- Jos van den Boom (Crossroads Radio), Tim Knol (Altcountryforum, Hanx, Berightback), No Depression, Harry Prenger(Platenblad, Wordpress, Cut-Up), Jason Ringenberg, David Newbould, Check 1-2, Leon Verdonschot, Goesting, Carolyn Wonderland, Grant Alden (No Depression) , Charlene McPherson (Spanking Charlene), Peter van der Heide (Whipster), Jeffrey Richards (Nels Andrews, Bright Carvers, ex-Hazeldine), Patterson Hood (Drive By Truckers), OOR, Bennie Metten (Ctrlaltcountry) Jairo van Lunteren (The Splendors), Paul Handyside, Rich McCully, Mark Lewis (Trilobite), Pascal Hallibert (Templo Diaz, white Sands, Praise The Twilight Sparrow), Tyler Shipley (The Consumer Goods), Levi Fuller, Arie Thomassen (Luistergroep Druten), Christian Williams, Phil Madeira, Peter Holmstedt, Hans van Polanen (Q-Bus/@TheMovies), Nico Druijf, HUMO, Wim Boluijt (Hanx/Heaven), Addy Nijenboer, Barzin, Robbie Klanderman (Rosa Records/Sonic Rendezvous), Steve Dawson, Ben Weaver, Douglas Greer, Ronald Vos, San Antonio, Hans Broere (Coolbuzz/Bertus), Will Stratton, Hubert van Hoof, Paul Harvey (NPS), Jos Starmans (Inbetweens), Peter Koomen (Beatniks & Bromnozems), Niek de Boer, Linus of Hollywood, Arthur ten Cate, Justin Currie, Roland van Beveren, Drew Glackin (Silos/Tandy), Rolling Stone, Billboard, Peter Schaper (Peticantus), Pitchfork, Slider Pines, Aart Harder (Muziekliefhebber), Jan The Lazyman (Hanx, Rootsclub, Vredesburger), Benny Mulder (Blogger), Frans Lomans (Panorama, Alt Country NL, Hanx) , Rijn Buskoop (Stichting AM), Johanna Bodde (Radio Girl, Insurgent Country), Jan Janssen (Real Roots Café), Philippe Custeau (Jake And The Leprechauns), Bill Madden, Steve Adey, Rein van den Berg, Bart Ebisch (Hanx), Liz Tormes, Geert Driessen (Sounds Platenzaak Venlo), Leo Hagens (Sounds Platenzaak Venlo), Hans Bergkamp (Hans On The Move/RTV Alkmaar), Peter Pricken (fotograaf), Warren Malone, Kees van den Berg (Muziekliefhebber), Patrick van Sante (zanger-gitarist The Hangovers), Francois Braeken (Rootsville), Paul Heyblom (Voetbal Magazine), Sylvie Simmons (Mojo), Miles Of Music, Patrick Donders (Hanx), Ron Jans (FC Groningen), Thomas Kaldijk (Blueprint), Sandra Zuidema (Lucky Dice) , Luciano Mulder (Lucky Dice)
JOS VAN DEN BOOM (CROSSROADS RADIO)
1. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
2. Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade
3. Oh Susanna - Short Stories
4. Rob Lutes - Ride the Shadows
5. Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer
6. Sam Baker - Pretty World
7. Eilen Jewell - Letters from Strangers & Sinners
8. Hyacinth House - Black crow’s country
9. Gurf Morlix - Diamonds to Dust
10. Pieta Brown - Remember the Sun
11. Romi Mayes - Sweet somethin’ steady
12. Joe Henry - Civilians
13. Wilco - Sky blue sky
TIM KNOL (ALTCOUNTRYFORUM, HANX, BERIGHTBACK)
1. Sam Baker - Pretty World
1. Gram Parsons & The Flying Burrito Brothers - Live from the avalon
ballroom
2. Mark Olson - Salvation Blues
3. Jimmy Lafave - Cinnamon manifesto
4. Alison Krauss & Robert Plant - Raising Sand
5. Eilen Jewell - Letters from sinners and strangers
6. Steve Earle - Washington square serenade
7. Lyle Lovett - It's Not Big It's Large
8. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
9. Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer
10. Hyacinth House - Black Crow’s Country
Van Nederlandse bodem:
White Sands, Rootsclub, John Dear Mowing Club
NO DEPRESSION - LEZERS
1. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
2. Patty Griffin - Children Running Throuh
3. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
4. Luvinda Williams - West
5. Bruce Spingsteen - Magic
6. Jason Isbell - Sirens Of The Ditch
7. Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade
8. Sam Baker - Pretty World
9. Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
10. Josh Ritter - The Historical Consequests Of Josh Ritter
NO DEPRESSION - RECENSENTEN
1. Bettye Lavette - The Scene Of The Crime
2. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
3. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
4. Mavis Staples - We'll Never Turn Back
5. Patty Griffin - Children Running Through
6. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
7. Nick Lowe - At My Age
8. Porter Wagoner - The wagonmaster
9. Lucinda Williams - west
10. Mary Gauthier - Between Daylight And Dark
HARRY PRENGER (PLATENBLAD/CUT-UP/WORDPRESS)
1 Editors - An End Has A Start
2 Radiohead - In Rainbows
3 Patrick Watson - Close To Paradise
4 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
5 Benjamin Biolay - Trash YéYé
6 Bruce Springsteen - Magic
7 Soulsavers - It's Not How Far You Fall, It's The Way You Land
8 PJ Harvey - White Chalk
9 Throbbing Gristle - Part Two The Endless Not
10 Einstürzende Neubauten - Alles Wieder Offen
JASON RINGENBERG
These are my favorite cds I listened to this year, although some were released in other years and are reissues. In no particular order:
Ray Charles - The Definative Soul Collection
Ramones - Loud Fast Their Toughest Hits
Buck Howdy - Chickens
Stace England - Salt, Sex, and Slaves
Arty Hill - Bar of Gold
It actually comes out in February but I have an advance of it and love it!!!
Legendary Shackshakers - Swampblood
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Time Warp
Billy Joe Shaver - Greatest Hits
Warner E Hodges - Centerline
The Digbees - Rubber Revolver The Stinky Blackwater Tapes
The Woodbox Gang – Drunk As Dragons
DAVID NEWBOULD
1) Justin Rutledge – Devil On A Beach In Stanley Park
2) Miles Davis – The On The Corner Sessions (reissue)
3) Ryan Adams – Easy Tiger
4) Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
5) Levon Helm – Dirt Farmer
6) Cameron McGill and What Army – Hold On Beauty
7) Kings Of Leon – Because Of The Times
8) Jimmy LaFave – Cimarron Manifesto
9) Bruce Springsteen and The Seeger Sessions Band – Live In Dublin
10) Molly Venter – Love Me like You Mean It
CHECK 1-2
T-99 - Vagabonds
2 Mark & the Spies - Mark & the Spies
3 Heavy Trash - Going Way Out With...
4 The Sadies - New Seasons
5 Rootsclub - Rootsclub
6 Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
7 Blanche - Little Amber Bottles
8 Hospital Bombers - Footnotes
9 Joe Henry - Civilians
10 Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade
LEON VERDONSCHOT
1. Against Me - New Wave
2. Fink - Distance & Time
3. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
4. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
5. Editors - An End Has A Start
6. Marilyn Manson - Eat Me, Drink Me
7. Enter Shikari - Take To The Skies
8. Spinvis - Goochelaars & Geesten
9. Aux Raus - This Is How It Works
10. Interpol -Our Love To Admire
GOESTING (ARNO HOOIJBOER, PAUL CRUCQ, THOMAS GEIJTENBEEK, DANIEL VAN LEERSUM, EWOUD KIEFT: IEDER TWEE INZENDINGEN, OP ALFABETISCHE VOLGORDE)
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite worst nightmare
John Dear mowing club - John dear mowing club
Loney Dear - Loney Noir
Willy Mason - When the ocean gets rough
Maximo Park - Our eartly pleasures
Queens of the stone age - Era Vulgaris
The Shins - Wincing the night away
Wilco - Sky blue sky
Neil Young - Live at Massey hall 1971
Zita Zwoon - Big City
CAROLYN WONDERLAND
1. Papa Mali - Do Your Thing
2. Live from the "Last of the Breed" Tour - Asleep at the Wheel with Ray Price, Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson
3. Guy Forsyth - Unrepentant Schizophrenic Americana
4. Ruthie Foster - the Phenomenal Ruthie Foster
5. Patti Griffin - Children Running Through
6. Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade
7. Jon Dee Graham - Swept Away
8. Mother Truckers - Broke Not Broken
9. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
10. Michael Brecker - Pilgrimage
Traveling Wilburys - Box Set
Emmylou Harris - Songbird Box Set
Dylan- Box Set
PLAYLIST 2007 GRANT ALDEN (NO DEPRESSION)
1. "Juarez" by Sam Baker (from Pretty World).
