KAFM Music Blog

The blog's been a little quiet lately... The Charts should shake things up a bit! We've got all new top 5's this week, a ton of new names, and a lot of movement!!

Jazz - New names cropping up, and this new #1 has seen a ton of play across all different types of shows:



1    WESTERN STANDARD TIME    A Big Band Tribute To The Skatalites, Vol. 2    Vintage Vault
2    BILL WARFIELD AND THE HELL'S KITCHEN FUNK ORCHESTRA    Mercy, Mercy, Mercy    Blujazz
3    JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS    Live In Cuba    Blue Engine
4    FRANK VIGNOLA AND VINNY RANIOLO    Swing Zing!    Self-Released
5    CORBIN ANDRICK   Quick read more or view full article  Olmstead's Whistle    
6    JEFF BENEDICT BIG BAND    Holmes    Tapestry
7    JOHN PIZZARELLI    Midnight McCartney    Concord
8    ADAM SCONE    I Scream Scone!    Rondette
9    MACK AVENUE SUPERBAND    Live From The Detroit Jazz Festival 2014    Self-Released
10    ANTONIO ADOLFO    Tema    AAM

World - Nattali Rize and Notis finally move up into the top spot, after moving around the lower 5 for weeks now!



1    NATTALI RIZE AND NOTIS    New Era Frequency    One Rebel Creative
2    FLAVIA COELHO    Mundo Meu    Mr. Bongo
3    SAOR PATROL    XV 15 Year Anniversary Edition    Arc
4    SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA    Resistance    Strut
5    DAYME AROCENA    Nueva Era    Brownswood
6    VIEUX FARKA TOURE AND JULIA EASTERLIN    Touristes    Six Degrees
7    BALLAKE SISSOKO AND VINCENT SEGAL    Musique De Nuit    Six Degrees
8    WOUTER KELLERMAN    Love Language    Listen 2 Africa
9    ANA ALCAIDE    Tales Of Pangea: Gotrasawala Ensemble    Arc
10    SLIGHTLY STOOPID    Meanwhile, Back At The Lab    Stoopid

College - A TON of new names, AND a debut in at #1!



1    LUCERO    All A Man Should Do    ATO
2    REVIVALISTS    Men Amongst Mountains    Wind-Up
3    WILCO    Star Wars    dBpm
4    FOALS    What Went Down    Warner
5    NATHANIEL RATELIFF AND THE NIGHT SWEATS    Nathaniel Rateliff And The Night Sweats    Stax
6    YO LA TENGO    Stuff Like That There    Matador
7    ARCS    Yours, Dreamily    Nonesuch
8    GARY CLARK JR.    The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim    Warner Bros.
9    BEN FOLDS    So There    New West
10    GOSPEL MACHINE    Your Holy Ghost    Self-Released

Roots - Always new stuff here, but all 10!? Yep:



1    TOMMY MCCOY    25 Year Retrospect    Blind Pig
2    JOHN MAYALL    Find a Way To Care     Forty Below Records
3    CHRIS O'LEARY    Gonna Die Tryin'    American Showplace Music
4    LES COPELAND     To Be In Your Company    Earwig
5    GUY DAVIS     Kokomo Kidd    MC Records
6    FREEBO    If Not Now When    Poppabo
7    SHAWN COLVIN    Uncovered    Concord
8    VARIOUS    Angels Sing the Blues    Earwig
9    JOE WEST AND THE SINNERS    Jamie Was A Boozer     Black Panda
10     BRICKWALL JACKSON     Beautiful Mystery    BHM

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