Best Music for Boomers of 2007

Top 100 Songs from 2007

Best Albums of 2007

Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden - Rock - Great, Great Album from one of America's greatest rock bands. Bad news - you can only buy this CD at Walmart, good news - 2 disc set for $11.87.  Best Album of the Year!

Joan Osborne - Breakfast in Bed - R&B - Joan covers R&B hits of the 70's.

Subdudes - Street Symphony - Rock - one of my favorite bands releases yet another fine album. Think Eagles with some Nevilles mixed in - not to be missed.

Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps – Bottom Line – Blues -  Blues band with horns, great female singer, this I found by accident on Itunes, what a joy.

Suzanne Vega  - Beauty and Crime – Rock/Folk - One of our more literate songwriters releases her first album in several years, was it worth the wait – you betcha!

Stefan Karlson – The road not taken – Jazz – One of the better releases in jazz this year, just straight ahead stuff that sounds so good.

Robben Ford – Truth – Blues – Robben’s guitar playing is always good, on this outing, the songs even match the quality of the playing.

Minne Driver – Seastories – Female Vocals – Minnie Driver sings?  I was totally shocked to find out how much I like this CD.

Michael McDermott – Noise From Words – Rock – McDermott delivers another fine outing in the Rock-Singer-Songwriter Genre.

Lauren White – At Last – Female Vocal – New discovery this year, what an absolute delight.

Joel Frahm – We used to Dance – Jazz – sensational sax player with a nice contingent of players surrounding him.

Hamilton Loomis – Aint Just Temporary – Blues – This album is all over the place, blues, R&B, a little funk, -
the whole thing works – not to be missed.

Gretchen Peters – Burnt Toast and Offerings – Country/Folk – Gretchen is one of those singer/songwriters who
just continues to release quality albums, this is another to add to the pile.

Glenn Gould – Goldberg Variations – Zenph Reperformance – Classical – The Goldberg Variations were recorded in the 50’s, always considered a masterpiece. This recording is a computer that listened to the original recording and duplicated the playing of Gould in the 21^st century. The sound quality is excellent – the performance is Glen Gould.

Doug Mcleod – A Little Sin – Blues/Folk – white acoustic blues singer who just gets under your skin.

Allison Krauss – 100 Miles or More – Country/Bluegrass – She sings like an angel and once again releases an album of quality all around.

Jimmy LaFave - Cimarron Manifesto - Texas - One of my favorites returns with one of his strongest.

Joshua Redman - Back East - Jazz - Sax player at this everlovin'  best.

Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible - Buble mixes it up on this one, this man is a great talent (even if he does sound like Sinatra).

Ryan Shaw - This is Ryan Shaw - R&B - When you listen to this LP, you think it is 1970 all over again.

Till Bronner - Oceana - Jazz - Jazz sax at it's sultry best.

Ruthie Foster - R&B/Blues/gospel - I basically went on Itunes and picked my favorites, this woman can wail.

Donovan Frankenreiter - Live at Abbey Road - Rock - one of my favorite LPs of the year.

Anat Cohen - Noir - Jazz - Female horn player who is sweet and soulful.

ALO - Roses and Clover - Rock - great sound, very reminiscent of Steely Dan.

John Mellancamp - Freedom's Road -Rock - John is back with one of his better albums in years.

Lucinda Williams - West - Country/Rock - best Lucinda Williams outing since "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road".

Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Calling - Folk - One of our best literary song writer/singers returns with a strong LP of well crafted tunes.

Tommy Castro - Live at the Fillmore - Although recorded earlier, I just discovered this. If you like Delbert McClinton, you will love this live blues LP.

Norah Jones - Not Too Late - Female Vocals - Probably this century's first superstar releases another superb album.

Patty Griffin - Children Running Through - Folk - This maybe the best release of the year so far - not to be missed.

Yo-Yo-Ma - Appassionato - Classical - Cellist continues to astound with his choice of recordings. Classical purists normally do not like this.

Han-Na Chang - Romance - Classical - Best LP from this cellist since "The Swan".

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand - Pop - Led Zeppelin meets Miss Bluegrass - Heavenly

Matt Schofield Trio - Ear to the Ground - Blues - Superb blues guitar with organ, great band, not to be missed.

Lyle Lovett - It's Not Big, It's Large - Country - Lyle and the Large Band are back - this one is for Lovett fans.

Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds - Playlist - R&B - Babyface covers lots of familiar songs and creates a great American current pop songbook - the ladies love this one.

Judith Owen - Happy this Way - Pop - This female singer reminds a little bit of Suzanne Vega, interesting lyrics wrapped around complicated melodies.

Frankie Valli - Romancing the 60's - Pop - Take advantage of the Jersey Boys, Frankie covers familiar songs, some work, some don't.

Dion - Son of Skip James - Blues - Dion follows up his great CD of last year, he plays the acoustic blues and you tap your toes and like it.

Boys II Men - Motown, A Journey - R&B - The Boys cover the Motown classics, some work well and some just ok.

Betty Lavette - The Scene of the Crime - Blues - Betty returns with a better outing than her comeback last year.

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