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    Tom Schnabel’s Top 10 Albums of 2009

    1. Jon Balke / Amina Alaoui – Siwan (ECM) 2. Baaba Maal – Television (Palm Pictures) 3. Various artists – Panama!3 (Soundway) 4. Various Artists The Sound of Wonder! /…

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    By Tom Schnabel • Dec 15, 2009 • 1 min read

    1. Jon Balke / Amina Alaoui – Siwan (ECM)

    2. Baaba Maal – Television (Palm Pictures)

    3. Various artists – Panama!3 (Soundway)

    4. Various Artists The Sound of Wonder! / The First Wave of Plugged in Pop at the Pakistani Picture House

    5. Venissa Santi – Bienvenida (Sunny Side Records)

    6. Rosalia de Souza – D’Improvviso (MSI:Shema)

    7. Nicola Conte – Rituals (Emarcy)

    8. Steve Kuhn – Mostly Coltrane (ECM Records)

    9. Buika – El Ultimo Trago (Wea International)

    10. Little Dragon – Machine Dreams (Peacefrog – EMI)

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