Most Popular

We didn’t pick these, you did. Our semiweekly NYC live music calendar is always the most popular post here at any given time; our Best 100 Songs of 2009 list (which is still a work in progress at this point and probably only about 75% complete as of November, 2009) and Top 100 Songs of 2008 list close behind. Following them are our Top 666 Songs of Alltime list and our Top 50 Albums of 2008.

Beyond those, here are the ten most popular reviews to date:

1. Steel Pulse at Rockefeller Park, NYC 7/16/08: classic roots reggae.

2. Hippiefest at Asser Levy Park, Brooklyn NY 7/26/07: a mixed bag: Melanie, Country Joe McDonald and what’s left of the Zombies…

3. Mark Sinnis, Sputnik and Spanking Charlene Live 9/16/07: Nashville gothic, sultry pop and fiery, rootsy, female-fronted punk rock. We put the phrase “American Idol” in the title to see if it would generate traffic and…sadly, we were right.

4. Kayhan Kalhor and Brooklyn Rider – Silent City cd review: the Iranian kamancheh player/composer’s extraordinary collaboration with the innovative, equally brilliant New York string quartet. 

5. Straight Drive at Banjo Jim’s, NYC 2/9/08: bluegrass from the golden-voiced Jen Larson and her spectacularly good group.

6. Burning Spear – Jah Is Real cd review: the roots reggae legend’s best studio cd in ages.

7.  Chicha Libre at Barbes, Brooklyn NY 9/29/07: NYC’s very own psychedelic Peruvian surf dance band.

8. Wire at South St. Seaport, NYC 5/30/08: punk-era vets, still going strong. 

9. The Turkish Woodstock: the New York Gypsy All-Stars, Brooklyn Funk Essentials, Painted on Water and M-F-O bring traditional Anatolian sounds mixed with rock to Central Park last summer at a deliriously sold-out show.

10. Legendary organist Joyce Jones being her characteristically counterintuitive self at Trinity Church, 7/24/08.

Admittedly, some of these probably get traffic because of prominent web links, but this is what the numbers tell us you like best. Who knew how much you loved reggae, the classical organ repertoire or 1970s Peruvian psychedelic surf music so much? We’ll revise this as your preferences dictate.