2. "Down In A Hole" by Jason Isbell (from Sirens Of The Ditch).
3. "Dry Town" by Miranda Lambert (a Gillian Welch song from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend).
4. "Drinkin' Problem" by Lori McKenna (from Unglamorous, with Tim McGraw on harmonies).
5. "Methamphetamine" by Son Volt (from The Search).
6. "Oxycontin Blues" by Steve Earle (from Washington Square Serenade).
7. "If I Were You" by Chris Knight (from the long-delayed Trailer Tapes).
8. "If You Catch Me Stealing" by Eilen Jewell (from Letters From Sinners & Strangers).
9. "Poor Old Dirt Farmer" by Levon Helm (from Dirt Farmer).
10. "Long Dark Night" by John Fogerty (from Revival).
11. "Rescue Me" by Tom Gillam (from Never Look Back).
12. "Bible" by Romi Mayes (from Sweet Somethin' Steady). I realize this came out in 2006 in Canada, and that if it was released at all in the States nobody much noticed. Which is a pity.
13. "99 And 1/2" by Mavis Staples (from We'll Never Turn Back).
14. "Come Over Here" by the Spirtulaires Of Hurtsboro, Alabama (from Singing Songs Of Praise).
15. "Helen" by the Cave Singers (from Invitation Songs).
16. "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)" by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (from Raising Sand).
17. "Rest Your Weary Mind" by Elizabeth Cook (with Bobby Bare Jr., from Balls).
18. "Blanket" by Gurf Morlix (with Patty Griffin on backing vocals, from Diamonds To Rust).
19. "Stay On The Ride" by Patty Griffin (from Children Running Through).
20. "Don't Cry A Tear" by Lyle Lovett & His Large Band (from It's Not Big It's Large).
CHARLENE MCPHERSON (SPANKING CHARLENE)
1. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
2. The Dirtbombs - Oh Katrina (7 inch single)
3. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
4. Spanking Charlene - Dismissed with a Kiss
5. Kasey Anderson - The Reckoning
6. Patty Griffin - Children running Through
7. Ian Hunter - Shrunken Heads
8. Zydepunks - Exile Waltz
9. Dirtfarmer - Levon Helm
10. Will Never Turn Back - Mavis Staples
PETER VAN DER HEIDE (WHIPSTER)
1. LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver
2. Lightning Dust – Lightning Dust
3. Tinariwen – Aman Iman
4. The Solution – Will Not Be Televised
5. Jeffrey Lewis – 12 Crass Songs
6. PJ Harvey – White Chalk
7. Phosphorescent – Pride
8. Ryan Adams – Easy Tiger
9. Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
10. Von Sudenfed – Tromatic Reflexxions
JEFFREY RICHARDS (NELS ANDREWS, BRIGHT CARVERS, EX-HAZELDINE)
1. Band of Annuals- Let Me Live
2. Phantom Puercos - Woold
3. Plant/Krause - Raising Sand
4. David Williams- Summer
5. Mavis Staples - We'll Never Turn Back
6. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
7. Vic Chesnutt - North Star Deserter
8. Green on Red - Valley Fever
9. Jeff Zentner - Hymns to the Darkness
10. Vetiver - To Find Me Gone
PATTERSON HOOD (DRIVE BY TRUCKERS)
1. IRON AND WINE - THE SHEPHERDS DOG An incredible album that rewards
multiple listens and my pick for the best album of the year.
2. RADIOHEAD - IN RAINBOWS My close pick for second favorite. After
all the hype of how it was released (or not), the album stands on its
own as their best work since Kid A, maybe better.
3. WILCO - SKY BLUE SKY Their best studio album. Even better when
played live. Possibly the best band in America.
4. VIC CHESNUTT - NORTH STAR DESERTER I've been saying this is his
finest since West of Rome (1992) but this is is best album ever.
5. SPOON -GA GA GA GA GA My vote for most fun album of year. Great
live act also.
6. WHITE STRIPES - ICKY THUMP Their finest album yet. inventive and a
total blast.
7. RICKIE LEE JONES - THE SERMON ON EXPOSITION AVE. Her finest album
since 1981's masterpiece Pirates. Beautiful and inpiring.
8. PORTER WAGONER - WAGONMASTER Thank God, he got to make this album
before his sad departure this year. Kudos to Anti Records and Marti
Stuart for making this happen.
9. BO BEDDINGFIELD AND THE WYDELLES - CLEARGREEN Hard to find, self
released EP from Athens GA. Well worth seeking out for great writing,
singing and playing.
10. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - MAGIC Best Springsteen album since Nebraska,
his best Rock album since The River. A little over-produced, but still
essential.
REISSUES / UNRELEASES / DISQUALIFIERS and honorable mentions
SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE - THERE'S A RIOT GOING ON (reissue) My most
listened to album of year and a revelation.
DEXATEENS - SINGLEWIDE (unreleased) Not the one I co-produced. This
one is newer, better and still unreleased (produced by Mark Nevers). A
total departure and fantastic. Look for it in 08.
BIG STAR - 3RD (vinyl reissue, correct sequence) Finally, the correct
order, or at least the best sequence I've ever heard. A masterpiece
that sounds MUCH better on vinyl
PATTI GRIFFIN - CHILDREN RUNNING THROUGH An amazing artist at her
best. The duet w/ Emmylou sends chills at every listen.
PJ HARVEY - WHITE CHALK A quiet subdued beautiful work of art. Her
best in 7 years.
ECCENTRIC SOUL vol. 7 - HOME SCHOOLED (The ABC's of Kid Soul) This is
exactly what it says, the kid groups that didn't hit it big like the
Jacksons. INcredible.
BETTYE LAVETTE - THE SCENE OF THE CRIME I couldn't really put this in
my top ten, as my band and my Dad played on it and I co-produced it,
but it really deserves special mention and "Talking Old Soldiers" would
have put it in my top ten had I not been in any way involved.
MOVIES / LIVE SHOWS / BOOKS and WHATNOTS
SCHULZ AND PEANUTS by David Michaelis Great book on the life and art
of the creator of Charlie Brown. A fine glimpse into the relationship
between a life and art.
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN Film by Joel and Ethan Coen/Novel by Cormac
McCarthy) <My fave film of year and an incredible timeless read by one
of the best living authors.
EASTERN PROMISES (film by David Cronenberg) Terrifying and suspenseful
movie.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E. STREET BAND - United Center, Chicago IL
10/21/07 Still the best arena rock show in the world.
NEKO CASE (w/Jon Rauhouse and Kelly Hogan) - Hi Tone, Memphis TN
Friday 4/13/07 My favorite album last year and favorite club show this
year. Can't wait til next year.
THE WAR - Documentary by Ken Burns 16+ hours of WW2 through the eyes
of 4 American towns.
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS - Documentary DVD by Peter Bogdonovich
(Director's Cut)
OOR 
1. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
2. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
3. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
4. Arcade Fire - Neon Bigle
5. Radiohead In Rainbows
6. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
7. Editors - An End Has A Start
8. Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion
9. Interpol - Our Love To Admire
10. Justice - Cross
Verder:
11. Patrick Watson - Close To Paradise
13. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
15. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
JAIRO VAN LUNTEREN (THE SPLENDORS)
1. Ash Wednesday - Elvis Perkins
2. Grinderman – Grinderman
3. Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
4. Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon – Devendra Banhart
5. At My Age – Nick Lowe
6. Jarvis – Jarvis Cocker
7. In Our Nature – Jose Gonzales
8. Magic – Bruce Springsteen
9. The Reminder – Feist
10. Saltbreakers – Laura Veirs
BENNIE METTEN (CRTLALTCOUNTRY)
1. JIM BYRNES “House Of Refuge”
2. SAM BAKER “Pretty World”
3. HAYWARD WILLIAMS “Another Sailor’s Dream”
4. EILEN JEWELL “Letters From Sinners & Strangers”
5. RACHEL HARRINGTON “The Bootlegger’s Daughter”
6. JOE HENRY “Civilians”
7. STEVE EARLE “Washington Square Serenade”
8. TREMOLOCO “Dulcinea”
9. ROB LUTES “Ride The Shadows”
10. KRISTA DETOR “Cover Their Eyes”
PAUL HANDYSIDE
1. The Felice Brothers - Tonight at the Arizona
2. Last Town Chorus - Wire waltz
3. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising sand
4. Levon Helm - Dirt farmer
5. Grinderman - Grinderman
6. Julie Fowlis - Cuilidh
7. Sam Baker - Pretty world
8. Rachel Harrington - The bootlegger's daughter
9. Cherry Ghost - True romance
10. Ryan Adams - Easy tiger
MARK LEWIS (TRILOBITE)
1. Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall 1971
flawless performance, well-captured
2.
