KGNU's Top 100 Albums of 2019

KGNU's Top 100 albums of the year, ranked by how many spins each record received. Considering the variety of music programs in our schedule and the sheer number of DJ's (100+) doing them, it's no surprise that this is a diverse list. Thanks for listening with open minds and ears. It's a credit to you, the listeners, that KGNU has been able to offer a true musical alternative for nearly 40 years. You can always check our Top 30 charts as well.

Top 100 Albums on KGNU in 2019:

#1
Artist: Tim O'Brien
Album: Tim O'Brien Band
Label: Tim O'Brien

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#2
Artist: Della Mae
Album: The Butcher Shoppe EP
Label: Rounder

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#3
Artist: Our Native Daughters
Album: Songs Of Our Native Daughters
Label: Smithsonian Folkways

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#4
Artist: Mavis Staples
Album: Live in London
Label: Anti/Epitaph

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#5
Artist: Tom Russell
Album: October In The Railroad Earth
Label: Frontera

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#6
Artist: Angélique Kidjo
Album: Celia
Label: Decca

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#7
Artist: Mavis Staples
Album: We Get By
Label: Anti

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#8
Artist: Hayes Carll
Album: What It Is
Label: Dualtone

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#9
Artist: Y La Bamba
Album: Mujeres
Label: Tender Loving Empire

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#10
Artist: Mdou Moctar
Album: Ilana (The Creator)
Label: Sahel Sounds

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#11
Artist: Aretha Franklin
Album: Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings (Live)
Label: Rhino Records

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#12
Artist: Dale Watson
Album: Call Me Lucky
Label: Red House Records

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#13
Artist: Ibibio Sound Machine
Album: Doko Mien
Label: Merge

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#14
Artist: Durand Jones & The Indications
Album: American Love Call
Label: Dead Oceans

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#15
Artist: Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men
Album: Tall, Dark, And Handsome
Label: Hotshot Records

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#16
Artist: Sharon Van Etten
Album: Remind Me Tomorrow
Label: Jagjaguwar

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#17
Artist: April Verch
Album: Once a Day
Label: Slab Tone Records

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#18
Artist: J.S. Ondara
Album: Tales Of America
Label: Verve Records

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#19
Artist: Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Album: If You Can't Stand the Heat
Label: Compass Records

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#20
Artist: Brittany Howard
Album: Jaime
Label: ATO Records

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#21
Artist: Rising Appalachia
Album: Leylines
Label: Cometolife Records

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#22
Artist: Steel Pulse
Album: Mass Manipulation
Label: Rootfire Cooperative

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#23
Artist: The Infamous Stringdusters
Album: Rise Sun
Label: Tape Time Records

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#24
Artist: Todd Snider
Album: Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3
Label: Aimless Records

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#25
Artist: Alt?n Gün
Album: Gece
Label: ATO Records

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#26
Artist: Alex Klein & Phillip Bush
Album: Twentieth Century Oboe Sonatas
Label: Cedille Records

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#27
Artist: Patty Griffin
Album: Patty Griffin
Label: Thirty Tigers

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#28
Artist: The Lee Boys
Album: Live on the East Coast
Label: M.C. Records

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#29
Artist: Son Volt
Album: Union
Label: Transmit Sound

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#30
Artist: Rodrigo y Gabriela
Album: Mettavolution
Label: ATO Records

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#31
Artist: Various Artists
Album: Joni 75: A Joni Mitchell Birthday Celebration (Live)
Label: Decca

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#32
Artist: Karen O & Danger Mouse
Album: Lux Prima
Label: Lux Prima

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#33
Artist: Combo Chimbita
Album: Ahomale
Label: Anti

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#34
Artist: Rodney Crowell
Album: Texas
Label: RC1 Records

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#35
Artist: Africa Express
Album: EGOLI
Label: !K7 Records

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#36
Artist: Che Apalache
Album: Rearrange My Heart
Label: Free Dirt Records

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#37
Artist: Leo Leobons
Album: Ritual REMIXED
Label: Kafundo Records

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#38
Artist: Calexico & Iron & Wine
Album: Years To Burn
Label: Sub Pop Records

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#39
Artist: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
Album: Kingfish
Label: Alligator Records

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#40
Artist: Molly Tuttle
Album: When You're Ready
Label: Compass Records

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#41
Artist: Nicola Cruz
Album: Siku
Label: ZZK Records

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#42
Artist: Greensky Bluegrass
Album: All for Money
Label: Big Blue Zoo Records

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#43
Artist: John McCutcheon
Album: To Everyone in All the World: A Celebration of Pete Seeger
Label: Appalsongs

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#44
Artist: Blue Canyon Boys
Album: 7
Label: Self Produced

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#45
Artist: George Benson
Album: Walking to New Orleans
Label: Provogue

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#46
Artist: KOKOKO!
Album: Fongola
Label: Transgressive

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#47
Artist: Gary Nicholson
Album: The Great Divide
Label: Blue Corn Music

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#48
Artist: The Mauskovic Dance Band
Album: The Mauskovic Dance Band
Label: Soundway Records

