Top 11 of 2011

KSER's music experts have put together their lists of the top CDs of 2011

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Sunlit Room
Tracy Myers
Ron Taffi
Donn Erismann

Weeknights
"The Goose" - Unmitigated Audacity
Clancy Dunigan - Clancys Bar and Grill
Jonathan "Oogie" Richards - Blues House
Lon Palmer - Poptopia Parkway

Saturday
Ed Gasparini - Academy of Comedy
Steve Ward - The Big Bandstand
Jim Hilmar - Frettin' Fingers
Jon Noe - Juke Joint
Van Ramsey - Pull the String
Jeff Hofman - Dusties
"Sleepy John" - Left of the Dial

Tracy Myers - Sunlit Room (Wednesday 9am - Noon)

1. Adele - 21
2. Vusi Mahlasela - Say Africa
3. Coyote Grace - Ear to the Ground
4. Cheikh Lo - Jamm
5. Andie Francoeur - Landing
6. Various Artists - A Nod to Bob 2
7. Hugh Laurie - Let Them Talk
8. The Sweet Lowdown - The Sweet Lowdown
9. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
10. Elisapie Issacs - There Will Be Stars
11. Sunday Wilde - What man? Oh That Man!

Ron Taffi -  Sunlit Room (Thursday Noon-3pm)

In order
1 Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Here We Rest (Lightning Rod Records)
2 Lucinda Williams - Blessed (Lost Highway)
3 Wilco - Whole Love(Anti/Epitaph)
4 Robert Earl Keen - Ready For Confetti (Lost Highway)
5 Amos Lee - Mission Bell (Blue Note)
6 Shelby Lynne - Revelation Road (Everso)
7 North Mississippi All-Stars - Keys To The Kingdom (Songs Of The South)
8 Drive-By Truckers - Go Go Boots (ATO Records)
9 Okkervil River - I Am Very Far (Jagjaguwar)
10 Various Artists - The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams (Egyptian/Columbia)
11 Jessica Lea Mayfield -  (Nonesuch)

Donn Erismann - Sunlit Room (Friday 9am - Noon)

Land of Talk - Some Are Lakes
Skully - Irish Makeover
Yungchen Lhamo - Putumayo Garden of Eden
Rivertalk - Rivertalk
Afro Celt Sound System - Vol 3 Further In Time
Angus & Julie Stone - Down the Way
Barbara Markey - Shambhala Dance
Cyber Tribe - Eons of Dignity
Libana - Out of This World
Baka Beyond - One World
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Facing Future

Mike "The Goose" Guzman -  Unmitigated Audicity (Wednesday 10:30pm - 12:30pm)

David Holmes - The Dogs Are Parading / Universal Music
Mike Keneally - Baking @ the Potato / Exowax
Mike Keneally and Marco Minneman - Evidence of Humanity / Exowax
Radiohead - King of Limbs / Ticker Tape
Jeff Beck - Emotion and Commotion / Epic
Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter - Marble Son / Station Grey Records
Judas Priest - Chosen Ones / Sony
Bill Frisell - Beautiful Dreamers / Savoy Jazz
Joe Bonamassa - Dust Bowl / J&R Adventures
Mike Patton - Mondo Cane / Ipecac
Vanishing on 7th Street - Soundtrack (Lucas Vidal and Howard Herrick) / N/A

Clancy Dunigan - Clancy's Bar & Grill (Thursday, 8:30-10:30)

Yank Rachell - Blues Mandolin Man
Shakura Si'iada - Brown Sugar
Rory Block Tribute to Mississippi Fred McDowell
Stacy Jones Band [local]
Geoffrey Castle - Live @ The Triple Door [Local]
Lightning Malcom - Renegade
Sugar Ray & The Bluetones - Evening
Polly O'Keary & The Rhythm Method
Victor Wainwright & The Wild Roots - Lit Up'
Little Bill & The Bluenotes- Live @ Grinders [local group]

Jonathan "Oogie" Richards - Blues House (Thursday, 10:30-12:30)

