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Sound choices from '06 (excerpt)
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Everyone knows there's more to music than just CDs. With that in mind, our music writers put together lists of their favorite musical items of 2006: CDs, for the most part, but also singles, DVDs, books and more.
Larry Katz
1. Gnarl Barkley, "Crazy." Everybody was singing it, but its creators' version was the unstoppable, genre-busting force.
2. "Jazz Icons." A jazz time machine in the form of nine DVDs tat take you back decades and put you at concerts by Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakley, Chet Baker and more.
3. Dixie Chicks, "Shut Up and Sing." Documentary film that shows something rare: a major act with guts and intrigety (their new CD is worthy, too.)
4. Karen Dalton, "In My Own Time." Long-lost gen by folk-soul cult hero: Eat your hearts out, Ray LaMontagne, Amos Lee, Norah Jones and Madeleine Peyroux.
5. Jen Kearney & the Lost Onion, "Eat." Lowell singer envisions Stevie Wonder with Cuban spice.
6. Lenine, "Lenine." Masterful Brazilian pop/rock.
7. "Triksta: Life and Death and New Orleans Rap" by Nik Cohn. Aging British author goes to the (pre-Katrina) ghetto to become a rap producer and lives to tell the tale.
8. Los Lobos, "The Town and the City." Roots-rock chams in top form.
9. Sara Tavares, "Balance." Need beauty? This Portuguese/CapeVerdean singer/songwriter/guitarist delivers it.
10. Crooked Still, "Ecstasy." Shiver-inducing standout from unconventional New England folkies' "Shaken By a Low Sound" debut.
12/22/06
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