Best single of 2008

Kenge Kenge (Kenya) / Obama for Change / World Music Network

http://www.worldmusic.net/wmn/news/item/kenge-kenge

Best eclectic world cds of 2008

1.    Richard Thompson/ Sweet Warior/ Shout

2.     Rupa & the April Fishes/ ExtraOrdinary rendition/ Cumbancha

3. 3.    Creole Belles/ Arhoolie Records
   

4. 4.    Joan Baez/ Day After Tomorrow/ Razor & Tie
   

5. 5.    Rail Band/ 2 Mansa, fet. Mory Kante, et al/Sterns  Music, UK
   

6.     Natacha Atlas & Mazeeka Ensemble/Ana Hina/ World Village

7. 7.    Tim O’Brien/ Chameleon/ Howdy Skies
   
   

8. 8.    Quebec/ Various/ Putumayo
   
   

9. 9.    Etran Finatawa/ Desert Crossroads/ World Music Network
   
   

10. 10.    Al Green/ Lay it Down/ BlueNote
    

11. 11.   Bob Dylan/ Tell Tale Signs: Bootleg V. 8 / Columbia
    

12. 12.    Lucinda Williams / LIttle Honey / Lost Highway
    

13. 13.    Robert Plant & Alison Krause / Raising Sand / Rounder
    

Best DVDs/videos of 2008

Shay Black / There’s No One as Irish as Barack Obama / YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EADUQWKoVek&feature=related

Kenge Kenge (Kenya) / Obama for Change / World Music Network

http://www.worldmusic.net/wmn/news/item/kenge-kenge

Shine a Light / Rolling Stones / Martin Scorsese

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount_vantage/shinealight/medium.htm