William Fowler Collins - Western Violence and Brief Sensuality
great friend, excellent work
3. Jesse Sykes - Like, Love, Lust...
first thought the singer was a man with an amazing falsetto
4. Ethiopiques - Volume 22: Alèmayèhu Eshèté
if Booker T and MG's had worked the casbah
5. Morcheeba - Dive Deep
Ross Godfrey is a prince and a friend
6. John Work III - Recording Black Culture
outtakes from the Alan Lomax recordings
7. Jennie Stearns - Birds Fall
these songs are graceful, strong, womanly
8. The Old Main - 1st e.p.
A local Rod Lacy was selling this sweet homemade cd last winter
9. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Jeff Tweedy grew up downriver from me, a great band on display here
RICH MCCULLY
1. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
2. Kelly Willis - Translated From Love
3. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
4. Chuck Prophet - Soap and Water
5. Dwight Yoakam - Dwight Sings Buck
6. Kaz Murphy - Home for Misfits
7. Duff Ferguson - Good Things
8. Grant Lee-Phillips - Strangelet
9. Grant Langston and the Supermodels - Live in Bakersfield
10. Lucinda Williams - West
PASCAL HALLIBERT (TEMPLO DIEZ, WHITE SANDS, PRAISE THE TWILIGHT SPARROW)
2 Gallants - 2 Gallants
White Stripes - Icky thump
Castanets - In The Vines
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Will Oldham - The Letting Go
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
PJ Harvey -White Chalk
Alela Diane - The Pirate’s gospel
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
TYLER SHIPLEY (THE CONSUMER GOODS)
1. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
2. Cone Five - Ants in the Sugar
3. Shearwater - Palo Santo
4. Boats! - Intercontinental Champion
5. The Sea and Cake - Everybody
6. Radiohead - In Rainbows
7. Various Artists - My Love is a Stinky Love: A Tribute to Gareth Williams
8. Grinderman - Grinderman
9. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
10. Okkervil River - The Stage Names
LEVI FULLER
1. Antelope - Reflector
2. Corespondents - Hairy Ghost Pipefish
3. The Dodos - Beware of the Maniacs
4. Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature
5. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
6. Menomena - Friend & Foe
7. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
8. Elliott Smith - New Moon
9. The Way it Is - Be Still My Beating
10. Wesafari - Moss Green EP
ARIE THOMASSEN (LUISTERGROEP DRUTEN)
1. Band of Annuals - Let Me Live.
2. NQ Arbuckle - The Last Supper In A Cheap Town.
3. Sam Baker - Pretty World.
4. Jimmy Lafave - Cimarron Manifesto.
5. Dan Janisch - Medicine Man.
6. Hayward Williams - Another Sailers Dream.
7. Patty Griffin - Children Running Through
8. Nathan Holscher - Even The Hills
9. Brett Dennen - So Much More
10. Richard Shindell - South Of Delia.
11. Krista Detor - Cover Their Eyes.
12. Joe Henry - Civilians.
13. Gurf Morlix - Diamonds To Dust.
CHRISTIAN WILLIAMS
I spent a lot of money in 2007 buying obscure American folk recordings and Townes Van Zandt albums. There were, however, several new albums that caught my ear this year. Keep in mind that I’m not a critic – I just know what I like and sometimes I can’t explain why. So, that said, here are my top ten favourite albums of 2007:
1) Panda Bear - Person Pitch
I love that this album makes me feel like I experienced the 1960s, even though I was born in 1978.
2) Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
There were only a few new songs that gave me chills and one of those is My Body Is A Cage, when the pipe organ comes in at full volume. Overall, it’s a beautifully dark album.
3) M.I.A. - Kala
I don’t really like to dance but I found myself moving uncontrollably to this album at a Halloween party. At first, I figured it was because I was drunk. But then I listened to it sober, and realized it’s just a damn good album.
4) Radiohead - In Rainbows
Like the rest of the world, I was taken off-guard by the announcement of a new Radiohead album just ten days before its release. Furthermore, I refused to pay any less than $10 for the album, just because I knew it was going to be great. Simply put, it met my expectations and is my second favourite Radiohead album behind OK Computer.
5) White Stripes - Icky Thump
This was a great album to listen to on a hot day with the windows down. Another winner from Jack and Meg.
6) Marissa Nadler - Songs III: Bird on the Water
Dark lyrics, a beautiful voice and haunting melodies.
7) Porter Wagoner - Wagonmaster
A fitting final album. It’s always great to see someone go out at the top of their game.
8) Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
A lot of people can’t stand Animal Collective but I think they’re fantastic. And For Reverend Green is my favourite song of the year.
9) Slackeye Slim - Texas Whore Pleaser
Maybe it’s a conflict of interest for me to list this album because Slim is a good friend of mine, but I don’t care - this is some of the most original country music to come out in a long time and I’m proud to recognize it.
10) Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
My girlfriend and I literally just bought this album a few days ago. And while I’ve only listened to a few times, I’m already impressed by the amazing array of instruments used. It’s inspiring.
PHIL MADEIRA
1. Emmylou Harris - Songbird
2. Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times
3. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
4. Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby - Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby
5. White Stripes- Icky Thump
6. Manchester Orch- ILAVLAC
PETER HOLMSTEDT
1. Amy Speace : Songs For Bright Street
2. Wyckham Porteous : 3 AM
3. Remmelt, Muus & Femke : Evensong/Live
4. Brad Colerick : Lines In The Dirt
5. The Red Button : She's About To Cross My Mind
6. Filip : Crane-Grief
7. Jubal Lee Young : Jubal Lee Young
8. Sorta : Strange & Sad But True
9. Jon Redfern : May Be Some Time
10.Elope : 9 Distilled Dreams
HANS VAN POLANEN (Q-BUS, @THEMOVIES)
1. Martyn Joseph – Vegas (schromelijk onderschat talent in de Lage Landen)
2. Ian Siegal – Swagger
3. JJGrey & Mofro – Country Ghetto
4. Joe Henry- Civilians
5. Jimmy Lafave – Cimarron Manifesto
6. Justin Currie – What is love for
7. Mavis Staples - We’ll Never Turn Back
8. Sharon Jones – 100 Days, 100 Nights
9. Bettye Lavette - Scene Of The Crime
10. Dirty Sweet – Of Monarchs & Beggars
Concerten van het jaar : Martyn Joseph in @TheMovies en Dirty Sweet in het LVC
Grootste kanshebber voor 2008: Eli Reed’s schitterende eerbetoon aan de klassieke Soul-Blues: “ Put On Roll With You””
NICO DRUIJF (EURO AMERICANA CHART/AMERICA STARTPAGINA) 
1. T99 - Vagabonds
2. Eilen Jewell - Letters from Sinners & Strangers
3. Jimmy Lafave - Cimarron Manifesto
4. Ruthie Foster - The Phenomenal
5. Rachel Harrington - Bootleggers Daughter
6. Richard Stooksbury - South
7. Steve Earle - Washington Squire Serenade
8. Jeff Kanzler - Black Top Road
9. Dwight Yoakam - Sing Buck
10. Hayward Williams - Another Sailors' Dream
HUMO 
1. 'The Flying Club Cup' Beirut
2. 'Sky Blue Sky' Wilco
3. 'Kala' M.I.A.
4. '23' Blonde Redhead
5. 'Standing in the Way of Control' Gossip
6. 'Icky Thump' The White Stripes
7. 'Favourite Worst Nightmare' Arctic Monkeys
8. 'Robbers & Cowards' Cold War Kids
9. 'Sound of Silver' LCD Soundsystem
10. 'Grinderman' Grinderman
11. 'In Rainbows' Radiohead
12. 'Pride' Phosphorescent
13. 'Untrue' Burial
14. 'Era Vulgaris' Queens of the Stone Age
15. 'Back to Black' Amy Winehouse
16. '360°' Mintzkov
17. 'Yes, U' Devastations
18. 'Overpowered' Róisín Murphy
19. 'Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga' Spoon
20. 'Comicopera' Robert Wyatt
WIM BOLUIJT (HANX/HEAVEN) 
1. The Flaming Lips – het Cactus Festival 2007 optreden
2. The Consumer Goods – Pop Goes The Pigdog
3. iLIKETRAINS – Elegies To Lessons Learnt
4. White Sands – Deseronto
5. Tinariwen – Aman Iman
6. Chris Pureka – Dryland
7. Bloc Party – A Weekend In The City
8. Otis Taylor – Definition Of A Circle
9. Dion – Son Of Skip James
10. Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
Kiespijn:
Seasick Steve – Doghouse Music
The Shins – Wincing The Night Away
Joe Henry – Civilians
Ben Weaver – Paper Sky
Opeth – The Roadhouse Tapes
Minus The Bear – Planet Of Ice
Oceansize – Frames
This Et Al – Baby Machine
Bob Egan – The Glorious Decline
Iron & Wine – The Sheperds Dog
Remate – No Land Recordings
Boris With Merzbow – Rock Dream
The Consumer Goods – Happy Bidet
Baroness – The Red Album
Chuck Prophet – Soap And Water
Watermelon Slim And The Workers – The Wheel Man
ADDY NIJENBOER (MUZIEKLIEFHEBBER)
1 jimmy lafave - cimarron manifesto
2 alison krauss robert plant - raising sand
3 toni price - memphis talk
4 john mellencamp - freedoms road
5 burns sisters - wild bouquet
6 dirty sweet - of monarchs and beggars
7 sam baker - pretty world
8 wyckham porteous - 3 A.M.
