Top Recordings of the Decade (2000-09)
A Decade of Music: Top Recordings from 2000-09 Lo'Jo, World Village NPR (National Public Radio) came up with lists of favorite recordings from the last decade. So I thought I would do the same, but what would be my criteria? Can I include albums produced in 2001 or 2008, if I received those albums years after the release date? I actually have a lot more favorites than what you will see on this list. All the recordings fall into the world music genre because that is the only genre that I have reviewed for most of the decade. I started reviewing world music recordings in 2002 when I launched my first music website, Cranky Crow World Music. Then I began contributing reviews to World Music Central in the spring of 2003. I did come across older recordings (2000 and 2001), during my first few years of reviewing. And yes, I am including recordings that I did not receive the same year they were released. Two examples of that are Barbara...