ACOUSTIC GUITAR'S TENTH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL

In Heavy Rotation
AG staff picks for CDs of the decade

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Paige Clem
Executive Assistant

Phish, Billy Breathes (Elektra/Asylum)
String Cheese Incident, Carnival 1999 (SCI Fidelity)
Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, Not for Kids Only (Acoustic Disc)
Buena Vista Social Club (Elektra/Asylum) READ THE REVIEW
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, Live at Luther College (Bama Rags/RCA)
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Blowin’ the Fuses (Rykodisc)
Red Allen, David Grisman, Herb Pedersen, Jim Buchanan, James Kerwin,
and Jerry Garcia, Bluegrass Reunion (Acoustic Disc)
Tony Furtado, Roll My Blues Away (Rounder) READ THE REVIEW
Paul Simon, Rhythm of the Saints (Warner Bros.)
Sarah McLaughlan, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (Arista)

Andrew DuBrock
Music Editor

Pearl Jam, Vs. (Sony)
Kelly Joe Phelps, Shine Eyed Mister Zen (Rykodisc)
Toad the Wet Sprocket, Fear (Columbia)
Paul O’Dette, Il Tedesco della Tiorba—Kapsberger: Lute Works (Harmonia Mundi)
Sarah McLachlan, Fumbling towards Ecstasy (Arista)
The Beatles, Anthology 1–3 (Capitol)
Train, Train (Aware)
Counting Crows, August and Everything After (Geffen)
Christopher Parkening, The Great Recordings (Angel)
Buena Vista Social Club (Elektra/Asylum) READ THE REVIEW

Dan Gabel
Advertising Director

Steve Earle, Train a Comin’ (Warner Bros.)
Dave Alvin, Blackjack David (HighTone) READ THE REVIEW
Chris Whitley, Living with the Law (Sony)
Martin Simpson, Cool and Unusual (Red House) READ THE REVIEW
Nanci Griffith, Other Voices, Other Rooms (Elektra/Asylum)
Keb’ Mo’, Keb’ Mo’ (OKeh/550/Sony)
Eric Clapton, Unplugged (Reprise)
Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, The Lonesome Touch (Green Linnet) READ THE REVIEW
Peter Himmelman, Flown This Acid World (Sony)
Chris Smither, Small Revelations (HighTone)

Teja Gerken
Gear Editor

Duck Baker, Spinning Song (Avant)
Tim Sparks, Guitar Bazaar (Acoustic Music/Rykodisc)
Cassandra Wilson, Blue Light til Dawn (Blue Note)
Gillian Welch, Revival (Almo)
Buena Vista Social Club (Elektra/Asylum)
Bill Frisell, Quartet (Elektra/Asylum)
Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, The Lonesome Touch (Green Linnet)
Various artists, Los Jovenes Flamencos (Nuevos Medios)
Ani DiFranco and Utah Phillips, The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere (Righteous Babe)
Pierre Bensusan, Wu Wei (Rounder)

Paul Kotapish
Assistant Editor

Kate Rusby, Hourglass (Compass) READ THE REVIEW
Gillian Welch, Revival (Almo)
Väsen, Spirit (NorthSide)
Tim and Mollie O’Brien, Away Out on the Mountain (Sugar Hill)
Kathryn Tickell, Gathering (Park)
La Bottine Souriante, La Mistrine (Mille-Patte)
Martin Hayes, Under the Moon (Green Linnet)
The Beatles, Anthology 2 (Capitol)
Bruce Molsky, Lost Boy (Rounder)
Various artists, The Moon and the Banana Tree: New Guitar Music from Madagascar (Shanachie)

Ray Larsen
Strings Magazine Designer

Ledward Kaapana, Led Live: Solo (Dancing Cat/Windham Hill)
Watercress, Bummer (Creeping Herb)
Nirvana, MTV Unplugged in New York (Geffen)
Charlie Haden and Carlos Paredes, Dialogues (Antilles/Polygram)
Bob Dylan, Good as I Been to You (Columbia)
Bob Dylan, World Gone Wrong (Columbia)
Country Joe McDonald, Superstitious Blues (Rykodisc)
Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, Garcia/Grisman (Acoustic Disc)
Ralph Stanley/Jim Lauderdale, I Feel Like Singing Today (Rebel)
X, Unclogged (Infidelity)

Matt Morton
Circulation Manager

Billy Bragg and Wilco, Mermaid Avenue (Elektra/Asylum)
Neil Young, Harvest Moon (Reprise)
Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (Mercury)
Nirvana, MTV Unplugged in New York (Geffen)
Ben Harper, Fight for Your Mind (Virgin)
Steve Earle, I Feel Alright (Warner Bros.)
The Gourds, Dem’s Good Beeble (Munich)
Kelly Joe Phelps, Roll away the Stone (Rykodisc)
Mike Scott, Bring ’Em All In (Chrysalis)
Dave Alvin, Blackjack David (HighTone)

