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Charts&Adds: January 30 - February 5
February 10, 2016
So from now on I'm going to be showing your our TOP ADDS as well for each chart!
What's a TOP ADD you say? Here's my spiel:
TOP ADDS
Anyway, now that that's out of the way, let's talk spins!
ROOTS

1 SMOOTH HOUND SMITH Sweet Tennessee Honey
2 SAM LEWIS Waiting On You
3 CHRIS ISAAK First Comes the Night
4 THE WESTIES West Side Stories
5 JOHN DEL TORO RICHARDSON Tengo Blues
6 KING LOUIE AND LARHONDA STEELE Rock Me Baby
7 JOHNNY RAWLS Tiger in a Cage
8 BENNY TURNER When She's Gone
9 RACKY THOMAS Goin' Home
10 TOMMY Z Blizzard of Blues
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What's a TOP ADD you say? Here's my spiel:
TOP ADDS
Our charts show what we've been playing within the last week, but ADDS are a little different.
ADDS are things we got in THIS WEEK that have yet to spin, BUT we think they're going to do well, we're excited about them, and
really enjoy them ourselves! So I Quick read more or view full article showed our TOP ADDS this week, and then added some genre info next to each artist. One of the
best ways for artists we care about to do well is to spin them ourselves! Feel free to check them out. I'll be putting them in the studio
today/tomorrow. And remember, if you hear an artist/band during the week that you LOVE, shoot me that email! I'll put it in for consideration as a TOP ADD on the following Tuesday.
Other question to answer, "What exactly IS Top 200?"
TOP 200 essentially includes all genres of music except some roots.
It really depends on the routes the artists take with their promoter/management whether or not they'll be eligible for CMJ charts. So
some roots musicians (take Angela Perley for example) show up on CMJ! While others are too independent/focused on other charts to
want to be on CMJ. That being said, CMJ does stand for COLLEGE MUSIC JOURNALISM, so you can assume that some artists may
not be entirely interested in the stations that contribute. BUT CMJ is widely used by College/Non-Commercial stations across the
country, it is most certainly not just colleges.
So TOP 200 for the most part means just that, the TOP 200 artists spinning at your station.
really enjoy them ourselves! So I Quick read more or view full article showed our TOP ADDS this week, and then added some genre info next to each artist. One of the
best ways for artists we care about to do well is to spin them ourselves! Feel free to check them out. I'll be putting them in the studio
today/tomorrow. And remember, if you hear an artist/band during the week that you LOVE, shoot me that email! I'll put it in for consideration as a TOP ADD on the following Tuesday.
Other question to answer, "What exactly IS Top 200?"
TOP 200 essentially includes all genres of music except some roots.
It really depends on the routes the artists take with their promoter/management whether or not they'll be eligible for CMJ charts. So
some roots musicians (take Angela Perley for example) show up on CMJ! While others are too independent/focused on other charts to
want to be on CMJ. That being said, CMJ does stand for COLLEGE MUSIC JOURNALISM, so you can assume that some artists may
not be entirely interested in the stations that contribute. BUT CMJ is widely used by College/Non-Commercial stations across the
country, it is most certainly not just colleges.
So TOP 200 for the most part means just that, the TOP 200 artists spinning at your station.
Anyway, now that that's out of the way, let's talk spins!
ROOTS

1 SMOOTH HOUND SMITH Sweet Tennessee Honey
2 SAM LEWIS Waiting On You
3 CHRIS ISAAK First Comes the Night
4 THE WESTIES West Side Stories
5 JOHN DEL TORO RICHARDSON Tengo Blues
6 KING LOUIE AND LARHONDA STEELE Rock Me Baby
7 JOHNNY RAWLS Tiger in a Cage
8 BENNY TURNER When She's Gone
9 RACKY THOMAS Goin' Home
10 TOMMY Z Blizzard of Blues
TOP 200 ADDS

1 MARLON WILLIAMS Marlon Williams Liberation
2 DONKEYS Midnight Palms Easy Sound
3 DR. DOG The Psychedelic Swamp Anti
4 FIELD MUSIC Commontime Memphis Industries
5 EDWARD SHARPE AND THE MAGNETIC ZEROS "No Love Like Yours" [Single]
TOP 200 CHARTS


