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George Graham's Best of 2010 Albums List

These albums were selected by Mixed host George Graham from the over 500 CDs featured during the year on the New Releases segments presented daily on Mixed Bag. The Mixed Bag musical styles include rock, folk, blues, reggae, world music, Celtic, electronic, and other varieties presented on the program. The emphasis is on records that received little or no attention in the commercial media. Selection criteria include originality, uniqueness of sound, and quality of musicianship.

The list is arranged chronologically.

* designates Homegrown Music Artists.
Recordings featured on the on the Mixed Bag Weekly Album Review (Wednesdays at 9:00 PM) are linked to the review on this website.


Artist

Album Title

Label

Add Date

Van Wagner *

Woolrich Coat

independent

01/04/10

Jake Armerding

Her

independent

01/05/10

Joel Raphael

Songs of Woodie Guthrie, Vol. 1 & 2

Inside

01/07/10

Vampire Weekend

Contra

XL

01/12/10

Freedy Johnston

Rain on the City

Bar None

01/15/10

Corinne Bailey Rae

The Sea

EMI

01/19/10

David Via

All Night Long

independent

01/20/10

Eric Bibb

Booker's Guitar

Telarc

01/21/10

Joy Kills Sorrow

Darkness Becomes This City

Signature Sounds

01/25/10

Solas

The Turning Tide

Compass

01/25/10

Brighton

The Brighton

independent

01/27/10

ALO

Man of the World

Brushfire

01/27/10

Pat Metheny

Orchestrion

Nonesuch

01/28/10

Tim Farrell *

Codas

Magrathea

02/01/10

Ellis Paul

The Day Everything Changed

Black Wolf

02/03/10

Ben Sollee and David Martin Moore

Dear Companion

Sub Pop

02/04/10

Honey Dewdrops

If the Sun Will Shine

independent

02/05/10

Moreland and Arbuckle

Flood

Telarc

02/09/10

AM

Future Songs and Daughters

Fontana

02/10/10

Hipstones

Dreamers

independent

02/11/10

Sarah Holgate *

Somewhere Past Distraction

independent

02/16/10

Holmes Brothers

Feed My Soul

Alligator

02/17/10

Blind Chitlin' Kahunas *

The Old Guitar

independent

02/17/10

Sade

Soldier of Love

Sony

02/18/10

Karan Casey and John Doyle

Exiles Return

Compass

02/23/10

Johnny Cash

American VI: Ain't No Grave

American Recordings

02/24/10

Jamie Cullum

The Pursuit

Verve Forecast

02/24/10

Ed Randazzo and Bret Alexander *

See That My Grave Is Kept Clean

independent

02/26/10

Kathy Mattea

Coal

Captain Potato

02/26/10

Garaj Mahal

More Mr. Nice Guy

Owl

03/08/10

BoDeans

Mr. Sad Clown

429 Records

03/09/10

John Hiatt

The Open Road

New West

03/09/10

Josh Rouse

El Tourista

Yep Roc

03/10/10

Peter Gabriel

Scratch My Back

Real World

03/10/10

Angelique Kidjo

Oyo

Razor & Tie

03/11/10

Mark Egan

Truth Be Told

Wave Tone

03/11/10

Brooks Williams

Baby O

Red Guitar Blue Music

03/11/10

Red Molly

James

independent

03/16/10

Contribution

Which Way World

SCI Fidelity

03/17/10

Jason Masi

Balance and Pull

independent

03/17/10

Jimi Hendrix

Valleys of Neptune

Legacy

03/18/10

Jeff Beck

Emotion and Commotion

Atco

03/18/10

Peter Wolf

Midnight Souvenirs

Verve

03/23/10

New York Funk Exchange

Funkanomic Stimulus Plan

independent

03/23/10

Pieta Brown

One and All

Red House

03/24/10

Birdsong at Morning

Vigil

Blue Gentian

03/30/10

Joe Bonamassa

Black Rock

J&R Adventures

04/01/10

Black Prairie

Feast of the Hunter's Moon

Sugar Hill

04/01/10

Infamous Stringdusters

Things That Fly

Sugar Hill

04/07/10

Janiva Magness

The Devil Is an Angel Too

Alligator

04/09/10

Kellylee Evans

The Good Girl

Enliven

04/12/10

Jakob Dylan

Women and Country

Columbia

04/12/10

Jackson Browne and David Lindley

Love Is Strange

Inside

04/14/10

Stanton Moore