Scott Nygaard
Associate Editor

Kate Rusby, Hourglass, (Compass)
The Del McCoury Band, The Cold Hard Facts (Rounder)
Jerry Douglas, Russ Barenberg, Edgar Meyer, Skip, Hop, and Wobble (Sugar Hill)
Cassandra Wilson, Blue Light til Dawn (Blue Note)
Väsen, Whirled (NorthSide)
Raphael Rabello and Paulo Moura, Dois Irmãos (Milestone)
Shawn Colvin, Fat City (Columbia)
David Grier, Hootenany (Dreadnought)
Gabriela, Detrás del Sol (Intuition)
Christine Collister, Dark Gift of Time (Koch)

John Papanikolaou
Systems Administrator

Eric Clapton, Unplugged (Reprise)
Beck, Mellow Gold (DGC)
Michael Hedges, Oracle (Windham Hill) READ THE REVIEW
Nirvana, MTV Unplugged in New York (Geffen)
Adrian Legg, High Strung Tall Tales (Relativity)
Jewel, Pieces of You (Atlantic)
Days of the New, Days of the New (Outpost)
Alice in Chains, Jar of Flies (Columbia)
Alanis Morissette, Alanis Unplugged (Maverick)
Dave Matthews Band, Under the Table and Dreaming (RCA)

Joby Pritzker
Web Development Coordinator

Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, Garcia/Grisman (Acoustic Disc)
Richard Thompson, Rumor and Sigh (Capitol)
Chris Whitley, Dirt Floor (Messenger)
Gillian Welch, Hell among the Yearlings (Almo)
Beck, Mutations (DGC)
Ben Harper, Fight for Your Mind (Virgin)
Warren Zevon, Learning to Flinch
David Lindley and Hani Naser, Live in Tokyo, Playing Real Good (Official Bootleg No. 1) (Pleemhead)
Steve Earle, Train a Comin’ (Warner Bros.)
Richard Buckner, Since (MCA)

Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers
Editor

Chris Whitley, Dirt Floor (Messenger)
Cassandra Wilson, New Moon Daughter (Blue Note)
Greg Brown, The Poet Game (Red House)
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Saradamani (Water Lily)
Ani DiFranco, To the Teeth (Righteous Babe) READ THE REVIEW
Bruce Cockburn, Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu (Rykodisc)
Lhasa, La Llorona (Atlantic)
Kelly Joe Phelps, Shine Eyed Mister Zen (Rykodisc)
Patty Larkin, Perishable Fruit (Windham Hill)
Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, Live in Seattle (Green Linnet)

Sabrina Smith
Western Advertising Manager

Pretenders, Isle of View (Warner Bros.)
Buena Vista Social Club (Elektra/Asylum)
Indigo Girls, 1,200 Curfews (Sony)
Bruce Springsteen, The Ghost of Tom Joad (Sony)
Lyle Lovett, Step inside This House (MCA)
Gillian Welch, Revival (Almo)
Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, Shady Grove (Acoustic Disc)
David Grisman and Tony Rice, Tone Poems (Acoustic Disc)
Sheryl Crow, Tuesday Night Music Club (A&M)
Tony Furtado, Roll My Blues Away (Rounder)

Simone Solondz
Managing Editor

Gillian Welch, Revival (Almo)
Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band, The Mountain (E Squared)
Neil Young, Harvest Moon (Reprise)
Nanci Griffith, Other Voices, Other Rooms (Elektra/Asylum)
Michelle Shocked, Arkansas Traveler (Mercury)
Eliades Ochoa, Sublime Ilusión (Higher Octave World)
Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve, Costello and Nieve (Warner Bros.)
Billy Bragg and Wilco, Mermaid Avenue (Elektra/Asylum
Martin Simpson, Cool and Unusual (Red House)
Freedy Johnston, This Perfect World (Elektra)

Jody Sterba
Circulation and Marketing Director

Willy Porter, Falling Forward (Six Degrees)
10,000 Maniacs, MTV Unplugged (Elektra/Asylum)
Indigo Girls, 1,200 Curfews (Sony)
Neil Young, Harvest Moon (Reprise)
Sarah McLachlan, Mirrorball (Arista)
Natalie Merchant, Tigerlily (Elektra/Asylum)
Eric Clapton, Pilgrim (Warner Bros.)
Tracy Chapman, New Beginning (Elektra/Asylum)
Annie Lennox, Diva (Arista)
The Eagles, Hell Freezes Over (Geffen)

Judy Zimola
Production Manager

Riders in the Sky, A Great Big Western Howdy (Rounder)
Buena Vista Social Club (Elektra/Asylum)
David Grisman and Tony Rice, Tone Poems (Acoustic Disc)
Old Blind Dogs, Tall Tails (KRL)
Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler, Neck and Neck (Sony)
Wylie and the Wild West, Way Out West (Rounder)
Don Walser, Down at the Sky-Vue Drive-In (Watermelon/Sire)
Asleep at the Wheel, A Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys (Liberty)
Satan and Adam, Living on the River (Flying Fish)
Martin Simpson, A Closer Walk with Thee (Gourd)