bluesette |
| The Flatlanders | Wheels Of Fortune | New West |
| Dave Alvin | Ashgrove | Yep Roc Records |
| Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys | It's Time | Yep Roc Records |
| Keb Mo | Keep It Simple | Okeh/Epic |
| Holmes Brothers | Simple Truths | Alligator Records |
| Loretta Lynn | Van Lear Rose | Interscope |
| Wayne Hancock | Swing Time | Bloodshot |
| BR549 | Tangled In The Pines | Dualtone |
| Halden Wofford & The Hi-Beams | CD | Self Produced |
| Slim Harpo | Excello Single Anthology | Hip-O |
| Dr John | All By Hisself | Hyena |
| Eddie Cotton | Extra | Undadawg |
| Various Artists | Texas Soul Sisters | Dialtone |
| Clay Kirkland | Bluesandbeyondthebeyondblues | Self Produced |
| Various Artists | Blues Lounge | Putumayo |
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Rock [top]
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| Los Lobos | The Ride | Hollywood |
| Various Artists | Peace Not War | Mordam Records |
| Tom Waits | Real Gone | Anti/Epitaph |
| Various Artists | Zen CD: A Retrospective | Ninja Tune |
| Air | Talkie Walkie | Astralwerks |
| Wilco | A Ghost Is Born | Nonesuch Records |
| Devotchka | How It Ends | Cicero |
| Tortoise | It's All Around You | Thrill Jockey |
| Lunchbox | Anyways | The Agriculture |
| Rasputina | Frustration Plantation | Instinct Records |
| Calexico | Convict Pool | Quarterstick Records |
| Jolie Holland | Escondida | Anti/Epitaph |
| Sonic Youth | Sonic Nurse | Geffen Records |
| Michael Franti | Songs From The Front Porch | Boo Boo Wax |
| Various Artists | Billy Martin Presents Vol 1:The Turntable Sessions | Amulet |
| Bjork | Medulla | Elektra Records |
| cLOUDDEAD | Ten | Mush Records |
| David Byrne | Grown Backwards | Nonesuch Records |
| Ozomatli | Street Signs | Concord Jazz |
| Juana Molina | Tres Cosas | Domino |
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Latin [top]
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| Los Lobos | The Ride | Hollywood |
| Arto Lindsay | Salt | Righteous Babe Records |
| Juana Molina | Tres Cosas | Domino |
| Ozomatli | Street Signs | Concord Jazz |
| Lila Downs | One Blood (Una Sangre) | Narada |
| Various Artists | Nuevo Latino | Putumayo |
| Various Artists | The Rough Guide To Mambo | World Music Network |
| Bebel Gilberto | CD | Six Degrees |
| Various Artists | Rough Guide To The Music Of Brazil: Bahia | World Music Network |
| Sergent Garcia | La Semilla Escondida | Shakti |
| Da Lata | Serious | Palm Pictures |
| Jacob Do Bandolim | Great Jewish Music | Tzadik |
| Domenico + 2 | Sincerely Hot | Luaka Bop |
| Greg Ribot | Cumbia Y Mas | Self Produced |
| Mosquitos | Sunshine Barato | Bar None Records |
| Various Artists | Caribbean Playground | Putumayo |
| Mike Marshall & Choro Famoso | CD | Adventure Music |
| Caetano Veloso | A Foreign Sound | Nonesuch Records |
| Los Mocosos | American Us | Six Degrees |
| Vinicius Cantuaria | Horse And Fish | Bar None Records |