Groove Alchemy

Telarc

04/15/10

Bobby McFerrin

VOCAbuLarieS

Emarcy

04/20/10

Anders Osborne

American Patchwork

Alligator

04/20/10

Solomon Burke

Nothing's Impossible

E1

04/21/10

Livingston Taylor

Last Alaska Moon

Coconut Bay

04/22/10

Smash Palace *

7

Zip

04/22/10

Crooked Still

Some Strange Country

Signature Sounds

04/23/10

Kenny White

Comfort in the Static

Wildflower

04/27/10

Jonny Lang

Live at the Ryman

Concord

04/27/10

Darrell Scott

A Crooked Road

Full Light

04/29/10

Harper Blynn

Loneliest Generation

independent

05/04/10

Tift Merritt

See You on the Moon

Fantasy

05/04/10

Harper

Stand Together

Blind Pig

05/05/10

John Nemeth

Name the Day

Blind Pig

05/06/10

Ruth Moody

The Garden

Red House

05/07/10

Craig Werth

The Spokes Man

independent

05/10/10

Nate Grower

Nate Grower

Patuxent

05/11/10

Cherryholmes

Common Threads

Skaggs Family

05/11/10

Harpeth Rising

Harpeth Rising

independent

05/12/10

Andy Scott *

Hope

independent

05/13/10

Carole King and James Taylor

Live at the Troubadour

Hear Music

05/13/10

Justin Currie

The Great War

Ryko

05/13/10

Otis Taylor

Clovis People

Telarc

05/20/10

Good Old War

Good Old War

Sargent House

05/24/10

Keller and the Keels

Thief

SCI Fidelity

05/25/10

Mint

Everything All at Once

independent

05/26/10

Seth Swirsky

Watercolor Day

Grimble

06/01/10

Katzenjammer

Le Pop

Nettwerk

06/02/10

Elvin Bishop

Red Dog Speaks

Delta Groove

06/03/10

Jack Johnson

To the Sea

Brushfire

06/03/10

Moe.

Smash Hits Vol. 1

Farboy

06/03/10

Pinetop Perkins and Willy “Big Eyes” Smith

Joined at the Hip

Telarc

06/07/10

Timothy B. Schmidt

Expando

Lost Highway

06/08/10

Clothesline Revival

They Came from Somewhere

Paleo Music

06/08/10

Dr. John and the Lower 911

Tribal

429 Records

06/09/10

Don Menzone

Frost Bite

independent

06/10/10

Underground Saints *

Broken Machines

independent

06/11/10

Punch Brothers

Antifogmatic

Nonesuch

06/16/10

Cyndi Lauper

Memphis Blues

Downtown

06/22/10

Ernie Hendrickson

Walking with Angels

independent

06/22/10

Derek Trucks Band

Roadsongs

Sony

06/23/10

Steve Cropper and Felix Cavaliere

Midnight Flyer

Stax

06/23/10

Sergio Mendes

Bom Tempo

Concord

06/24/10

Lee Ritenour

6 String Theory

Concord

06/24/10

Howard Jones

Ordinary Heroes

independent

06/25/10

The Green

The Green

SHD

06/25/10

Louie Setzer and the Appalachian Mountain Boys *

Wish I Were There

Ampersand

06/28/10

Fat Freddy's Drop

Dr. Boondigga and the Big BW

independent

07/01/10

Stanley Clarke

The Stanley Clarke Band

Heads Up

07/01/10

Tim O'Brien

Chicken and Egg

Howdy Skies

07/02/10

Mollie O'Brien and Rich Moore

Saints and Sinners

Remington Road

07/12/10

Steve Miller Band

Bingo

Roadrunner

07/13/10

Walter Trout

Common Ground

Provogue

07/13/10

Big Head Todd and the Monsters

Rocksteady

Big

07/14/10

Robin McKelle

Mess Around

E1

07/15/10

Wally and the Paupacks *

Second Season

independent

07/16/10

Lucy Woodward

Hooked

Verve

07/16/10

Mike and Ruthy

Million to One

Humble Abode

07/19/10

Cas Haley

Connection

Easy Star

07/20/10

Blitzen Trapper

Destroyer of the Void

Sub Pop

07/20/10

Hot Club Sandwich

And If Only

independent

07/22/10

Erin Bode

Photograph

independent

07/27/10

John McVey

Unpredictable

independent

07/27/10

Chris Kokesh

October Valentines

independent

07/29/10

Herbie Hancock

The Imagine Project

Hancock

08/03/10

Twangtown Paramours

Twangtown Paramours

Inside Edge

08/04/10

Sting

Symphonicities

Deutche Grammophon

08/05/10

Stuart Robertson

Years Between Us

Primesound

08/06/10

Earl Pickens and Family

Gathering

Yay!