Buddy Guy - Living Proof
Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa - Dont Explain
Brian Lee & The Orbitors - Identify Theft
Stacy Jones Band - No Need To Spell It Out
Randy Oxford Band - Festival
Alligator Records - Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection
Tommy Castro - The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue
Manzarek-Rogers Band - Translucent Blues
Lucy Hammond - Proof
Shemika Copeland - Deluxe Edition
Gina Sicilia - Can't Control Myself

Lon Palmer - Poptopia Parkway (Friday 8:30pm - 10:30pm)

Here are my top 11, and my top 25 which I'll countdown on my show, Friday 12/30
1) Beach Boys - The SMiLE Sessions (2CD Edition) (Brother / Capitol / EMI)
2) Beady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding (Beady Eye / Dangerbird / Fontana / Universal)
3) Lindsey Buckingham - Seeds We Sow (Buckingham / Mind Kit / Fontana / Universal)
4) Curtains For You - After Nights Without Sleep (Spark & Shine)
5) Death Cab For Cutie - Codes And Keys (Barsuk / Atlantic / WMG)
6) Dum Dum Girls - Only In Dreams (Sub Pop / ADA / WMG)
7) Liam Finn - FOMO (Yep Roc / Redeye)
8) Fountains Of Wayne - Sky Full Of Holes (Yep Roc / Redeye)
9) Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (Sour Mash / Mercury / Universal)
10) Ivan & Alyosha - Fathers Be Kind (EP) (Missing Piece Group)
11) Mike Viola - Electro De Perfecto (Good Morning Monkey / Hornblow / Megaforce / RED / Sony)
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12) Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See (Domino / ADA / WMG)
13) Decemberists - The King Is Dead (Capitol / EMI)
14) Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop / ADA / WMG)
15) Foster The People - Torches (Star Time Int'l / Columbia / Sony)
16) Ivy - All Hours (Nettwerk / ADA / WMG)
17) Rhett Miller - The Interpreter: Live At Largo (Maximum Sunshine)
18) Peter Bjorn & John - Gimme Some (Almost Gold / Star Time Int'l / Sony)
19) Sloan - The Double Cross (Yep Roc / Redeye)
20) Smithereens - 2011 (eOne)
21) Matthew Sweet - Modern Art (Lolina Green / Missing Piece Group)
22) They Might Be Giants - Join Us (Idlewild / Rounder / Concord)
23) Vetiver - The Errant Charm (Sub Pop / ADA / WMG)
24) Wilco - The Whole Love (dBpm / ANTI- / Epitaph / ADA / WMG)
25) James Yuill - Movement In A Storm (Moshi Moshi)

Ed Gasparini - Academy of Comedy (Saturday 7am - 9am)

Margaret Smith - As it Should Be (Uproar Entertainment)
The Capitol Steps - Desperate Housemembers (Capitol Steps)
Faust and Lewis - Classy Trash (Picklehead Music)
Jackie Mason - Brand New (Columbia)
John Pinette - Still Hungry (Uproar Entertainment)
Shel Silverstein - The Best of Shel Silverstein (Laughs.com)
Pinkard and Bowden - Getting' Stupid (Warner)
Dr. Demento - Dr. Demento's 30th Anniversary (Rhino)
Anjelah Johnson - That's How we Do It (Warner )
Anita Renfroe - It's Probably Just my Thyroid (Blueberry Hills)
Jeff Dunham - Spark of Insanity (Mage)

Steve Ward - The Big Bandstand (Saturday 9am -11am)

Benny Goodman - The Complete 1937 Madhattan Room Broadcasts / Viper's Nest Gold
Bob Hope - Bob Hope & Friends / MCA
Charlie Christian - The Genius Of The Electric Guitar / Sony Music Entertainment
Chick Webb Orchestra feat. Ella Fitzgerald - A Jazz Hour With Ella Fitzgerald: Sing Me A Sweet Song / JHR
Fred Astaire - Fred Astaire At MGM / Turner Entertainment Co.
Johnny Mercer - Capitol Collectors Series / Capitol
Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra - Hot Mallets, Vol. 1 / BMG Music
Slim Gaillard - Laughing In Rhythm: Best Of The Verve Years / Verve
The Raymond Scott Quintette - Microphone Music / Basta Records
Various - Maracas, Marimbas & Mambos: Latin Classics At MGM / Turner Entertainment Co.
Various - Great Songs Of 1944 / Bygone Days

