Year in Music, Year in Sound

Nobody asked, but here are my fave non-classical 2006 music releases:

1. M. Ward, Post-War

2. Avishai Cohen, Continuo

3. Neko Case, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood

4. Califone, Roots & Crowns

5. Howe Gelb, 'Sno Angel Like You

6. Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere

7. Gotan Project, Lunático

8. Muslimgauze, Speaker of Turkish

9. Carl Filipiak, Looking Forward, Looking Back

10. Grizzly Bear, Yellow House

Posted by: MIKE JOHNSTON

P.S. Ys, I like the Arctic Monkeys like everybody else.

Photo: Howe Gelb and the Voice of Praise Gospel Choir