popmatters.com - 12/17/2008
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1 Aaron Parks, in his Blue Note debut, continues to expand the jazz vocabulary with the new rhythms of hip-hop. Like last year’s In My Element by Robert Glasper, Invisible Cinema does not graft some jazz playing onto a hip-hop album, nor does it tack some DJ or MC onto an otherwise conventional ...
slate.com - 12/18/2008
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slate.com —
The best jazz album of 2008 is such
a clear choice—not just a stunning disc of music
but a breakthrough in music history—that I will say this: If any jazz critics out there leave it off their Top 10 lists, don't trust another word that they say about ...
Top 10 jazz albums of 2008. - By Fred Kaplan - Slate ...
nytimes.com - 12/24/2008
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nytimes.com —
Music by Lil Wayne, Bon Iver, Guillermo Klein
y Los Gauchos, Lionel Loueke and Jamey Johnson top
this list of the best in rock, pop and jazz this year. >
Standouts in Rap, Jazz and Country
popmatters.com - 12/19/2008
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popmatters.com —
1 Eric and Leigh Gibson are hands down
the best duo in bluegrass music today, and Iron
& Diamonds is their strongest effort to date. A mix of unique originals and widely varying covers which include songs by Tom Petty and Steve Earle are performed ...
The Best Bluegrass of 2008 < PopMatters Picks: The Best ...
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Today's Updates to the Year-End "Best of 2008" Books & Music Lists (December 17th, 2008)
Largehearted Boy —
... No Art Without Transformation (best albums)
No Ripcord (top albums)
Not a Blogger (songs)
NPR: Second Stage (albums by unknowns)
Obohemia (top albums)
The Orion (music)
Page 300 (albums of the year)
Passion of the Weiss (best hip-hop songs)
The Pattons (top albums)
Plugged In (best albums)
Pomp Culture (best albums)
Pop Tarts Suck Toasted (top live shows)
PopMatters (best jazz albums)
Poptracks (top singles)
POSAS (best ...
Tête de lecture - Spécial Tops
LA BLOGOTHEQUE —
... pas assez de jazz sur la Blogo, ni de hip-hop, ni de musique latine, ni de country, ni de prog rock, tiens, alors vu que certains font bien mieux le travail que nous dans des genres que nous ne connaissons pas nécessairement assez bien, voici : Les 10 meilleurs albums de Hip-Hop par Micro-Wav Les 10 meilleurs albums de musique latine selon le Miami New Times Les meilleures rééditions Jazz de l'année par AllMusic Les meilleurs albums Jazz selon PopMatters et la radio WNYC ...
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Jazz Fest Turns 40 With Star-Packed Bill —
Billboard.com 12/16/2008
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