11/12/2009
fRoots Critics Poll 2009 Albums Of The Year

The 24th Annual fRoots Critics Poll is the definitive look at the best albums of the year in world folk & roots musics. And this year’s winners are… Staff Benda Bilili’s debut Très Très Fort and Topic Records’ 70th anniversary celebration Three Score & Ten.
Over the years it has grown in stature and winning the fRoots Critics Poll has become a treasured accolade for artists and their record labels. In 2001 it was incorporated into the BBC Radio 3 Awards For World Music and provided the Album Of The Year nominations for the next seven years.
New Albums Of 2009 winners
- Staff Benda Bilili Très Très Fort (Crammed)
- Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba I Speak Fula (OutHere)
- Oumou Sangare Seya (World Circuit)
- Martin Simpson True Stories (Topic)
- The Unthanks Here’s The Tender Coming (EMI/Rabble Rouser)
- Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara Tell No Lies (Real World)
- Tinariwen Imidiwan (Independiente)
- Jackie Oates Hyperboreans (Unearthed/One Little Indian)
- Khaled Liberté (Wrasse)
- Spiro Lightbox (Real World)
- Jon Boden Songs From The Floodplain (Navigator)
- Mohamed Ilyas Taarab (Chiku-Taku)
- Baaba Maal Television (Palm Pictures)
- Les Triaboliques Rivermudtwilight (World Village)
- Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics Inspiration Information (Strut)
- Tony Allen Secret Agent (World Circuit)
- Ceu Vagarosa (Six Degrees)
- Mamer Eagle (Real World)
- Mawkin:Causley The Awkward Recruit (Navigator)
- Loudon Wainwright III High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project
read all about it at
www.frootsmag.com/content/critpoll/