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#49
Artist: Santana
Album: Africa Speaks
Label: Concord

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#50
Artist: Flying Lotus
Album: Flamagra
Label: Warp Records UK

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#51
Artist: Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
Album: Gnomes & Badgers
Label: Seven Spheres Records

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#52
Artist: Jim Lauderdale
Album: From Another World
Label: Yep Roc Records

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#53
Artist: Various Artists
Album: Putumayo Presents World Peace
Label: Putumayo

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#54
Artist: Terri Hendrix
Album: Talk To A Human
Label: Self Produced

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#55
Artist: Black Pumas
Album: Black Pumas
Label: ATO Records

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#56
Artist: The Small Glories
Album: Assiniboine & The Red
Label: Compass Records

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#57
Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Album: Kicks.
Label: The Other Side Of Desire

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#58
Artist: KOKOROKO
Album: KOKOROKO - EP
Label: Brownswood Recordings

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#59
Artist: Nick Waterhouse
Album: Nick Waterhouse
Label: Innovative Leisure

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#60
Artist: Rocky Dawuni
Album: Beats of Zion
Label: Aquarian Records

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#61
Artist: Tinariwen
Album: Amadjar
Label: Anti

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#62
Artist: LCD Soundsystem
Album: Electric Lady Sessions
Label: DFA Records/Columbia

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#63
Artist: The Highwomen
Album: The Highwomen
Label: 2019 Highwomen LLC Under Exclusive License To Elektra Records

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#64
Artist: Mustafa Khaliq Ahmed
Album: Son of the Drum Song
Label: Chaos Music

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#65
Artist: Mary Flower
Album: Livin' With the Blues Again
Label: Little Village Foundation

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#66
Artist: The Aggrolites
Album: Reggae Now!
Label: Pirates Press Records

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#67
Artist: The Yawpers
Album: Human Question
Label: Bloodshot

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#68
Artist: Fontaines D.C.
Album: Dogrel
Label: Partisan Records

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#69
Artist: Big Country Bluegrass
Album: Mountains, Mamas and Memories
Label: Rebel Records

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#70
Artist: Walter Trout
Album: Survivor Blues
Label: Provogue

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#71
Artist: Lee Fields & The Expressions
Album: It Rains Love
Label: Big Crown Records

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#72
Artist: Hama Sankare
Album: Niafunke
Label: Clermont Music

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#73
Artist: Natalie Padilla
Album: Fireweed
Label: Heartseed Music

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#74
Artist: Avery R. Young
Album: Tubman.
Label: FPE Records

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#75
Artist: Keb' Mo'
Album: Oklahoma
Label: Concord Records

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#76
Artist: Aymee Nuviola
Album: A Journey Through Cuban Music
Label: Top Stop Music

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#77
Artist: Tacocat
Album: This Mess Is A Place
Label: Sub Pop

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#78
Artist: Catherine Russell
Album: Alone Together
Label: Dot Time Records

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#79
Artist: Grupo Fantasma
Album: American Music: Volume 7
Label: Blue Corn Music

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#80
Artist: Townes Van Zandt
Album: Sky Blue
Label: Fat Possum

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#81
Artist: Better Oblivion Community Center
Album: Better Oblivion Community Center
Label: Dead Oceans

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#82
Artist: Minyo Crusaders
Album: Echoes Of Japan (????????????)
Label: Mais Um Discos

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#83
Artist: John Mayall
Album: Nobody Told Me
Label: Forty Below Records

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#84
Artist: Harriet Brown
Album: Mall Of Fortune
Label: Innovative Leisure

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#85
Artist: Mercury Rev
Album: Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited
Label: Partisan Records

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#86
Artist: Cass McCombs
Album: Tip Of The Sphere
Label: Anti/Epitaph

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#87
Artist: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
Album: Miri
Label: OutHere Records

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#88
Artist: Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Album: Colorado
Label: Reprise

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#89
Artist: Galactic
Album: Already Ready Already
Label: Tchoup-Zilla Records

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#90
Artist: Ethyl and the Regulars
Album: Honest Work
Label: Sweet Crude Records

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#91
Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Album: Western Stars
Label: Columbia

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#92
Artist: Mandolin Orange
Album: Tides Of A Teardrop
Label: Yep Roc Records

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#93
Artist: Violent Femmes
Album: Hotel Last Resort
Label: Pias America

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#94
Artist: Norah Jones
Album: Begin Again
Label: Blue Note

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#95
Artist: Quantic
Album: Atlantic Oscillations
Label: Tru Thoughts

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#96
Artist: The Mystery Lights
Album: Too Much Tension!
Label: Wick Records

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#97
Artist: Big Thief
Album: U.F.O.F.
Label: 4AD

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#98
Artist: Dale Ann Bradley
Album: The Hard Way
Label: Pinecastle

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#99
Artist: Khruangbin
Album: Hasta El Cielo (Con Todo El Mundo In Dub)
Label: Late Night Tales

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#100
Artist: Beirut
Album: Gallipoli
Label: 4AD

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