1 TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND Let Me Get By Concord
2 STICK FIGURE Set In Stone Ruffwood
3 JAMES HUNTER SIX Hold On! Daptone
4 CHRIS ISAAK First Comes The Night Vanguard
5 CAGE THE ELEPHANT Tell Me I'm Pretty RCA
6 THE PINES Above The Prairie Red House
7 RECORD COMPANY Give It Back To You Concord
8 MIRANDA LEE RICHARDS Echoes Of The Dreamtime Invisible Hands
9 PHOTO OPS Vacation Bad Friend
10 SHEARWATER Jet Plane And Oxbow SUB POP
11 MASS GOTHIC Mass Gothic SUB POP
12 ANGELA PERLEY AND THE HOWLIN' MOONS Homemade Vision
13 ADRIAN YOUNGE Something About April II Linear Labs
14 BEACH HOUSE Thank Your Lucky Stars Sub Pop
15 REED TURNER Native Tongue Self-Released
16 VILLAGERS Where Have You Been All My Life Domino
17 ANE BRUN When I'm Free Balloon Ranger
18 HEY MARSEILLES Hey Marseilles Shanachie
19 CHAIRLIFT Moth Columbia
20 JULIEN BAKER Sprained Ankle 6131
21 NIGHT BEATS Who Sold My Generation Heavenly
22 NAP EYES Thought Rock Fish Scale Paradise of Bachelors
23 JENNY GILLESPIE Cure For Dreaming Narooma
24 ST. GERMAIN St. Germain Nonesuch
25 ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER New View Frenchkiss
26 HIGH HIGHS Cascades Pias
27 DAWN LANDES AND PIERS FACCINI Desert Songs [EP] Six Degrees
28 MONEY Suicide Songs Bella Union
29 BESNARD LAKES A Coliseum Complex Museum Jagjaguwar
30 DAVID BOWIE Blackstar Columbia
JAZZ ADDS


1 JEFF COFFIN WITH CALEB CHAPMAN'S CRESCENT SUPER BAND The Inside Of The Outside Ear Up
2 ADISON EVANS Hero Aditone
3 ERENA TERAKUBO Time For Love Cellar Live
4 HERLIN RILEY New Direction Mack Avenue
5 CHAMPIAN FULTON After Dark Gut String
JAZZ CHARTS


1 CORY WEEDS AND THE JEFF HAMILTON TRIO This Happy Madness Cellar Live
2 CLAUDETTES No Hotel Yellow Dog
3 BILL FRISELL When You Wish Upon A Star OKeh
4 MILOS Blackbird: The Beatles Album Mercury Classics
5 KENNETH SALTERS HAVEN Enter To Exit Destiny
6 CYRILLE AIMEE Let's Get Lost Mack Avenue
7 CHRIS CONTE Our Love Will Last Self-Released
8 BLACK VIOLIN Stereotypes Universal
9 SVETLANA AND THE DELANCEY FIVE Night At The Speakeasy oa2
10 CLARE FISCHER Out Of The Blue Self-Released
WORLD ADDS


1 SULTANS OF STRING Subcontinental Drift McKhool
2 SOLAS All These Years Self-Released
3 IBRAHIM MAALOUF Kalthoum Impulse
WORLD CHARTS

1 STICK FIGURE Set In Stone Ruffwood
2 BAABA MAAL The Traveler Palm
3 KARAVAN SARAI PROJECT Woven Landscapes Electrofone
4 RAZTERIA Aventurera Asteria
5 ST. GERMAIN St. Germain Nonesuch
6 BLACK MASALA I Love You Madly Self-Released
7 BROOKLYN FUNK ESSENTIALS Funk Ain't Ova DORADO
8 EVA SALINA Lema Lema Vogiton
9 SOAPKILLS The Best Of Soapkills Crammed
10 JONNY GREENWOOD/SHYE BEN TZUR/RAJASTHAN EXPRESS Junun Nonesuch
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Charts November 27th - December 3rd
December 4, 2015
Happy Friday! First week of December brings some BIG changes to our charts - no, really. A lot of debuts in each! Take a look:
Jazz
A new number one - in fact, almost the entire top 5 is new:

1 JOHN SCOFIELD Past Present Impulse!
2 JOHN ELLIS & DOUBLE WIDE Charm
3 CORY WEEDS AND THE JEFF HAMILTON TRIO This Happy Madness Cellar Live
4 KIM NAZARIAN Some Morning Self-Released
5 JOHN PIZZARELLI Midnight McCartney Concord
6 GEORGE VARGHESE Back In Time Self-Released
7 LAFAYETTE HARRIS JR. TRIO Bend To The Light AIRMAN
8 JEFF BENEDICT BIG BAND Holmes Tapestry
9 JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA Quick read more or view full article WITH WYNTON MARSALIS Live In Cuba Blue Engine
10 GAETANO LETIZIA/WILBUR KREB/MIKE CLARK Froggy And The Toads
World
Almost the same here, a lot of new names, and Stick Figure moves up into that Top Spot!