9 david munyon - too cool
10 david munyon - world tour live 2006
Nummer 1 is geen verrassing. Jimmy is mijn favourite. Heb hem dit jaar 7 keer zien optreden waarvan 2x tijdens zijn Ribbon of Highway Endles Skwyway tour. An evening decicated to the music Woody Guthrie.
Nummer 5 misschien wel verrassing. Op deze cd staat het nummer God's promise Misschien wel een van de mooiste nummers die ik heb. Wordt uitgevoerd tijdens de Woody optredens.
Ben al jaren fan van Alison Krauss dus dat is ook geen verrassing. Geld ook voor John Mellencamp.
Toni Price moet je gezien hebben en dan begrijp je ook waarom ze elke keer in de top 5 staat.
En natuurlijk ook David Misschien niet zijn beste werk maar hij hoort genoemd te worden.
BARZIN
1. The National - Fake Empires
2. Radiohead - In Rainbows
3. Amy Winehouse - Back in Black
4. Great Lake Swimmers - Oneida
5. Bd Harrington - Regarding the shortness of your breath
(I know it's not even out, but I still think it's great)
6. Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge
7. The Clientele - God Save The Clientele
8. Nina Nastasia - You follow Me
9. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
10. Richard Buckner - Meadow
(This was a 2006 release, but I put it here because I couldn't come up with a 10th album)
ROBBIE KLANDERMAN (ROSA RECORS/SONIC RENDEZVOUS) 
1. Dave Gleason's Wasted Days Just Fall To Pieces
2. Sam Baker Pretty World
3. Those Poor Bastards HellFire Hymns
4. The .357 String Band Ghost Town
5. Dirty Sweet Of Monarchs and Beggars
6. The Gourds Noble Treasures
7. Jason Isbell Sirens of the Ditch
8. Two Cow Garage Three
9. Steve Earle Washington Square Serenade
10. Tom Gillam Never Look Back
11. The Sadies New Seasons
12. Chris Allen Goodbye Girl & the Big Apple Circus
13. Jaap Boots Afkuil
14. Rootsclub Rootsclub
15. T-99 Vagabonds
STEVE DAWSON (BLACK HEN MUSIC)
1.
Floratone - Floratone (a group consisting of Bill Frisell, Lee Townsend, Tucker Martine, Matt Chamberlain)
2. Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer
3. Japancakes - Giving Machines
4. Grinderman - Grinderman
5. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
6. Orphans - Tom Waits
7. Mavis Staples - We'll Never Turn Back
8. Alison Krauss/Robert Plant - Raising Sand
9. Elliot Smith - New Moon
10. Oh Susanna - Short Stories
BEN WEAVER
1. Low - Drums And Guns
2. Franscoise Breut - Une Saison Volée
3. Joanna Newsom - Ys
4. The National - The Boxer
5. Ratatat - Classics
6. Vic Chesnutt - Little
7. Various Artists - Chains And Black Exhaust
8.
Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
9. Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg - It Ain’t Necessarily So
10. Destroyer: Destroyer's Rubies
DOUGLAS GREER
1. Rachel Harrington - Bootlegger's Daughter
2. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
3. Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer
4. Francis Levoy - Austin Streets
5. NO Blues - Ya Dunya
6. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
7. Jimmy LaFave - Cimarron Manifesto
8. Gurf Morlix - Diamonds to Dust
9. Toni Price - Memphis Talk
10. Seth Walker - Seth Walker
RONALD VOS (RON'S ALTCOUNTRY)
1. Eilen Jewell - "Letters From Sinners and Strangers"
2. The Shins – “Wincing The Night Away”
3. Bright Eyes – “Cassadaga”
4. Hyacinth House – “Black Crow’s Country”
5. Do The Undo – “Do The Undo”
6. Blanche – “Little Amber Bottles”
7. Ryan Bingham – “Mescalito”
8. No River City – “Wolves and Fishes”
9. Jim White – “Transnormal Skiperoo”
10. Grainne Ryan – “All The Money”
Bubbling under:
Sam Baker, Son Volt, “I’m Not There” (OS), “There’s a Hole in Heaven Where Some Sin Slips Through” (Townes tribute), Revival, Mark Olson, Michael J. Sheehy, Ryan Adams, Redland Palomino Co., Richmond Fontaine.
Nederlands product:
1. Do The Undo – “Do The Undo”
2. Jaap Boots – “Afkuil”
3. Rootsclub – “Rootsclub”
Re-issues:
1. The Triffids – “In The Pines”/”Calenture”
2. Tandy – “To A Friend”/”Did You Think I Was Gone?“
3. Cowboy Junkies” – “Trinity Revisited”
Live:
1. ex equo: Calexico – Tivoli Utrecht & Fred Eaglesmith Band “3x50 Party Newland Klaaswaal.
3. Willard Grant Conspiracy – Take Root Festival Groningen.
Over het algemeen was 2007 een teleurstellend jaar voor de alt. Country met weinig “nieuw“ bloed, gelukkig waren daar schijfjes van No River City, Revival, het Engelse Redland Palomino Co. en op de valreep Ryan Bingham die de licht teleurstellende oude garde – Son Volt, Wilco en Ryan Adams – redden.
SAN ANTONIO
1: Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
2: The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
3: Bruce Robison - It Came From San Antonio
4: Lyle Lovett – It's Not Big, It's Large
5: Lucinda Williams - West
6: Future Clouds and Radar - id.
7: Mark Olson - Salvation Blues
8: Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
9: Marain - Harbour
10: Scram C Baby - The Thing That Wears My Ring
Ja, nr. 10 in mijn lijst heeft vrij weinig - niks dus eigenlijk - met alt.country te maken. Ik vond het dan ook een buitengewoon onspannend alt.countryjaar, mijn nrs. 1 tot en met 9 niet te na gesproken. Ligt het aan het aanbod of ben ik er zelf na een jaar of tien gewoon klaar mee?
HANS BROERE (COOLBUZZ/BERTUS) 
1 Ian Siegal – Swagger
2 T-99 – Vagabonds
3 John Hammond – Push Comes To Shove
4 Arno – Jus de Box
5 Big Blind – Dressed To Win
6 Stinky Lou & The Goon Mat - 12
7 C.W. Stoneking – King Hokum
8 Sharon Jones – 100 Days, 100 Nights
9 Hazmat Modine - Bahamut
10 Legendary Shack Shakers – Swamp Blood
11 Betty Harris / Horse Company / Steve Earle / Great Grusades / Pieta Brown / Seth Walker etc.
WILL STRATTON
1. James Blackshaw - Cloud Of Unknowing
2. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
3. Joan As Police Woman - Real Life
4. Valgeir Sigurðsson - Ekvilibrium
5. The Clientele - God Save The Clientele
6. The National - Boxer
7. Stars Of The Lid - And Their Refinement Of The Decline
8. Dirty Projectors - Rise Above
9. Low - Drums & Guns
10. Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II
HUBERT VAN HOOF (HUBERT ON THE AIR)
1) Amy Winehouse - Back To Black(Deluxe Edition)
2) Bettye Lavette - Scene Of The Crime
3) Mavis Staples - We'll Never Turn Back
4) Jim Byrnes - House Of Refuge
5) Bruce Springsteen - Live In Dublin
6) Robert Plant & Allison Kraus - Raising Sand
7) Tinariwen - Aman Iman
8) Eilen Jewel - Letters From Sinners & Strangers
9) Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer
10 )Watermelon Slim & The Workers - The Wheel Man
Still Bubbling Under:The Hold Steady/Beirut/The Pines/Sam Baker/JJ Grey & Mofro/Nick Lowe/Porter Wagoner/Rufus Wainwright/Sharon Jones/Patrick Watson/Loney Dear/Eddie Reader/Bowerbirds/Bassekou Kouyate/Arno Adams/Carolina Chocolate Drops
Single Of The Year:Intervention - Arcade Fire
Re-Issues:The Sounds Of Our Time - Jim Ford
The Cosimo Matassa Story
Rare And Unreleased Recordings-Aretha Franklin
Gram Parsons Archives Volume 1
Events: Gert Vlok Nel & Richmond Fontaine - Maria Roepaen Ottersum
Ollabelle - Blue Highways Utrecht
Lynn Miles/Mark Erelli/Haynes Carll-Perron 55 Venlo
Kris Kristofferson - AB Brussell
Rock 'n Roll Heaven:Sneaky Pete Kleinow/Frankie Laine/Eric Von Schmidt/Lex Van Rossen/Ernie Payne/Jean Innemee/Lee Hazzlewood/Porter Wagoner/Hans Sanders/Karl-Heinz Stockhausen/Ike Turner.
