All Amoebites were asked to list their top five favorite releases from the first half of 2009 and beyond! We then had a team of experts decipher some cryptic handwriting, analyze the results and compile the lists into this little book! We hope you find the results interesting and useful!


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Ramblin' Jack Elliott
A Stranger Here
(ANTI)
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1920s and ’30s blues and pre-country chestnuts comprise this haunting recording by a man who is no stranger to the American folk cannon. Teamed up with producer Joe Henry, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott is heard like he has never been presented in the past; a honky tonk piano, brushed drums, the odd Salvation Army Sousaphone, hillbilly strings. – Tom Lynch, SF








