JamBase's Best Of 2008

JamBase Contributors

Andy Tennille - JamBase Writer/Photographer

Albums
1. Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal
2. Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
3. The Felice Brothers - The Felice Brothers
4. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
5. Jessica Lea Mayfield - With Blasphemy So Heartfelt

Brian Bavosa - JamBase Writer

Albums
1. Bob Dylan - Rare & Unreleased - The Bootleg Series Volume 8 (1989-2006)
2. David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything that Happens Will Happen Today
3. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah: Part 1 (4th World War)
4. Marco Benevento - Invisible Baby
5. Q-Tip - The Renaissance

Jake Krolick - JamBase Writer/Photographer

Albums
1. Marco Benevento - Invisible Baby
2. Run On Sentence - Oh When the Wind Comes Down
3. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
4. David Karsten Daniels - Fear of Flying
5. The Brakes - Tale of Two Cities

Sarah Hagerman - JamBase Writer

Albums (in no order)
Crooked Still – Still Crooked
Drive-by Truckers – Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Felice Brothers – Felice Brothers
Greensky Bluegrass - Five Interstates
Man Man – Rabbit Habits

Susan J. Weiand - JamBase Photographer

Albums
1. Garaj Mahal - w00t
2. Jackie Greene - Giving Up the Ghost
3. Railroad Earth - Amen Corner
4. Jimmy Herring - Lifeboat
5. Steve Winwood - Nine Lives

Tom Speed - JamBase Writer/Honest Tune Magazine Publisher

1. My Morning Jacket — Evil Urges
2. The Black Keys — Attack and Release
3. North Mississippi Allstars — Hernando
4. Alejandro Escovedo — Real Animal
5. B.B. King — One Kind Favor

Andrew Bruss - JamBase Writer

Albums
1. TV on the Radio – Dear Science
2. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
3. Steven Malkmus & The Jicks – Real Emotional Trash
4. Nas – Untitled
5. The Black Crowes - Warpaint

Chris Clark - JamBase Writer

Albums
1. MGMT - Oracle Spectacular
2. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
3. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
4. Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
5. Justice - A Cross the Universe

Josh Miller - JamBase Photographer

Albums
1. Dr. Dog - Fate
2. The Black Crowes - Warpaint
3. The Felice Brothers - S/T
4. Blitzen Trapper - Furr
5. Amadou & Mariam - Welcome To Mali

Martin Halo - JamBase Writer

Albums
1. Howlin Rain - Magnificent Fiend
2. The Buffalo Killers - Let It Ride
3. Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
4. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
5. The Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark

Tim Dwenger - JamBase Writer

Albums
1. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
2. Jamie Lidell - Jim
3. TV On The Radio - Dear Science
4. These United States - Picture of the Three of Us At The Gates to the Garden of Eden
5. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight

Ann Marie Svilar - JamBase Writer

Albums
1. Thievery Corporation - Radio Retaliation
2. Nightmares on Wax - Thought so...
3. Parlor Mob - And You Were A Crow
4. Tea Leaf Green - Raise Up The Tent
5. Sub Swara - Coup d'Yah

Bill Clifford - JamBase Writer

Albums
1. Gabe Dixon Band – Gabe Dixon Band
2. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
3. Railroad Earth – Amen Corner
4. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals – Cardinology
5. Grace Potter & the Nocturnals – This Is Somewhere

Robert Chapman - JamBase Photographer

Albums
1. Marco Benevento - Invisible Baby
2. Jimmy Herring - Lifeboat
3. The Brew - Back To The Woods
4. Al & The Transamericans - This Day Of Age
5. RZA as Bobby Digital - Digi Snacks

Brian Getz - JamBase Writer

Albums
1. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Pt.1/4th World War
2. DJ Mike Love - Jay-Z x FELA = NIGERIAN GANGSTER
3. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
4. Pretty Lights - Filling Up Your City Skies
5. Tie
Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy
Metallica - Death Magnetic

Shows
1. Lettuce & guests Ivan Neville, Kofi Burbridge, Derek Trucks, Big Sam, Matt Grondin & more
Bear Creek Music Festival | 11.16 & 11.17 | Live Oak, FL
2. Dumpstaphunk w/ Walter 'Wolfman' Washington, Adam Deitch, Eric Krasno, E.D. Coomes, Nigel Hall, Terence Blanchard, Cyrille Neville, George Porter Jr., Effrem Townes, Warren Haynes, June Yamagushi, more
05.04.08 | Jazz Fest final nite jam | Tipitina's Uptown | NOLA
3. The Legendary Roots Crew | 05.21.08 | Freebird Live | Jacksonville Beach, FL

Stratton Lawrence - JamBase Writer

Albums
1. Hayes Carll - Trouble In Mind
2. STS9 - Peaceblaster
3. The New Mastersounds - Plug and Play
4. Chatham County Line - IV
5. Lotus - Hammerstrike

Court Scott - JamBase Writer

1. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III
2. Rodriguez – Cold Fact
3. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
4. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
5. David Bowie – Live Santa Monica '72 Reissue

David Higdon - JamBase Writer

Albums
1. Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal
2. Lucinda Williams - Little Honey
3. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
4. James McMurtry - Just Us Kids
5. The Black Crowes - Warpaint

JC McIlwaine - JamBase Writer/Photographer

1. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
2. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
3. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology
4. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
5. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs

Jim Welte - JamBase Writer

Albums
1. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
2. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah, Part 1: 4th World War
3. Al Green - Lay it Down
4. NOMO - Ghost Rock
5. Black Angels - Directions to See a Ghost

Kevin Schwartzbach - JamBase Writer

Albums
1. Chick Corea & Gary Burton - The New Crystal Silence
2. Pnuma Trio - Character
3. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Jingle All the Way
4. Kings of Leon - Only By the Night
5. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping

JamBase Friends

Josh Baron - Relix Magazine - Editor-in-Chief

Albums
1. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
2. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
3. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology
4. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
5. The Black Crowes - Warpaint

Mike Greenhaus - Relix Magazine - Associate Editor

Albums
1. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
2. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
3. Apollo Sunshine - Shall Noise Upon
4. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
5. Tie: Dr. Dog - Fate & Ryan Adams - Cardinology

Scott Crawford - Blurt Magazine - Editor-in-Chief

Albums
1. Jessica Lea Mayfield - With Blasphemy So Heartfelt
2. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
3. Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal
4. Thalia Zedek - Liars and Prayers
5. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazurus, Dig!!!
Shows
1. The Hold Steady/Drive-By Truckers
2. Nick Cave
3. Okkervil River

Fred Mills - Blurt Magazine - Managing Editor

Albums
1. Joseph Arthur & the Lonely Astronauts – Temporary People
2. Theresa Andersson – Hummingbird, Go!
3. Calexico – Carried To Dust
4. Alejandro Escovedo – Real Animal
5. Future Clouds and Radar – Peoria

Randy Harward - Blurt Magazine - Editor

Albums
1. Jessica Lea Mayfield - With Blasphemy So Heartfelt
2. Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
3. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
4. Future Clouds and Radar - Peoria
5. Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal

Melissa Adair – Elevation Group Management

Albums
1. Dr. Dog - Fate
2. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Cardinology
3. Big Light – Big Light
4. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
5. Nicki Bluhm – Toby's Song

J. Gibson – reapandsow

Albums
1. TV on The Radio – Dear Science
2. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
3. War on Drugs – Wagonwheel Blues
4. Charlie Hunter – Baboon Strength
5. Nathan Moore – You Yeah Smokin Hot & Big Light EP

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