Airwaves top ten

by Brian Goslow

1. Tom Waits -- Mule Variations (Epitaph)

2. Chris Smither -- Drive You Home Again (Hightone)

3. Rosie Flores -- Dance Hall Dreams (Rounder)

4. The Rankins -- Uprooted (EMI Canada)

5. David Wilcox -- Underneath (Vanguard)

6. Annie Gallup -- Steady Steady Yes (PRIME CD)

7. Kelly Willis -- What I Deserve (Ryko)

8. Mike Ness -- Heating at Solitaire (Time Bomb)

9. Beth Orton -- Central Reservation (Arista)

10. Olivia Tremor Control -- Black Foliage, Volume One (Flydaddy)

Submitted by Nick DiBiasio, host of both The Contemporary Cafe heard Thursdays from 8 to 11 p.m. and Against the Grain heard Saturdays from 8 to 11 p.m. on WICN (90.5 FM).

Your top ten

1. Marc Ribot -- Y Los Cubanos Prostizos (Atlantic)

2. Charlie Hunter and Pound for Pound -- Return of the Candyman (Blue Note)

3. Ani DiFranco -- Up, Up, Up, Up, Up, Up (Righteous Babe)

4. Medeski, Martin and Wood -- Combustication (Blue Note)

5. Either/Orchestra -- Half-Life of Desire (Accurate)

6. Jay McShann -- Going to Kansas City (New World)

7. Herbie Hancock -- Sextant (Columbia)

8. John Brown's Body -- Among Them (Shanachie)

9. The Meters -- Uptown Rulers (Rhino)

10. Beck -- Mutations (Geffen)

Submitted by Rob Marscher, keyboardist for Addison Groove Project, who return to the Tammany Club on May 22.

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