PAUL HARVEY (NPS)
1. Robert Plant/Alison Kraus - Raising sand
2. Joe Henry - Civilians
3. Sam Baker - Pretty World
4. Lucinda Williams - West
5. Mavis Staples - We'll never turn back
6. Bettye Lavette - Scene of The Crime
7. Richmond Fontaine - 13 Cities
8. Levon Helm - Dirt farmer
9. Mary Gautier - Between Daylight and Dark
10. Chuck Prophet - Soap and Water
JOS STARMANS (INBETWEENS RECORDS)
1 Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
2 Linda Thompson - Versatile Heart
3 Stems - Heads Up
4 Joe Henry - Civilians
5 Jeff Murphy - Cantilever
6 Maharajas - In Pure Spite
7 Mitch Easter - Dynamico
8 Patti Smith - Twelve
9 Arno Adams - Mooderzeel Allein
10 BJ Baartmans - Verwant
Veel prima cd’s dit jaar, ik had er graag wat meer in de top 10 gezet
Laatste afvallers: Danny & Dusty - Cast Iron Soul en Sido Martens - Open.
PETER KOOMEN (BEATNIKS & BROMNOZEMS, COOL FM MIDDELBURG)
01 Dion : Son Of Skip James
02 John Fogerty : Revival
03 Lucinda Williams : West
04 Jimmy LaFave : Cimarron Manifesto
05 Watermelon Slim & The Workers : The Wheel Man
06 Southern Culture On The Skids : Countrypolitan Favorites
07 Steve Earle : Washington Square Serenade
08 Omar Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan : On The Jimmy Reed Highway
09 Too Slim And The Taildraggers : The Fortune Teller
10 The Eagles : Long Road Out Of Eden
11 Los Straitjackets : Rock En Espanol Vol. 1
12 Nick Lowe : At My Age
13 Guy Davis : On Air
NIEK DE BOER
1. Jimmy Lafave - Cimarron Manifesto
2. Ryan Bingham - Mescalito
3. Jabe - Where are we going and when do we get there?
4. Tom Gillam - never look Back
5. Bill Kelly - Bread on the waters
6. Josh Rouse - Country Mouse City House
7. Warren Gaskell - A pair of Horses
8. Justin Currie - What is Love for
9. Pendergast - Between the Bottle and the Pulpit
10 Leeroy Stagger - Depression RiverNIEK
LINUS OF HOLLYWOOD
01 Justin Currie - "What Is Love For"
02 The Starting Line - "Direction"
03 Paramore - "Riot!"
04 Tegan and Sara - "The Con"
05 Gabriel Mann - "Tall Buildings"
06 Paul McCartney - "Memory Almost Full"
07 Relient K - "Five Score And Seven Years Ago"
08 Click Five - "Modern Minds And Pastimes"
09 Kaela Kimura - "Scratch"
10 The Leftovers - "On The Move"
ARTHUR TEN CATE
Ik koop zelden nieuwe muziek. Veel krijg ik en ik luister veel. Meestal naar wat ouder werk waarbij ik me laat inspireren door geluid in ’t algemeen. Veel Nederlandse singer-songwriters (cd'tjes ruilen bij optredens) ook.
Tot mijn laatst aangeschafte cd's behoren: The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street, Arcade Fire - Funeral, Chet Baker, Joe Pass en Brian Wilson – Smile.
Langzaam maar zeker ben ik mijn klassiekers aan het bijschaven & bijspijkeren.
ROLAND VAN BEVEREN (ROOTSCLUB, TENNESSEE STUDS) 
01. Two Gallants - Two Gallants
02. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
03. Interpol - Our Love To Admire
04. Bishop Allen - The Broken String
05. Ry Cooder - My Name Is Buddy
06. Mavis Staples - We'll Never Turn Back
07. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
08. Joni Mitchell - Shine
09. The Sadies - New Seasons
10. Various Artists - Mexican Boleros
DREW GLACKIN (SILOS/TANDY)
1. Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze
2. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
3. The National - Boxer
4. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
5. Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
6. Robbers on High Street - Grand Animals
7. Radiohead - In Rainbows
8. Mavis Staples - We'll Never Turn Back
9. Dr. Dog - We All Belong{Park the Van}
10. Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles - Diamonds in the Dark
11. Spoon - Ga Ga...
Also: Okkerville River, Rilo Kiley, Grinderman, Manu Chao, Andrew Bird, Steve Earle
ROLLING STONE 
1 M.I.A. - Kala (Interscope)
2 Bruce Springsteen - Magic (Columbia)
3 Jay-Z - American Gangster (Roc-A-Fella)
4 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (Merge)
5 Kanye West - Graduation
6 Radiohead - In Rainbows
7 LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (Capitol/DFA)
8 Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight (Warner Bros.)
9 Against Me! - New Wave (Sire)
10 Spoon -Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge)
BILLBOARD 
1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
3. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
4. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
5. The National - Boxer
6. Feist - The Reminder
7. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
8. MIA - Kala, Wilco - Blue Sky Blue, Spoon - Gagagaga
9. Kayne West - Graduation
10. Battles - Mirrored
PETER SCHAPER (PETICANTUS)
1. Mark Olson - Salvation Blues
2. Jimmy Lafave - Cinnamon Manifesto
3. A.J. Roach - Revelation
4. Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall
5. Rod Picott - Summerbird
6. Sam Baker - Pretty World
7. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
8. Jaap Boots - Afkuil
9. Rootsclub - Rootsclub
10. The Who - Endless Wire
PITCHFORK 
01: Panda Bear
Person Pitch
[Paw Tracks]
02: LCD Soundsystem
Sound of Silver
[DFA/EMI]
03: M.I.A.
Kala
[XL/Interscope]
04: Radiohead
In Rainbows
[self-released]
05: Of Montreal
Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
[Polyvinyl]
06: Animal Collective
Strawberry Jam
[Domino]
07: Spoon
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
[Merge]
08: Battles
Mirrored
[Warp]
09: The Field
From Here We Go Sublime
[Kompakt]
10: Burial
Untrue
[Hyperdub]
SLIDER PINES
1. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
2. New Pornographers - Challengers
3.
Dungen - Tio Bitar
4.
Iron & Wine - The Shepard's Dog
5.
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hererafter - Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
6.
Low - Drums & Guns
7.
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
8.
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
9.
Lil' Cap'nTravis - Twilight on Sometimes Island
10.
Modest Mouse - We were dead before the ship even sank
AART HARDER
1 Wilco – Sky blue sky (eenzame klasse)
2 Joe Henry – Civilians (pronkstuk)
3 Hayward Williams – Another sailor’s dream (een geweldige nieuweling en hoezo de 2de moeilijk)
4 JJ Grey & MOFRO – Country Ghetto (Soul!!!)
5 The Shins – Wincing the night away (mysterie, durf en creatief)
6 Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Beatlesque nivo)
7 Iron and Wine – The Shepherd’s Dog (Zijn meest consistente en de beste baardmans van alle baardmannen in 2007)
8 Dolly Varden – The panic bell (TE ondergewaardeerd & goed)
9 Homemade Knives – No one doubts the Darkness (Melancholie, melancholie en zo mooi)
10 Dustin Bentall – Streets with no Lights (Als je in de Betuwe woont dan weet je nu wat dat betekend en met Bentall op je mp3 is dat ineens verre van een straf)
De “net niet” nummer 11: Patty Griffin Children running through (best female vocal!!), Richard Stooksbury – South (de echte southern spokesman), Ian Siegal – Swagger (UK rules the blues), Bettye Lavette – The scene of the crime (een crime, zo zonder blazers, anders…), Jimmy Lafave – Cimarron Manifeso (americana pur sang)
JAN THE LAZYMAN (HANX, ROOTSCLUB, VREDESBURGER)
1. Folkuke – Folkuke
Ik had er al van gehoord maar dit is het bewijs hoe lief humor kan zijn.
2. Sam Baker – Pretty World.
Hij kwam binnen als toen ik voor het eerst Blaze Foley live at the Austin Outhouse horde.
3. Amy Winehouse – Back to Black.
Wat een stem en wat een uitstraling. Rock and roll livestyle waar ik wel van hou. Maar de muziek is echt net als haar teksten.
4. Ramsay Midwood - Popular Delusions & the Madness of Cows
Ramsay is een artiest die langzaam in je bloed gaat zitten en nooit meer je lichaam verlaat. Dit album zit vol humor en mooie verhalen. De muziek is lui maar verslavend.
5. The Gourds – Noble Creatures
Ik kan me geen jaar voorstellen zonder een Gourds album en elke keer flikken ze het weer. Ze zijn gewoon goed.