1 STICK FIGURE Set In Stone Ruffwood
2 JONNY GREENWOOD/SHYE BEN TZUR/RAJASTHAN EXPRESS Junun Nonesuch
3 SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA Resistance Strut
4 PROTOJE Ancient Future Mr. Bongo
5 MICHAEL FRANTI AND SPEARHEAD Once A Day Rise Up [EP] Concord-Fantasy
6 GRUPO FANTASMA Problemas Blue Corn
7 BLACK MASALA I Love You Madly Self-Released
8 EMPRESARIOS The Vibes Self-Released
9 KARAVAN SARAI PROJECT Woven Landscapes Electrofone
10 JOSS JAFFE Dub Mantra Sangha Tataouine
College
Lucero can't be beat - but there are some new names coming up in the Top 10...

1 LUCERO All A Man Should Do ATO
2 ST. GERMAIN St. Germain Nonesuch
3 SHEEPDOGS Future Nostalgia Dine Alone
4 CASHAVELLY MORRISON The Kingdom Belongs To A Child Self-Released
5 WONKY TONK Stuff We Leave Behind Self-Released
6 PHASES For Life Warner Bros
7 BLITZEN TRAPPER All Across This Land Vagrant
8 GIVERS New Kingdom Glassnote
9 DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS It's Great To Be Alive! ATO
10 YAWPERS American Man Bloodshot
Roots
Definitely some movement in the Top 5, a few new names, and a new #1:

1 SHAWN MULLINS My Stupid Heart
2 CHRIS ISAAK First Comes the Night
3 KIM SIMMONDS & SAVOY BROWN The Devil to Pay
4 BILLY GIBBONS & THE BFG'S Perfectamundo
5 JUDY COLLINS Strangers Again
6 THE JIMMYS Hot Dish
7 WIDESPREAD PANIC Street Dogs
8 MIKE ZITO & THE WHEEL Keep Coming Back
9 DUDLEY TAFT Skin and Bones
10 ANTHONY GERACI AND THE BOSTON BLUES ALL-STARS Fifty Shades of Blue
More new music is always coming! Keep listening to KAFM for the best! Read Less
Jazz
A new number one - in fact, almost the entire top 5 is new:

1 JOHN SCOFIELD Past Present Impulse!
2 JOHN ELLIS & DOUBLE WIDE Charm
3 CORY WEEDS AND THE JEFF HAMILTON TRIO This Happy Madness Cellar Live
4 KIM NAZARIAN Some Morning Self-Released
5 JOHN PIZZARELLI Midnight McCartney Concord
6 GEORGE VARGHESE Back In Time Self-Released
7 LAFAYETTE HARRIS JR. TRIO Bend To The Light AIRMAN
8 JEFF BENEDICT BIG BAND Holmes Tapestry
9 JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA Quick read more or view full article WITH WYNTON MARSALIS Live In Cuba Blue Engine
10 GAETANO LETIZIA/WILBUR KREB/MIKE CLARK Froggy And The Toads
World
Almost the same here, a lot of new names, and Stick Figure moves up into that Top Spot!

1 STICK FIGURE Set In Stone Ruffwood
2 JONNY GREENWOOD/SHYE BEN TZUR/RAJASTHAN EXPRESS Junun Nonesuch
3 SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA Resistance Strut
4 PROTOJE Ancient Future Mr. Bongo
5 MICHAEL FRANTI AND SPEARHEAD Once A Day Rise Up [EP] Concord-Fantasy
6 GRUPO FANTASMA Problemas Blue Corn
7 BLACK MASALA I Love You Madly Self-Released
8 EMPRESARIOS The Vibes Self-Released
9 KARAVAN SARAI PROJECT Woven Landscapes Electrofone
10 JOSS JAFFE Dub Mantra Sangha Tataouine
College
Lucero can't be beat - but there are some new names coming up in the Top 10...

1 LUCERO All A Man Should Do ATO
2 ST. GERMAIN St. Germain Nonesuch
3 SHEEPDOGS Future Nostalgia Dine Alone
4 CASHAVELLY MORRISON The Kingdom Belongs To A Child Self-Released
5 WONKY TONK Stuff We Leave Behind Self-Released
6 PHASES For Life Warner Bros
7 BLITZEN TRAPPER All Across This Land Vagrant
8 GIVERS New Kingdom Glassnote
9 DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS It's Great To Be Alive! ATO
10 YAWPERS American Man Bloodshot
Roots
Definitely some movement in the Top 5, a few new names, and a new #1:

1 SHAWN MULLINS My Stupid Heart
2 CHRIS ISAAK First Comes the Night
3 KIM SIMMONDS & SAVOY BROWN The Devil to Pay
4 BILLY GIBBONS & THE BFG'S Perfectamundo
5 JUDY COLLINS Strangers Again
6 THE JIMMYS Hot Dish
7 WIDESPREAD PANIC Street Dogs
8 MIKE ZITO & THE WHEEL Keep Coming Back
9 DUDLEY TAFT Skin and Bones
10 ANTHONY GERACI AND THE BOSTON BLUES ALL-STARS Fifty Shades of Blue
More new music is always coming! Keep listening to KAFM for the best! Read Less
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