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RADIO CRYSTAL BLUE AIRPLAY CHARTS
This page is a reflection of the best recording artists heard on my show, basically answering the question “so...who are the best artists you spin?”. The quarterly charts only ranks artists, NOT recordings. There is a separate annual chart ranking best CDs of the year. The chart is updated every 3 months and reflects the artists most often heard in both a 3- and 12-month pattern, with bonus consideration for those I see and/or book for live events, and those with progressively more frequent airplay.
The Best of 2008 ranks the best recording artists according to the 6 “Best Of” lists for 2003 through 2008. There is a press release that was generated to announce the list as well:

Radio Crystal Blue Featured

Andy Friedman, Ellis, Corrientes, Natalia Zukerman...

January, 2009 @ 1888PressRelease.com

1st quarter AIRPLAY CHART
The top 51 artists ranked by airplay and exposure for the period of
January through March 2009 (scroll below to read the Best of 2008 and All-Time Charts)

Corrientes	1
Andy Friedman & The Other Failures	2
Luthea Salom	3
Telling On Trixie	4
Red Molly	5
Natalia Zukerman	6
The Boroughs	7.5
Changing Modes	7.5
Anais Mitchell	9
Brianna Sage	10
Spiraling	11
Carrie Rodriguez	12
Four Way Free	13.5
She Keeps Bees	13.5
Brianna Lane	15
Kathy Zimmer	16
The Bosch	17
Shwa	18
Kilsy	19
Running Still	20
Sprinkle Genies	21
Danny Schmidt	22
Sirsy	23
Born-Again Floozies	24
Marina V	25.5
John Taglieri	25.5
Tim Blane	27.5
Val Emmich	27.5
Devon Sproule	29.5
Ellis	29.5
Bill Popp & The Tapes	31
Kaiser Cartel	32
Arlan Feiles	33
Deni Bonet	34
Two Man Gentlemen Band	35.5
Kyler England	35.5
The Diggs	37
Vance Gilbert	38
LittleHorse	39
Ingrid Michaelson	40
Imaginary Johnny	41
Lily Wilson	42
Hungrytown	43
The Clarks	44.5
Carrie Elkin	44.5
Andrew McKnight	46
Jonathan Byrd	47
New Heathens	48
Alice Peacock	49
Falu	50
Kirsten Thien	51

RADIO CRYSTAL BLUE BEST OF 2008
(top recording artists of the year)

1	Andy Friedman	51	Jennings
2	Sirsy	51	Amy Speace
3	Philpot	53	Holly O'Reilly
4	Anais Mitchell	53	Marianne Kesler
5	America's Sweetheart	55	Nerissa & Katryna Nields
6	Natalia Zukerman	56	Johnsmith
7	Ellis	57	The Waybacks
8 tie	The Alternate Routes	58	The Singles
9 (tie)	Crooked Still	59	RewBee
10	Amber Rubarth	60	Kris Delmhorst
11	Devon Sproule	61	Lisa Biales
12 tie	Cassandra Kubinski	61	Shwa
12 tie	Derek James & the Lovely Fools	63	Danny Schmidt
14	Lara Ewen & The Unstrung Orchestra	64	SwampDaWamp
15	Mieka Pauley	64	Laura Meyer
16	Victor Bravo	66	Jupiter One
17 tie	SONiA & disappear fear	67	Rani Arbo
17 tie	Jann Klose	68	The Boroughs
19	Rebecca Pronsky	69	Susan Levine
20	Locksley	69	Rachael Sage
21	Tori Sparks	71	MJ Hibbett & The Validators
22	The Defibulators	72	Bettie Serveert
23	The Voyces	73	Vance Gilbert
24	Patti DeRosa	74	Dylan Nirvana
25 tie	Eilen Jewell	75	Vickie Russell
25 tie	Charlotte Kendrick	77	Tim Blane
27	In Flight Radio	77	Spiraling
28	Corrientes	77	The Bosch
29	Darrin James	79	Katie Pearlman
30	Jonathan Byrd	80	Paul Curreri
31	Benyaro	80	New Heathens
32	Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams	82	The Bobs
33	2 Man Gentlemen Band	82	Garrison Starr
34	She Keeps Bees	84	Loki The Grump
35	Kill The Alarm	85	Lourds
36	Artie Traum	85	Four Way Free
37	Stalking Horses	89	Demetra
38	Shannon Hurley	89	Johnny J. Blair
39	Red Molly	89	Kerry Politzer
40	Luthea Salom	89	Bridges & Powerlines
41	Changing Modes	89	Adam Levy
42 tie	Brianna Lane	89	Chrissy Coughlin
42 tie	Brazz Tree	93	Jaymay
44	Catie Curtis	94	Scotty Don't
45	Shauna Burns	94	Liza & The Wonder Wheels
46 tie	Pharaoh's Daughter	96	Chris Volpe
46 tie	Sky Nelson	97	Kill Henry Sugar
48	Craig Sonnenfeld	98	Marina V
49	Adrienne Nightingale	99	Alice Bierhorst
50	The Go Station	100	Amber Norgaard


	Top 10 CDs of 2008

1	Natalia Zukerman "Brand New Frame"	6	Jonathan Byrd "The Law & The Lonesome"
2	Ellis "Break The Spell"	7	Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams "The Great Unravel"
3	Crooked Still "Still Crooked"	8	The 2 Man Gentleman Band "Heavy Petting"
4	Victor Bravo "Sky Full Of Messages"	9	She Keeps Bees "Nests"
5	In Flight Radio "The Sound Inside"	10	Red Molly "Love And Other Tragedies"

Top DIY Artist of 2008 (same as 2007!): Sirsy
Best International Act outside of the Americas: Luthea Salom
Best Concept Album: unknown (honestly I haven't figured it out yet)
Best EP of 2008: The Alternate Routes
Best New Artist of 2008 (top airplay rank in last 6 months of 2007)
Corrientes
Best EPK (Sonicbids) submission leading to a Top 100 position:
No submission reached my Top 10o this year, but the closest finish was the EPK of Jenny Goodspeed
Best label of 2008: City Salvage Records

RADIO CRYSTAL BLUE ALL-TIME RANKINGS
top recording artist rank for years 2003-2008

Doing away with some tradition I've decided to print only the top 25! Here goes:

Natalia Zukerman	1
Rachael Sage	2
Kris Delmorst	3
Ellis	4
Kyler England	5
Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams	6
Tim Blane	7
Patti DeRosa	8
Sam Shaber	9
Christine Havrilla	10
Amy Speace	11
Josh Ritter	12
The Waybacks	13
Julian Velard	14
Nicola	15
Tori Sparks	16
Kelly Buchanan	17
Sirsy	18
Mark Erelli	19
Taylor Davis	20
Schwervon!	21
Nadine Goellner	22
Garrison Starr	23
Girlyman	24
Amber Rubarth	25