Airwaves top ten

by Brian Goslow

1. Tammy Rogers -- "Come Out And Play" (Tammy Rogers; Dead Reckoning)

2. Greg Brown -- "Dream City" (Covenant; Red House)

3. Dave Van Ronk/Tom Russell -- "The Outcast" (The Man from God Knows Where; Hightone)

4. Iris DeMent -- "Wasteland Of The Free" (The Way I Should; WB)

5. Dave Moore -- "Magic Dust" (Breaking Down to 3; Red House)

6. Steve Forbert -- "Cellophane City" (The Best; Epic)

7. Don Rigsby -- "I Won't Be There" (Empty Old Mail Box; Sugar Hill)

8. Guy Clark -- "Die Tryin'" (Cold Dog Soup; Sugar Hill)

9. Kelly Willis -- "Got a Feeling for You" (What I Deserve; Ryko)

10. Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band -- "Swing Low Sweet Chariot"
(Almost Acoustic; Consensus Reality)

From the playlist of last week's American Roots Radio, hosted by Troy Tyree every Wednesday from 8 to 11 p.m. on WICN (90.5 FM).

Your top ten

1. Isis -- Celestial (Escape Artist)

2. Eulcid -- The Wind Blew All the Fires Out (Second Nature)

3. Barbaro -- Barbaro (Curve of the Earth)

4. The Cancer Conspiracy -- The Cancer Conspiracy (indie)

5. Godspeed you Black Emperor! -- Lift Your Skinny... (Kranky)

6. Elliott Smith -- Figure 8 (Dreamworks)

7. Yo La Tengo -- And Nothing Turned Itself (Matador)

8. Neurosis -- Sovereign (Neurot)

9. Josh Ritter -- Josh Ritter (indie)

10. Dillinger Escape Plan -- Calculating Infinity (Hydra Head)

Ten favorite CDs of 2000 as submitted by Stephen Brodsky of Cave In, who recently released Jupiter on Hydrahead Records.

Web site of the week

www.holoworld.com/santa

Let's face it, unless you're enthralled with your family, you're looking for the first excuse to hop online and escape the interrogation about your past year's successes (or lack of). Here's an excuse to sign on and continue the happy facade. The hosts of this web site are convinced that Santa will be landing in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley this Sunday night at 8 p.m., so beginning around 4 p.m. or so, they'll begin tracking him (and we supposed Rudolph as well) on the Santa Radar. And, if you're so inclined, they'll post a number where you can call and ask if Santa's going to by-pass Worcester just like increased MBTA service, a rejuvenated downtown,...forget it! Happy holidays!