Andrew Yeomanson, DJ, Le Spam and DJ/guitar player, Spam All-Stars 1. Betty Wright, High Voltage/This Time for Real (Westside) 2. Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson, Winter in America (Rumal Gia) 3. Various, Best of Sugarhill Records (Rhino) 4. John Coltrane, The Classic Quartet (Impulse) 5. James Brown, Say It Live and Loud in Dallas (Polydor) 6. Various, Sweet Brown Sugar (Westside) 7. Various, Booty Mix 3 (Intersound) 8. Arsenio Rodriguez, Arsenio Dice (Tico) 9. Grant Green, Blue Breakbeats (Blue Note) 10.Mix Master Mike, Anti-Theft Device (Asphodel)
Elsten Torres, singer-songwriter, Fulano de Tal 1. Jeff Buckley, Sketches for My Sweetheart, the Drunk (Sony Music) 2. Manu Chao, Clandestino (Ark 21) 3. Beck, Mutations (DGC/Geffen) 4. Obie Hernandez, Locales (BMG/US Latin) 5. Pulp, This Is Hardcore (Island) 6. John Lennon, Anthology (Capitol) 7. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Live at the Royal Albert Hall (MIL/Multimedia) 8. Molotov, Donde Jugaran las Ninas (Universal) 9. Clambake 2000, Oye! Mamacita (Independent) 10.Various, There's Something About Mary Soundtrack (Capitol)
Ronald James Dziubla, saxophonist/guitarist/multi-instrumentalist, Iko-Iko, Raw B Jae, Melenhead 1. Dave Alvin, Blackjack David (HighTone) 2. Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer, Music From the Motion Picture the Boxer (MCA) 3. Junior Brown, Long Walk Back (Curb) 4. Sheryl Crow, The Globe Sessions (A&M) 5. King Curtis, King Size Soul: King Curtis Plays the Great Memphis Hits (Koch) 6. John Lee Hooker, The Complete Fifties Chess Recordings (MCA/Chess) 7. Robbie Robertson, Contact from the Underworld of Redboy (Capitol) 8. Emmylou Harris, Spyboy (Eminent) 9. Bernard Herrmann, Taxi Driver Original Soundtrack Recording (Arista) 10. Jimmie Vaughan, Out There (Epic)
Carl Ferrari, guitarist/violinist/keyboardist Swivel Stick; member of Space Cadette multimedia performance group Paperfolders 1. Lisa Gerard and Pieter Bourke, Duality (4ad) 2. Miles Davis/Bill Laswell, Panthalassa (Columbia) 3. A Kite is A Victim, Home (Space Cadette) 4. Marc Ribot y los Cubanos Postizos, Marc Ribot y los Cubanos Postizos (Atlantic) 5. Albert Ayler, Live in Greenwich Village (Impulse) 6. Pharoah Sanders, Jewels of Thought (Impulse) 7. Love Spirals Downward, Flux (Projekt) 8. Synergy, Chords (Chronicles) 9. McCoy Tyner, La Leyenda de la Hora (Koch Jazz) 10.Lycia, Estrella (Projekt)
John Floyd, New Times contributor, author of Sun Records: An Oral History 1. Billy Bragg/Wilco, Mermaid Avenue (Elektra) 2. Alejandro Escovedo, More Miles than Money: Live 1994-1996 (Bloodshot) 3. Olu Dara, In the World from Natchez to New York (Atlantic) 4. Pernice Brothers, Overcome by Happiness (Sub Pop) 5. Bap Kennedy, Domestic Blues (E-squared) 6. P.W. Long with Reelfoot, Push Me Again (Touch and Go) 7. Son Volt, Wide Swing Tremolo (Warner Bros.) 8. Roy Montgomery, And Now the Rain Sounds Like Life Is Falling Down Through It (Drunken Fish) 9. '68 Comeback, A Bridge Too Fuckin' Far (Sympathy for the Record Industry) 10. The Six Organs of Admittance, The Six Organs of Admittance (Pavilion)
Ben Greenman, New Times columnist/contributor) 1. Beck, Mutations (Geffen) 2. The Coup, Steal This Album (Dogday) 3. Bob Dylan, Live 1966 (Sony) 4. Hole, Celebrity Skin (Geffen) 5. Pulp, This Is Hardcore (Island) 6. Nick Lowe, Dig My Mood (Upstart) 7. Randy Newman, Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman (Rhino) 8. Public Enemy, He Got Game (Def Jam) 9. Los Super Seven, Los Super Seven (BMG) 10.Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (PGD/Polygram)
Gustavo Matamoros, interdisciplinary composer; director, South Florida Composers Alliance and Subtropics Music Festival 1. Bonk, Bonk 98: SPANK ME! It's Contemporary Classical (Bonk Festival) 2. Orlando Jacinto Garcia, Celestial Voices (O.O. Discs) 3. Sam Rivers/Tony Hyrnas, Eight Day Journal (NATO) 4. Yasunao Tone, Solo for Wounded CD (TZADIK:New Japan) 5. George Crumb, Quest (Bridge) 6.Various, Miniatures Concretes (Empreintes Digitales/Sonar) 7. Joan La Barbara, Shamansong (New World)
Arthur Hanlon, pianist/composer 1. The Mavericks, Trampoline (MCA) 2. Shakira, Donde Estan Los Ladrones (Sony) 3. Chucho Valdes, Live (RMM) 4. Alan Parsons, On Air (River North) 5. Various, The Celtic Heartbeat (Celtic Heartbeat) 6. Marcus Roberts, The Joy of Joplin (Sony Classical) 7. Barenaked Ladies, Stunt (Reprise) 8. Arturo Sandoval, Hothouse (N2K Music) 9. Wayne Hancock, Thunderstorms and Neon Signs (ARK 21) 10.John Lee Hooker, Best Friends (Virgin)
Jodi Horovitz, singer/songwriter, formerly of Big 1. Manic Street Creatures, This is My Truth Tell Me Yours (Sony) 2. Ricky Martin, Vuelve (Sony Discos) 3. Robbie Williams, Let Me Entertain You (Chrysalis) 4. Sheryl Crow, The Globe Sessions (A&M/Polygram) 5. Neil Finn, Try Whistling This (Sony) 6. Eagle Eye Cherry, Desireless (Work/Sony) 7. Swirl 360, Ask Anybody (Mercury) 8. Madonna, Ray of Light (Maverick) 9. Natalie Imbroglio, Left of the Middle (Mercury) 10. Catatonia, International Velvet (Warner Chappell)
Judy Cantor, Miami New Times staff writer 1. Paulito FG y Su Elite, Con la Conciencia Tranquila (Nueva Fania) 2. Chucho Valdes, Bele Bele en La Habana (Blue Note) 3. Grupo Nostalgia, Te Di la Vida Entera (Naive) 4. Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (Mercury) 5. Mojave 3, Out of Tune (Sire) 6. Bloque, Bloque (Luaka Bop) 7. PJ Harvey, Is This Desire? (Island) 8. Viento de Agua, De Puerto Rico al Mundo (Agogo/Qbadisc) 9. Eagle Eye Cherry, Desireless (Work/Sony) 10. Eliades Ocha and Cuarteto Patria with Compay Segundo, Chanchaneando (Egrem)