6. 357 String Band – Ghost Town
Blue Grass en punk maar sneller dan het geluid. Ruw en ongedwongen. Lekker als je je kut voelt want ze beuren je op.
7. Dirty Sweet - Of Monarchs and Beggars
Eindelijk weer een rock band die van het eerste tot de laatste minuut swingt.
8. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss – Raising Sand
Wat een plaat dacht ik toen ik het hoorde en nog steeds is het genieten. Ik had deze samenwerking nooit verwacht.
9. Check 1-2 – Check 1- 2
Gewoon hele goeie muziek uit Amsterdam. Dit rockt als de pest ik ben fan.
10. Blaze Foley – Cold Cold World
Blaze is iets aparts en het is jammer dat de dit niet live mee mogen maken.
Live
Amy Winehouse – Paradiso Amsterdam
Richard Thomson – Paradiso Amsterdam
The Spoolies – Maloe Melo Amsterdam.
Texmex Experience – Jovita’s Austin Texas
Danny and Dusty – Paradiso Amsterdam
Tay Mahal – Paradiso Amsterdam
Pedro Delgado’s – April Feesten Amsterdam.
Rootsclub – Aprilfeesten Amsterdam
Marc Olson – Huis Verloren Hoorn
Dirty Sweet – Paradiso Amsterdam.
FRANS LOMANS (PANORAMA, ROSA RECORDS, ALT COUNTRY NL, HANX)
Het was geen muziekjaar dat we heel lang moeten onthouden. Ik heb me eerlijk gezegd beter geamuseerd bij concerten dan bij het beluisteren van CD’s (Kevn Kinney en vooral mijn logé Mike Gunther waren op het podium meer dan meeslepend). Desondanks kwam ik zonder de lat al te laag te leggen toch nog tot dertien CD’s, die in mijn eigen boekhouding vijf sterren ontvingen.
1. SAM BAKER: Pretty World
2. DWIGHT YOAKAM: Dwight Sings Buck
3. CHRIS ALLEN: Goodbye Girl And The Big Apple Circus
4. DAVE GLEASON’S WASTED DAYS: Just Fall To Pieces
5. LUCINDA WILLIAMS: West
6. STEVE EARLE: Washington Square Serenade
7. GURF MORLIX: Diamonds To Dust
8. T-99: Vagabonds
9. TWO COW GARAGE: Three
10. .357 STRING BAND: Ghost Town
11. MAVIS STAPLES: We’ll Never Turn Back
12. THE HOLMES BROTHERS: State Of Grace
13. JOE ELY: Silver City
BENNY MULDER (BLOGGER)
1. Mavis Staples - We'll Never Turn Back (geen noot verkeerd, geweldige stem en superieur geproduceerd door Ry Cooder)
2. Bruce Springsteen - Live In Dublin (prima muzikanten die het ook live waarmaken)
3. Sam Baker - Pretty World (een zeer verrassende 'zegzanger')
4. Southern Tenant Folk Union - Southern Tenant Folk Union (Dillards-fris, meesterlijke zang, helaas heb ik nog maar 3 tracks in mijn bezit; UITBRENGEN in Nederland, please!)
5. Ry Cooder - My Name Is Buddy (zwaar onderschat album)
6. Jimmy LaFave -Cimarron Manifesto (ja, die stem hè & die prachtige harmonieën met vele verschillende damesstemmen)
7. Lyle Lovett - It's Not Big It's Large (op het 'jazzy' openingsnummer na Lyle's beste cd sinds jaren)
8. Linda Thompson - Versatile Heart (oh, die stem!)
9. Gerard van Maasakkers - Zicht ('wereldplaat' uit Brabant)
10. Ernst Jansz - Molenbeekstraat (voor mij de eerste 'indo-americana'-cd in ons landje)
RIJN BUSKOOP (STICHTING AMP)
IN WILLEKEURIGE VOLGORDE
Catmull and the Clerics “idem”
Bow Thayer, “Spend it all”
Gurf Morlix “Diamonds to dust”
Seven Doors Hotel “Idem”
Last Train Home “Last good kiss”
The Bean Pickers Union “Potlatch”
Gordy Quist “Here comes the flood”
Craig Fischher and blue saguaro “Derailed”
Hayward Williams “Another sailor’s dream”
Dave Desmelik “Unheard of”
Steve Earle “Washington square serenade”
Haunt “As Blue as Your Dying Eyes”
Jubal Lee Young “Idem”
No River City “Wolves and Fishes”
The Gourds “Noble Creatures”
Net niet, Jim Armstrong “Mudtown”, Pendergast “Between the Bottle & the Pulpit”, Ryan Adams “Easy Tiger”, Timber “For Never & Always”, Booker Lee and the Country Fair “Journal”, Lucinda Williams “West”, Jabe “Where are we going & when do we get there”, Jonatan Fast “Idem”, Rob Lutes “Ride the shadows”, Band of Annuals “Let me live”.
Nederlandse toppers: Phantom Puercos “Woold”, Walker Diver “Junior Blues”, Edo Donkers “Waring Sings”, White Sands “Deseronto”.
Prima en leuke box: “The Traveling Wilburys” zeker ook de DVD.
Heerlijke blues-rock, de box Storyville “Live at Antones” met gitaarheld David Grissom die dit jaar kwam met z’n debuut cd “Loud Music”.
JOHANNA BODDE (RADIO GIRL/INSURGENT COUNTRY) 
1. Sean O'Brien - Seed Of Mayhem
2. True West - Hollywood Holiday Revisited
3. Oliver Buck - Rust Belt Blues
4. David Hillman - Americana Hour
5. The Long Ryders - State Of Our Reunion
6. Donna Beasley - Good Samaritan
7. Sand Sheff - The Dust Trilogy
8. Southern Tenant Folk Union - Southern Tenant Folk Union
9. Kit Holmes - Catch The Echo
10. The Possum Trot Orchestra - Harbor Road
JAN JANSSEN (REAL ROOTS CAFÉ) 
1. Doug Burr - On Promenade
2. Washington - Astral Sky
3. Hyacinth House - Black Crows' Country
4. JJ Grey & MOFRO - Country Ghetto
5. Ryan Bingham - Mescalito
6. Last Train Home - Last Good Kiss
7. Molly Maher & Her Disbelievers - Balms Of Gilead
8. Pieta Brown - Remember The Sun
9. Jeffrey Halford And The Healers - Broken Chord
10. Great Lake Swimmers – Ongiara
PHILIPPE CUSTEAU (JAKE AND THE LEPRECHAUNS)
1. Nathan Lawr - Sea of Tiny Lights
2. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
3. Jim Bryson - Where the Bungalows Roam
4. Sandro Perri - Tiny Mirrors
5. Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall 1971
6. Okkervil River - The Stage Names
7. No River City - Wolves and Fishes
8. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
9. Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
10. The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
BILL MADDEN (Hij werkt momenteel aan een nieuw album in Los Angeles)
(in no particular order):
And Their Refinement Of The Decline by Stars Of The Lid
Boxer by The National
In Rainbows by Radiohead
Mateo Solo Bien Se Lame by Eduardo Mateo (recorded in 1972)
Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
New Moon by Elliott Smith
Person Pitch by Panda Bear
The Reminder by Feist
The Shepherd's Dog by Iron & Wine
White Chalk by PJ Harvey
STEVE ADEY
1. P J Harvey / White Chalk
2. Bill Callahan / Woke On A Whaleheart
3. Early Songs / Wind Wound
4. Nina Nastasia and Jim White / You Follow Me
5. Low / Drums and Guns
6. Judee Sill / Live, the BBC Recordings
7. Vladigerov / Traumspiel Suite
8. Six Organs / Shelter From The Ash
9. Efterklang / Parades
10. Arcade Fire / Neon Bible
REIN VAN DEN BERG (PLATO) 
1. Louis Ledford Adios King
2. Karen Dalton Cotton Eyed Joe – Live 1962
3. Richard Stooksbury South
4. Chris Eberhardt High Above & the down Below
5. Ian Tamblyn Spirit & Lights
6. Keith Greeninger Glorious Peasant
7. Gerald Collier How can there be another day?
8. Tom Ovans Party Girl
9. Rachel Ries Without a Bird
10. Wyckham Porteous 3AM
11. Allan Taylor Old Friends – New Roads
12. Ben Weaver Paper Sky
13. Michael Fracasso Red Dog Blues
14. Sam Baker Pretty World
15. Hayward Williams Another Sailor’s Dream
16. The Pines Sparrows in the Bell
17. James “Blood”Ulmer Bad Blood in the City
18. Steve Knightley Cruel River
19. Jimmy Lafave Cimmaron Manifesto
20. Jim Ford Sounds of our Time
21. Kristin Mooney Hydroplane
22. John Dear Mowing Club Same
23. Garnet Rogers Get a Witness - Live
24. Roger Dean Young Threshold
25. Wilco Sky Blue Sky
BART EBISCH (HANX)
1. Tom Gillam - Never Look Back
2. Sam Baker - Pretty World
3. Eilen Jewell - Letters From Sinnners And Strangers
4. Jimmy Lafave - Cimmaron Manifesto
5. Romi Mayes - Sweet Somethin' Steady
6. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
7. Joe Henry - Civilians
8. Jim Lauderdale - The Bluegrass Diaries
9. Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer
10. Dirty Sweet - Of Monarchs And Beggars
Net niet: Dwight Yoakam, Uncle Earl, The Sojourners, Kris Drever, Lucinda Williams, Alela Diane, Mark Olson, Josh Rouse, Chuck Prophet, Sarah Borges, Ad Vanderveen, Rilo Kiley, Steve Earle, David Dondero, Krista Detor, Steep Canyon Rangers...
