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Top 50 Countdown (2003)

#50
#50 - Yo La Tengo
Summer Sun
#49
#49 - Emmylou Harris
Stumble into Grace
#48
#48 - Josh Ritter
Hello Starling
#47
#47 - Jack Johnson
On and On
#46
#46 - Van Morrison
What's Wrong with this Picture?
#45
#45 - John Eddie
Who the Hell is John Eddie?
#44
#44 - Sting
Sacred Love
#43
#43 - Michael Franti & Spearhead
Everyone Deserves Music
#42
#42 - Howie Day
Stop All The World Now
#41
#41 - Gemma Hayes
Night on My Side
#40
#40 - Shelby Lynne
Identity Crisis
#39
#39 - Rodney Crowell
Fate's Right Hand
#38
#38 - John Mayer
Heavier Things
#37
#37 - Radiohead
Hail to the Thief
#36
#36 - Kathleen Edwards
Failer
#35
#35 - Joe Strummer
Streetcore"
#34
#34 - Richard Thompson
The Old Kit Bag
#33
#33 - Jonny Lang
Long Time Coming
#32
#32 - Pete Yorn
Day I Forgot
#31
#31 - Gillian Welch
Soul Journey

#30 - Dar Williams
The Beauty of the Rain

#29 - Fleetwood Mac
Say You Will

#28 - Dave Matthews
Some Devil

#27 - Robert Randolph
& the Family Band
Unclassified

#26 - Joe Jackson
Vol 4

#25 - Steely Dan
Everything Must Go

#24 - Ziggy Marley
Dragonfly

#23 - Rosanne Cash
Rule of Travel

#22 - Maktub
Kronos

#21 - Lizz Wright
Salt

#20 - eastmountainsouth
eastmountainsouth

#19 - North Mississippi
All Stars
Polaris

#18 - Ry Cooder and Manual Galban
Mambo Sinuendo

#17 - Annie Lennox
Bare

#16 - Rickie Lee Jones
The Evening of My Best Day

#15 - Allman Bros.
Hittin the Note

#14 - Chris Smither
Train Home

#13 - Alexi Murdoch
EP

#12 - Lucinda Williams
World Without Tears

#11 - Joss Stone
The Soul Sessions
#10
#10 - The Mavericks
The Mavericks

#9 - Warren Zevon
The Wind

#8 - Ben Harper
Diamonds On the Inside

#7 - My Morning Jacket
It Still Moves

#6 - Erin McKeown
Grand

#5 - Los Lonely Boys
Los Lonely Boys

#4 - Fountains Of Wayne
Welcome Interstate
Managers

#3 - Steve Winwood
About Time

#2 - The Jayhawks
Rainy Day Music

#1 - Damien Rice
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Non-COMM Recap: Going introspective with John Murry (photos, audio, setlist)

With just his guitar and his voice, Bay Area by way of Mississippi songwriter John Murry played an emotional, powerful set Wednesday...Read More

Non-COMM Recap: Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside dabble in retro rock (photos, audio, setlist)

Portland retro group Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside showed the Non-COMM crowd its rockability in a feisty set that closed out...Read More

Non-COMM Recap: The late night gets weird with Foxygen (photos, audio, setlist)

Quirky upstate New York four-piece Foxygen got crazy in a late-night Non-COMM set yesterday that blended Doors-esque poppy psychedelia...Read More

Non-COMM Recap: Robert Randolph makes steel strings sing and the crowd dance (photos, audio)

Slide guitar wizard and XPN favorite Robert Randolph got the downstairs crowd at World Cafe Live dancing in his Non-COMM set....Read More

Watch Surgeon perform “Greed” at Garage Mahal (playing Johnny Brenda’s on Sunday)

Local thrash / metal band Surgeon has been readying its long-in-the-making new full-length Chemical Reign for the past couple years...Read More