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Jaan Uhelszki
Richie Unterberger
Elizabeth Vincentelli
Ed Ward (NPR)
Carl Wilson
Douglas Wolk
genres 
alt-rock 

editor's picks: Bag of Songs, Daytrotter, Driven Far Off, indie surfer blog, indie911, information leafblower, last.fm, Listening Post
blogs: AltRock Source, Marathon Packs, New Music Lists blog

americana 

editor's picks: Oxford American, Americana, Americana UK
blogs: Living in Stereo, Struggleville, Mandolin Cafe

books: Cash: The Autobiography by Johnny Cash
The Tao of Willie by Willie Nelson and Turk Pipkin
Encyclopedia of Country Music ed. Paul Kingsbury, CMA

charts Americanaradio.org, GarageBand, AudioStreet

streams: TwangCast, Alt-Country, Prog Torch & Twang
zines: No Depression, Friends of American Roots, Rootin' Around
ref: Wikipedia, All Music Guide, last.fm

bluegrass 
blues 
country 
folk 

blogs: Best Folk blogs, Olesko's Notebook, Folk Music blog
books: Golden Encyclopedia of Folk
Millennium Folk by Donald Gruning
NPR Guide to Folk by Kip Lornell and Linda Ronstadt


charts: KBCS, RootsMusic, Soundclick, Unsigned
fanzines: SingOut!, FolkRoots, Digital Folklife, Dirty Linen
streams: FolkDJ, Midnight Special, BBC Folkcountry

ref: FolkLib, AMG Folk, Google: folk
misc: Folk Webrings, Mudcat Cafe, Folk Info

jazz 

editor's picks: All About Jazz, Europe Jazz Network,
JazzWeb, Jelly
blogs: ABJ, be.jazz, Destination Out, Rifftides

books: Jazz Guide NYC
Maximum Clarity by Ben Johnston and Bob Gilmore
Rhythm Is Our Business by Eddie Determeyer
Reading Jazz edited by Robert Gottlieb

charts: Billboard, Soundclick, Radio&Records
articles: Jazzwise, JazzTimes, Jazziz, JazzImprov, Downbeat,
streams: Freaked, Jazz with Helen Borgers, MIT listings, JazzCat, Desert Island Jazz
ref: About, AMG, University of Chicago Jazz Research,

web 2.0: Technorati, del.icio.us, elbo.ws
misc: Jazz Network links, American Music Center links,
Jazz für Dummies
, Label directory, Artist directory,
Pixagogo cover art

jazz: be-bop 


free jazz 

editor's picks: Straight No Chaser, Acid Jazz server, Dusted, Paris Transatlantic, JazzLoft, JazzWord
mp3 blogs: erikc, BeyondJazz, epitonic, Untitled Music

streams: One Final Note, BeyondJazz, JazzReview mp3s
ref: Free Jazz Research, Free Improv Pages,
misc: emusic: avant-garde jazz, Sun Ra dissertation,
JazzWord sites
, Lee Santa photos

metal 
pop 
punk 
rap 
rap: djs 
reggae 
rock 

editor's picks: Smoke music.tv, Take-Away Shows, Gorilla vs Bear, 33 /13 blog (Continuum), Coolfer, Hypebot, Idolator, mi2n, ilx mp3 blogs
mp3 blogs: mp3s, Hypemachine, rockcritics.com,
Aquarium Drunkard
, Stereogum, Hall of Records
books: Amazon, Powells, half.com
charts Billboard, Int'l, Yahoo!
zines: Pitchfork, popmatters, FreakyTrig, R&R Report

streams: Pandora, Fillmore Concert Vault, last.fm, radioblogclub
ref: Wikipedia, All Music Guide, Rough

swap sites: lala, Titletrader, Zunafish
torrents: mininova, TorrentDirectory, Demonoid

used CDs: ebay, half.com, Gemm
web 2.0: del.icio.us, digg, listible, simpy, Web2list, neobinaries
misc: rockcriticslinks, Rock's Back Pages, ilx

books: Rip It Up by Simon Reynolds
Spin Alternative Guide by Eric Weisbard
Our Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad

charts: CMJ Radio 200, GarageBand, BBC 1
zines: Black Velvet [links], FreakyTrig
streams: Pandora, last.fm, radioblogclub

ref: Wikipedia, All Music Guide, Kill From the Heart
swap sites: lala, Titletrader, Zunafish
torrents: mininova, TorrentDirectory

podcasts: IndieRockPunkPodcast,
used CDs: ebay, half.com, Gemm, Spun
web 2.0: del.icio.us, simpy, Web2list, neobinaries
misc: rockcriticslinks, Rock's Back Pages, ilx

soul 
soundtracks 
 recent rock/pop
2011 in the running...
2010 iTunes playlist
still gaining acceptance...

2009

Rosanne Cash The List (Sony)
Mission of Burma The Sound The Speed The Light (Matador)
John Fogerty Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again (Verve)
Chris Potter Ultrahang (ArtistShare)
Allen Toussaint The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch)
the-dream Love vs. money
Lily Allen It's Not Me It's You
Oxford American
10th Anniversary Edition

Susan Tedeschi Back to the River (Verve Forecast)
Bob Dylan Tell Tale Signs (Sony BMG)
Walter Becker Circus Money (Mailboat Records)
Beck Modern Guilt (Interscope)
Al Green Lay It Down (Blue Note)
Erykah Badu New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War (Motown)
Portishead Third (Mercury)
Carlene Carter Stronger (Yep Roc)
Punch Brothers Punch (Nonesuch)
Waco Brothers Waco Express: Live and Kickin' at Schuba's (Bloodshot)
Steve Malkmus & the Jicks Real Emotional Trash (Matador)

2008

ANNUAL iTUNES PLAYLIST

 books
1989: Bob Dylan Didn't Have This to Sing About, by Joshua Clover (California)
The Cultural Dictionary of Punk 1974-1982, by Nicholas Rombes (Continuum)
Gig Posters: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century, by Clay Hayes (Quirk)
The Song Is You, by Arthur Phillips
Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music,
by Tom Gioia

Oxford American 10th Anniversary Southern Music Issue
1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die, by Tom Moon (Workman)
There's A Riot Goin' On: Revolutionaries, Rock Stars and the Rise and Fall of '60s Counter-Culture, by Peter Doggett (Canongate)
Re-make/Re-model: Becoming Roxy Music, by Michael Bracewell
(Da Capo)

Black Postcards: A Rock & Roll Romance, by Dean Wareham (Penguin)
Roadwork: Rock & Roll Turned Inside Out
by Tom Wright (Hal Leonard)

Bomp! Saving the World One Record At a Time
by Suzy Shaw, Mick Farren (Ammo)

Creem: America's Only Rock'n'Roll Magazine
by Rogbert Matheu (Collins)

 2000-2010 books
Can't Buy Me Love
by Jonathan Gould (Harmony)

Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life
by John Sellers
Recording the Beatles
by Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew

Faking It: The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music
by Hugh Barker and Yuval Taylor

Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
by Gayle F. Wald

Blue Monday Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock'n'Roll
by Rick Coleman

Everything I'm Cracked Up To Be
by Jen Trynin

White Bicycles: Making Music in the Sixties
by Joe Boyd

Always Magic in the Air
by Ken Emerson


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