DVD: Bluegrass Countrysoul, Joe Strummer - The Future Is Unwritten, Tom Petty - Runnin' Down A Dream, Lomax - The Songhunter
Box: Traveling Wilburys - The Collection
Re-issue: The Triffids - In The Pines
My Space-ontdekking (dankzij Nick Lowe): Eli 'Paperboy' Reed And The True Loves
Grootste tegenvaller: Ryan Adams live in Keulen, Control (film over Joy Division)
LIZ TORMES
1. PJ Harvey "White Chalk"
2. The Shins " wincing the night away "
3. Arcade Fire "neon bible"
4. Spoon "ga ga ga ga ga"
5. The Good the Bad and the Queen "The Good the Bad and the Queen"
6. Albert Hammond Jr "Yours to Keep"
7. Amy Winehouse "Back to Black"
8. Neil Cleary "I was thinking of you the whole Time"
9. Then There Were Two "Then There Were Two"
10. Andrew Bird " Armchair Apocrypa"
GEERT DRIESSEN (SOUNDS PLATENZAAK VENLO) 
1. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
2. Tinariwen - Aman Iman; water is life
3. Patrick Watson - Close to paradise
4. Deerhoof - Friend opportunity
5. Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoui Ba - Segu blu
6. Andy Palacio - Wátina
7. P.J. Harvey - White chalk
8. The Hold Steady - Boys and girls in America
9. Bowebirds - Hymns for a dark horse
10. Alela Diane - Pirate's gospel
Compilaties / reïssues
1. Love is the song we sing - San Francisco Nuggets
2. The very best of Ethiopiques
3. These are some serious times; from Portmore to Flatbush/Jamaica to Brooklyn
Concerten
1. Deerhoof - Motel Mosaïque
2. The Hold Steady - Motel Mosaïque
3. Loney Dear - Zomerparkfeest
4. Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoui Ba - Womad
5. Arctic Monkeys - Pinkpop
LEO HAGENS (SOUNDS PLATENZAAK VENLO)
1. Wilco - Sky blue sky
2. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
3. Coral - Roots & Echoes
4. Good Shoes - Think before you speak
5. Arcade Fire - Neon bible
6. Amy Winehouse - Back to black
7. Iron & Wine - The Sheperd's dog
8. Bishop Allen - Broken strings
9. Beirut - The flying clup cup
10. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite worst nightmare
Compilaties/reïssues
1. Love is the song we sing - San Francisco Nuggets
2. Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall
3. Johnny Cash - The best of the JC TV show 79-71 (dvd)
Concerten
1. No Blues - Café Cambrinus
HANS BERGKAMP (HANS ON THE MOVE/RTV-ALKMAAR) 
1. The Avett Brothers – Introducing Emotionalism
2. Hayward Williams – Another sailor’s dream
3. Eilen Jewell – Letters from sinners & strangers
4. Richmond Fontaine – Thirteen cities
5. Dirty sweet – of Monarchs and beggars
6. Kate Mann – Devil’s rope
7. Homemade Knives – No one doubts the darkness
8. Sam Baker – Pretty world
9. Lee Mellor – Ghost town heart
10. Chris Allen – Goodbye girl and the big apple circus
11. Steve Earle – Washington square serenade
12. Lynne Hanson – Things I miss
13. Rachel Harrington – the Bootlegger’s daughter
14. Dustin Bentall – Streets with no lights
15. Jesse Sykes and the sweet Hereafter – Like, love & lust & the open halls of the soul
16. Two Cow Garage – Three (III)
17. Levon Helm – Dirt Farmer
18. David Schultz and the Skyline – Sinner’s gold
19. Ryan Bingham – Mescalito
20. Doug Burr – on Promenade
21. Richard Thompson – Sweet Warrior
22. Bright Eyes – Cassadaga
23. Rob Lutes – Ride the shadows
24. Ron LaSalle – Nobody rides for free
25. Michael J Sheehy – Ghost on the motorway
PETER PRICKEN (FOTOGRAAF)
1. 25.03. Anna Ternheim - Roepaen, Ottersum
2. 09.04. Coco Rosie - Postbahnhof, Berlin
3. 23.05. Wilco - Live Music Hall, Köln
4. 13.06. Editors - Kulturkirche, Köln
5. 15.08. Devendra Banhart - Gebäude 9, Köln
6. 26.09. Anna Ternheim - Stadtgarten, Köln
7. 04.10. Tunng -Pretty Vacant, Düsseldorf
8. 07.10. Jeffrey Foucault + Hayward Williams + Stephen Simmons - Roepaen, Ottersum
9. 19.11. José González - Gloria, Köln
10. 24.11. Okkervil River - Gleiss 22 M ünster
WARREN MALONE
1. Back to black - Amy Winehouse
Always loved her since i first saw her on Jools Holland doing "stronger than me" about 5 years ago.
2. Shacktown Road - Norman Blake, Nancy Blake and Tut Tayor
Norman is my hero and he always delivers more on a colaboration.
3. Easy Tiger - Ryan Adams
This took me a while but when it finally hit me it really made an impression - not literally.
4. Wai Notes - Dawn Mccarthy and Bonnie Billy
Rough and noisy but strangely listenable.
5. Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
Great tunes Great band.
6. Ash Wednesday - Elvis Perkins
He has a good story.
7. Keep Your Silver Shined - Devon Sproule
This is just spectacular, great lyrics that can go missed on a first listen.
8. Washinton Square Seranade - Steve Earle
I
buy everything he does and this one is surprisingly very good, i thought his last couple were a little formulaic.
9. Songs Of Love And Hate (2007) - Leonard Cohen
A classic.
10. Live at Massey Hall 1971 - Neil Young
What can you say, its Neil, solo, on stage with nothing but great great songs each became a classic.
KEES VAN DEN BERG (MUZIEKLIEFHEBBER)
1) Iron & Wine - The Shepard's dog
Ik was altijd al zwaar verslaafd aan Sam Beams fluisterliedjes, maar eigenlijk zijn deze vollere liedjes minstens zo goed te verteren! Prachtalbum!
2) Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Ttja, dit album werd niet door jullie besproken. Tegendraadsheid? Niet met de hype mee? Ach, het is gewoon een heerlijke mix van West- en Oosteuropese volksmuziek, en dat door een Amerikaan!
3) Romantica - America
Met dank aan Wim Boluijt. Deze cd ging mee in de auto op vakantie en verdween niet meer uit de wisselaar. Wat een gevoelige en ook gelovige liedjes!
4) Homemade Knives - No one doubts the darkness
Opnieuw met dank aan Zeeuwse Wim. Bestelde deze cd via het eigen label van dit bandje en kreeg een alleraardigst antwoord. De liedjes zijn uitgesponnen en diepgaand. Om in te verdrinken, zo mooi!
5) Rock Plaza Central - Are we not horses?
K
rankzinnige concept-cd over mechanische paarden, liedjes schieten regelmatig uit de bocht, maar ik word er wel heel vrolijk van!
6) Band of horses - Cease to begin
Voorheen had ik een haat-liefde verhouding met deze band. Vooral die hoge uithalen van de zanger konden me niet echt bekoren. Nu ben ik om en draai dit album opnieuw en opnieuw. En deze cd heeft echt het perfecte openingsnummer met Is there a ghost?
7) Wilco - Sky blue sky
Kijk, ik kwam deze band pas op het spoor tijdens hun avantgardistische periode. Maar gelukkig wordt dit ook weer geen trucje bij ze. Dit zijn gewoon prachtige gelaagde liedjes, die niet meer uit je hoofd en hart verdwijnen
8) White Sands - Deseronto
Die Haagse Fransoos Pascal Hallibert verbaast met weer een nieuw project. Wat een verstilling! Wat een perfecte zondagavondmuziek!
9) Sam Baker - Pretty World
Bij zoveel lof van recensenten word ik achterdochtig, maar ik ben ook voor de bijl gegaan voor deze praatzingende troubadour.
10) Bruce Springsteen - Magic
Hier is al zoveel over gezegd. Het is m.i. gewoon een heerlijke rockplaat, zonder kapsones. Niet meer en niet minder.