08/10/10

Albert Castiglia

Keepin' On

Blues Leaf

08/16/10

Ra Ra Riot

The Orchard

Barsuk

08/19/10

Charlie Musselwhite

The Well

Alligator

08/19/10

Ashleigh Caudill

Fruit of the Vine

independent

08/23/10

Andrew and Noah Van Norstrand

All the Good Summers

Great Bear

08/23/10

Hey Mavis

Red Wine

independent

08/30/10

Alessandro Magnanini

Someway Still I Do

Schema

08/31/10

Railroad Earth *

Railroad Earth

One Haven

09/06/10

Bob Corritore and Friends

Harmonica Blues

Delta Groove

09/08/10

Gary U.S. Bonds

Let Them Talk

GLA

09/09/10

Jay Gaunt

Harmonicopia

independent

09/13/10

Mavis Staples

You Are Not Alone

Anti-

09/13/10

Ryan Montbleau Band

Heavy on the Vine

independent

09/14/10

Buxter Hootin'

In Another Life

independent

09/15/10

Robin Rogers

Back in the Fire

Blind Pig

09/15/10

YaYas

Paper Boats

independent

09/16/10

Greg Klyma *

PianoMandoNation

independent

09/16/10

James Cotton

Giant

Alligator

09/20/10

Joe LoStritto

Good Company

independent

09/23/10

Gin Blossoms

No Chocolate Cake

429 Records

09/24/10

David Gray

Foundling

IHT

09/27/10

Boulder Acoustic Society

Champion of Disaster

independent

09/28/10

Abby Ahmad

Curriculum

independent

09/29/10

Marcus Eaton *

As If You Had Wings

independent

10/04/10

Birdsong at Morning

Lumens

Blue Gentian

10/04/10

Ronnie Wood

I Feel Like Playing

Eagle

10/05/10

Guggenheim Grotto

The Universe Is Laughing

UFO Music

10/06/10

Tom Chapin and John Forster

Broadsides

independent

10/06/10

Atomic Square

After It's All Said and Done

independent

10/07/10

Honey Dewdrops

These Old Roots

independent

10/07/10

Johnny Clegg

Human

Appleseed

10/12/10

April Smith and the Picture Show

Songs for a Sinking Ship

independent

10/12/10

Marc Jordan, Murray McLauchlan, Cindy Church, Ian Thomas

More Lunch at Allen's

Linus

10/14/10

Maggie Sansone

Wind Drift

Maggie's Music

10/15/10

Chris Cain

So Many Miles

Blue Rock' It

10/19/10

Victoire

Cathedral City

independent

10/20/10

Judy Collins

Paradise

Wildflower

10/21/10

Evan Goodrow Band

Say It

independent

10/22/10

Elizabeth and the Catapult

The Other Side of Zero

Verve

10/26/10

Huey Lewis and the News

Soulsville

W.O.W.

10/27/10

Tauk

Brokedown King

independent

10/27/10

Bryan Ferry

Olympia

Astralwerks

10/28/10

Ray Charles

Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters

Concord

10/28/10

Pan.a.ce.a

Bare Bones

independent

10/28/10

Buddy Guy

Living Proof

Silvertone

10/29/10

Mystic Roots Band

Cali-HI

Stay Positive

10/29/10

B.D. Lenz *

Five and Live

independent

11/01/10

Kellylee Evans

Nina

Plus Loin

11/02/10

Mariage Blanc

Mariage Blanc

independent

11/03/10

Jeremy dePrisco *

Chaos Rising Up

independent

11/08/10

Dana Cooper

The Conjurer

independent

11/08/10

Po Boyz

Country Funk

independent

11/10/10

Natasha Borzilova

Balancing Act

Hadley

11/11/10

Norah Jones

Featuring Norah Jones

Blue Note

11/16/10

Pappy *

Pappy Time

Prairie Queen

11/16/10

Tom Prasado-Rao

Goodnight Regret

independent

11/17/10

Carl Hauck

Windjammer

independent

11/18/10

Eric Johnson

Up Close

EMI

11/22/10

Cahill

Where We Go from Here

independent

11/23/10

Dar Williams

Many Great Companions

Razor & Tie

11/23/10

Hooters

Five by Five

independent

11/26/10

Rogue Valley

The Bookseller's House

independent

12/03/10

Giant Sand *

Blurry Blue Mountain

Fire

12/03/10

Arthur Lee Land

Dragonfly

Perfect Groove

12/03/10

Laura Mann

Bow Tie and Rose Tattoo

independent

12/06/10

K.J. Denhert

Album No. 9

Motema

12/07/10

Autumn Defense

Once Around

Yep Roc

12/09/10


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