Jim Hilmar - Frettin' Fingers (Saturday 11am - 1pm)

2011 Frettin’ Fingers Noteworthy CD’s
Marty Stuart - Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions (Sugar Hill Records)
Brian Setzer - Setzer Goes Instru-MENTAL! (Surfdog, Inc.)
Kenny Vaughan - V (Sugar Hill Records)
Andy Reiss, Ranger Doug & Bobby Durham - The Art Of The Archtop (Archtop Records)
James Burton - The Early Years 1956 ~ 1969 (Ace Records)
Wired! - Washington Blues (ButterSounds Records)
Dave Alvin - Eleven Eleven (YepRoc Records)
Steve Wariner - Guitar Laboratory (SelecTone Records)
Various Artists - Three Months To Kill: West Coast Rock ‘n’ Roll (Fantastic Voyage/Future Noise Music)
Glenn Reeves - Johnny On The Spot (Bear Family Records)

Jon Noe - Juke Joint (Saturday 1pm - 3pm)

Not much Juke Joint material gets released on CD anymore but there's two worth noting: 
Rudy Green - Wild Life / El Toro Records
The Flash Records Story (Compilation) / Ace Records

Other good stuff from 2011
Dave Alvin - Eleven Eleven / Yep Roc
Joe Ely - Satisfied At Last  / Rack 'Em
Jimmie Dale Gilmore and The Wronglers - Heirloom Music / Neanderthal
Stacy Jones Band - No Need To Spell It Out / Self-produced
Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three Middle of Everywhere / Free Dirt
Candye Kane - Sister Vagabond / Electro Groove
Zoe Muth - Starlight Hotel / Signature
JD McPherson - Signs & Signifiers / HiStyle
Jimmie Vaughan - Plays More Blues, Ballads and Favorites / Shout Factory

Van Ramsey - Pull the String (Saturday 3pm - 5pm)

1. Petunia and the Vipers - Petunia and the Vipers
2. The Hilltones - The Hilltones
3. El Jimador - Resurrection
4. Marti' Brom - Not For Nothin'
5. Izzy Cox - Killing My Kind
6. The Sugar Daddys - I'm Bad For You
7. The Tomorrowmen - It's About Time
8. The Shivering Denizens - Crooked and Crazy
9. Dale Watson - The Sun Sessions
10. Marc Bristol and the Harmatones - Bristol Rockin'
11. Tom Waits - Bad As Me

Jeff Hofman - Dusties (Saturday 5pm - 7pm)

Alphabetical
The Bo-Keys - Got To Get Back (Electraphonic)
Charles Bradley - No Time For Dreaming (Dunham)
Ray Charles - Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles (Concord)
Etta James - Who's Blue (Kent)
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Soul Time (Daptone)
Mike James Kirkland - Don't Sell Your Soul (Luv & Haight)
Candi Staton - Evidence: The Complete Fame Masters (Kent)
Various Artists - Brunswick Lost Soul Volumes 1 & 2 (Brunswick)
Various Artists - The Fame Studios Story 1961-1973 (Kent)
Various Artists - Hipshakers Volume 2: Stratch That Itch (Vampi Soul)
Various Artists - Wheedle's Groove: Seattle's Finest In Funk & Soul 1965-1979 (Light In The Atttic) plus the Wheedle's Groove DVD.

"Sleepy John" Cuthbertson - Left of the Dial (moving to Wednesday's 7pm - 8:30pm starting January 4th!)

In no particular order
Tom Waits - Bad As Me (Anti)
Dave Alvin - Eleven Eleven (Yep Roc)
Black Keys - El Camino (Nonesuch)
Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks - Revelator (Masterworks)
Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa - Don't Explain (J&R Adventures)
Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin' (Columbia)
Nick Lowe - The Old Magic (Yep Roc)
Imelda May - Mayhem (Decca)
Drive-By Truckers - Go-Go Boots (ATO)
Warren Haynes - Man In Motion (Stax)
Gary Clark, Jr - The Bright Lights EP (Warner Brothers)

The Rolling Stones' reissues of Exile On Main Street & Some Girls (Universal Republic) are worth a nod, too.