Buiten de Hanx-paden (althans, ze werden niet op Hanx gerecenseerd), maar dit soort muziek bekoort mij evenzeer:
1) Stars of the Lid, And their refinement of the decline
Bijna orkestrale ambient, hangend tegen neo-klassiek, maar vooral heel erg mooi. Troostmuziek.
2) The National, Boxer
Met deze band mis ik The Tindersticks niet meer. Melancholisch, donkere stem, krachtig drumwerk, en Sufjan Stevens op de piano..
3) Machinefabriek, Zwart
Verzamelaar van Rutger Zuijdervelt, die in moorddadig tempo de prachtigste electronica de wereld inzendt, drones om in weg te zinken...
4) Spinvis, Goochelaars & Geesten
'Tussendoortje' dat smaakt naar meer, maar Spinvis duikt de filmstudio in, dus zullen we het voorlopig hiermee moeten doen. Gaat wel lukken!
5) Low, Drums & Guns
Low dook de electronicawinkel in en kwam eruit met een mooi resultaat!
6) The Shins,Wincing the night away
Ja, hier zijn ze dan Wim! Ik ben ze niet vergeten. Kocht deze cd in genoemd Frankrijk bij de FNAC en hij heeft me niet teleurgesteld: donker en vrolijk tegelijk!
7) Modest Mouse, We were dead before the ship even sank
Deze bescheiden muizen leveren niet zo'n meesterwerk af als The Moon & Antartica - maar daar is het een meesterwerk voor - maar het scheelt niet eens zo heel veel...
8) Devotchka, How it ends
Gogol Bordello meets Calexico in een cafeetje waar Yann Tiersen speelt; zoiets. Aanstekelijk fraai
9) Arcade Fire, Neon Bible
Niet zo overrompelend als Funeral, maar dat kerkorgel... En The Boss is ook niet ver...
10) Animal Collective, Strawberry Jam
Ach, laten we ook nog eens gek doen, maar dan wel bijna geniale gekte)
PATRICK VAN SANTE (ZANGER-GITARIST THE HANGOVERS)
1. The Gourds – Noble Creatures
2. Hayward Williams – Another Sailor’s Dream
3. Vic Chesnutt – North Star Deserter
4. Watermelon Slim & the Workers – The Wheel Man
5. .357 String Band – Ghost Town
6. Various Artists – Rosa In Heaven Sampler
7. Th’ Legendary Shack-Shackers – Swampblood
8. Ryan Adams – Easy Tiger
9. Jimmy Lafave – Cimarron Manifesto
10. Joe Henry – Civilians
11. bubbling under: Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams
FRANCOIS BRAEKEN - ROOTSVILLE 
1. Rachel Harrington - The Bootlegger's Daughter
2. Jimmy Lafave - Cimarron Manifesto
3. Sam Baker - Pretty World
4. Richard Stooksbury - South
5. Piet Van den Heuvel - Meanwhile at the Moon Parlor
6. Yarn - Yarn
7. Nick Moss & the Flip Tops - Play It 'Till Tomorrow
8. Misty River - Stories
9. Brian Joens - Quarter Moon View
10. Sally Jaye - Amarillo
11. Lori Yates - The Book of Minerva
12. Jason Eady & the Wayward Apostles - Wild Eyed Serenade
13. Nathan Holscher - Even the Hills
14. Tremoloco - Dulcinea
15. Alice Stuart & the Formerlys - Freedom.
16. Dave Gleason's Wasted Days - Just Fall to Pieces
17. Gordy Quist - Here Comes the Flood
18. The Starkweather Boys - Archer St. Blues
19. Scott Link - Coming Around
20.Jerry Leger & the Situation - Farewell to Ghost Town
21.The Rockin' Pontoons - Faith in a Happy Ending
22.Jubal Lee Young - idem
23.Sara Cox - Crowded is the New Lonely
24. Rene West - This Town
25. J. Shogren - Jahamericana
Eervolle Vermelding // Honourable Mention : Ruthie Foster // "the Phenomenal". Canteen Knockout // "Navajo Steel". Danny Flowers // "Tools for the Soul". Kaz Murphy // "Home for Misfits". Loose Ends // "idem". Eva Tree // "Sail Away". Girls, Guns & Glory // "Pretty Little Wrecking Ball". Clay Mc Clinton // "Son of a Gun" . Holly O' Reilly // "Gifts and Burdens". Les Chats Cadiens // "French Accordion Blue". The Lonesome Spurs // "Idem" . The Bean Pickers Union // "Potlatch". Seth Walker // "Idem" . The Gougers // "A Long Day"... Mark Tolstrup // "The Back Roads of America". Dave Desmelik // "Unheard of Stories". The Jimmyriggers // "Traveling Salesman, Killer on the Run"
PAUL HEYBLOM (VOETBAL MAGAZINE) 
1. No River City – Wolves and Fishes
2. Justin Rutledge – The Devil On A Bench In Stanley Park
3. Doug Jayne – Voices In The Wind
4. Rainravens – Garden Rocket
5. Ray Davies – Working Man’s Café
6. Lee Mellor - Ghost Town Heart
7. The Red Dirt Rangers – Ranger Motel
8. The Bean Pickers Union – Potlatch
9. Levon Helm – Dirt Farmer
10. Dustin Bentall – Streets With No Lights
11 t/m 15 Mark Jungers & The Whistling Mules – Silos and Smokestacks
11 t/m 15 Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II
11 t/m 15 Jason Eady & The Wayward Apostles – Wild Eyed Serenade
11 t/m 15 Kevin Deal – Roll
11 t/m 15 Stace England & The Salt Kings – Salt Sex Slaves
Net niet: John Fogerty, Grayson Capps, David Kraai & The Saddle Tramps, Bryan Clark & Honeywagon, Dave Gleason’s Wasted Days, J.J. Cale, Deep Dark Woods, The Gougers, Elliot Randall, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Gordy Quist, Antsy McClain and The Trailer Park Troubadours, The Sorentinos, Shooter Jennings, JJ Grey & Mofro.
Mooiste liedjes van 2007
Morphine Song – Ray Davies
Down The Creek - Doug Jayne
This is War - Justin Rutledge
Concert van 2007
Grayson Capps in Paradiso
(p.s. Grappig toch. Als ik naar diverse andere lijstjes kijk, blijk ik mijn smaak wederom met bijna niemand te delen.)
SYLVIE SIMMONS (MOJO) 
1. Lucinda Williams - West
2. Jim White - Transnormal Skiperoo
3. Ramsay Midwood - Popular Delusions And The Madness Of Cows
4. Stephanie Dosen - A Lily For The Spectre
5. Gob Iron - Death Songs For The Living
6. Kelly Willis - Translated From Love
7. Ben Weaver - Paper Sky
8. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Song
9. Chris & Thomas - Land Of Sea
10. Dale Hawkins - Back Down To Louisiana
MILES OF MUSIC 
The Jester
01. Bettye Lavette - Scene Of The Crime
02. No River City - Wolves And Fishes
03. Psychedelic Cowboys - Jangle Waltz
04. Joe Henry - Civilians
05. Jason Eady - Wild Eyed Serenade
06. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
07. Hacienda Brothers - Music For Ranch and Town
08. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
09. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
10. Spanic Boys - Sunshine
The Queen
01. Joe Henry - Civilians
02. Laura Veirs - Saltbreaker
03. Iron & Wine - Shepherd`s Dog
04. Shins - Wincing The Night Away
05. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
06. Green Pajamas - Box Of Secrets Northern Gothic Season 2
07. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
08. Okkervil River - The Strage Names
09. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
10. Tommy Womack - There, I Said It
Honorable Mentions:
Christian Kiefer - Dogs & Donkeys | David Serby - Another Sleepless Night | Dumb Angel - Ghost Dance | Rod Picott - Summerbirds | Bill Kelly - Bread On The Water | Hacienda Brothers - Music For Ranch and Town | Tim Carroll - Devil Is A Busy Man | Or The Whale-Light Poles And Pines | Jason Eady - Wild Eyed Serenade | No River City - Wolves And Fishes | Jaimi Shuey- Wrong Girl | Elliott Randall - Take The Fall | Maria Taylor - Lynn Teeter Flower |Rachel Harrington - Bootlegger's Daughter | Bettye Lavette - Scene Of The Crime |
The Mangler (DJ Jeff)
01. Mott The Hoople - Fairfield Halls Live 1970
Yes, this really is the holy grail of live Mott's early, pre-All The Young Dudes years.02. Gram Pasrons - Gram Parsons Archives Vol 1
These long lost tapes live up to the hype. Gram is the spiritual father of this little genre and this two disc set is 120 minutes of audio bliss.
03. Clientele - God Save The Clientele
Perhaps their best record yet? I've always said these guys sound like Nick Drake fronting Arthur Lee & Love. This disc might be a little more Love than Nick Drake but it is still great.
04. Dead Rock West - Honey &
