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Airwaves top ten

by Brian Goslow

1. Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show -- "Where The Smoke Goes Up" (Karl Shiflett and Big

Country Show; Rebel)

2. Blue Highway -- "Born with a Hammer in My Hand" (Blue Highway; Celli)

3. Laurie Lewis and Her Bluegrass Pals -- "Hard Luck and Trouble" (Laurie Lewis and Her Bluegrass Pals; Rounder)

4. Bela Fleck with John Hartford -- "Polka On The Banjo" (The Bluegrass Sessions; Warner Bros.)

5. Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time -- "Murder On Music Row" (Murder On Music Row; Shell Point)

6. Dolly Parton -- "Cash on the Barrelhead" (The Grass Is Blue; Sugar Hill)

7. Mountain Heart -- "You Still Call Me Baby" (Mountain Heart; Doobie Shea)

8. Gary Brewer -- "Jimmy Martin Songs For Dinner" (Jimmy Martin Songs For Dinner;

Stretch-Grass)

9. Rhonda Vincent -- "Lonesome Wind Blues" (Back Home Again; Rounder)

10. NewGrange -- "Handsome Molly" (NewGrange; Compass)

Submitted by Tom Banyai, host of Bluegrass Junction, heard Saturdays from 4 to 7 p.m. on WICN (90.5 FM).

Your top ten

1. Indigo Girls -- Come On Now Social (Sony/Epic)

2. Madonna -- Like a Prayer (WEA/Warner Bros.)

3. AC/DC -- Black in Black (WEA/Atlantic)

4. Bon Jovi -- Crossroad (PGD/Polydor)

5. Aerosmith -- Greatest Hits (Sony Music)

6. Indigo Girls -- Shaming of the Sun (Sony Music)

7. Tori Amos -- Little Earthquakes (WEA/Atlantic)

8. Sarah Mclachlan -- Fumbling Towards Ecstacy (BMG/Arista)

9. Natalie Merchant -- Tigerlily (WEA/Elektra Entertainment)

10. Heather Nova -- Siren (Sony/Work)

All-time favorite albums as listed by Rachel Clayton and Brenda White of Chapter in Verse, who play the Sit `n Bull Pub in Maynard on April 7.

Web site of the week

www.majorleaguebaseball.com

Baseball season opens this week with the Mets and Cubs playing in Toyko. The sport's official Web site lets you hear home-team broadcasts, see video highlights of recent games, get the latest news and statistics, and play MLB Fantasy Baseball. And they probably want you to buy something too!


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