Favorite Music 2006

The end of the year is upon us, so I am jumping into the fray of year end lists. I listen to a wide variety of music, so a music list was easy. In no particular order these are my favorite albums and musical things from 2006. Please comment and tell me what you think I got right, what I got wrong, and what I might have missed musically this past year.

2006 Soundtrack of My Life : The Last Kiss Soundtrack
Best Place for Live Jazz: Tonic NYC
Favorite Musicology Student: Jennie Gay

The Lists:

Pop

Christina Aguilera: Back to Basics

Justin Timberlake: Futuresex/Lovesounds

Cassandra Wilson: Thunderbird

Scissor Sisters: Ta-Dah

Gnarls Barkley: St. Elsewhere

Jazz

Steven Bernstein: MTO Vol. 1

Sex Mob: Sexotica

Christian McBride: Live at Tonic

Radio Citizen: Berlin Serengeti

MSMW: Out Louder

Rock/Blues

The Raconteurs: Broken Boy Soldiers

Beck: The Information

Ben Harper: Both Sides of the Gun

Derek Trucks Band: Songlines

Allen Toussaint and Elvis Costello: The River In Reverse

Folk

Ray LaMontagne: Till the Sun Turns Black

Josh Ritter: The Animal Years

Bruce Springsteen: The Seeger Sessions

Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris: All the Road Running

Willie Nelson: You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker

Alt-Country/Rock/Southwest

Calexico: Garden Ruin

Ben Kweller: Ben Kweller

Ryan Adams: 29

Willie Nelson: Song Bird

Neil Young: Living With War

Honorable Mention

The Flaming Lips: At War With the Mystics

Beirut: Gulag Orkestar

Neko Case: Fox Confessor Brings the Flood

John Legend: Once Again

Keane: Under the Iron Sea

Loose Fur (Jeff Tweedy): Born Again In the USA

Gotan Project: Lunatico