THE BEST MUSIC OF 2008 - Part 1

SET 1
Bobo Stenson/Olivia/ Cantando/ ECM
Cassandra Wilson/ Arere/ Loverly/ BlueNote
Renaud Garcia-Fons/ Berimbass/ Arcoluz/ enja
Bill Frisell/ Baba Drame/ History, Mystery/ Nonesuch
Danilo Perez/ The Purple Condor/ Across the Crystal Sea/ Decca
Gustavo Dudamel-Simon Bolivar Symphony Orch/ Danzon #2/ Fiesta!/ D. Grammophone
Marcin Wasilewski Trio/ Cinema Paradiso/ January/ ECM

SET 2
Buena Vista Social Club/ Y tu que has hecho?/ At Carnegie Hall/ Nonesuch
Yusa/ Conga Pasajera/ Haiku/ Tumi Music
Omara Portuondo/ Amame como soy/ Gracias/ World Village
Maraca/ Guaguanco/ Lo que quiero es Fiesta! / Ahi Nama Music

SET 3
Umalali/ Tuguchili Elia/ The Garifuna Women's Project/ Cumbancha
La India Canela/ Mangulina Medley/ Merengue Tipico from Dominican Republic/ Folkways
Ayombe/ Matilde Lina/ The Heart of Colombia's Musica Vallenata/ Folkways
Dan Zanes & Friends/ El Pescador/ Nueva York/ Festival Five Recs
The Cheap Landscape/ El Birimbi/ Sebastian Cruz and the Cheap Landscape Trio/SC

SET 4
Lila Downs/ Los Pollos/ Shake Away/ Manhattan-EMI Music
Los Cenzontles/ Howling Moon/ Songs of Wood & Steel/ LCMAC
Los Camperos de Nati Cano/ Que se me acabe la vida/ Amor, Dolor y Lagrimas/ Folkways
Eugenia Leon/ El Gusto/ Puño de Tierra/ IC21

SET 5
Ry Cooder/ Steel Guitar Heaven/ I, Flathead/ Nonesuch
Emmylou Harris/ How she could sing the wildwood flower/ All I Intended to be/ Nonesuch
Charlie Haden Family & Friends/ Seven Year Blues/ Rambling Boy/ Decca
Juliette Commagere/ Nature of Things/ Queens Die Proudly/ Aeronaut Recs

SET 6
Natacha Atlas & the Mazeeka Ensemble/ La Shou El Haki/ Ana Hina/ World Village
El Tanbura/ One day we blamed each other/ Between the Desert and the Sea/ World Village
Toumani Diabate/ Ismael Drame/ The Mandé Sessions/ Nonesuch
Franco & TPOK Jazz/ Nzuba oleke te/ Francophone/ Sterns
Orchestra Baobab/ Pape Ndiaye/ Made in Dakar/ Nonesuch

SET 7
Kiosk/ Sirabi e naft/ Global Zoo/ Bamahang Productions
Carmen Consoli/ il pendio del abbandono/ Eva Contro Eva/ Universal-Italia
Savina Yannatou/ Omar Hashem Leyakov/ Songs of an Other/ ECM
Tchavolo Schmitt/ Valse pour nous/ Miri familia/ Le Chant du Monde