Curious to find out what the WYEP programming staff picked as their personal favorite albums of 2011? Wonder no more!
Cindy Howes – Morning Host
Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Donora, Boyfriends, Girlfriends
Florence + The Machine, Ceremonials
Beirut, The Ripe Tide
Foster The People, Torches
Paul Simon, So Beautiful or So What
Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues
Laura Marling, A Creature I Don’t Know
Sarah Siskind, Novel
Host Skull, Totally Fatalist
Iron & Wine, Kiss Each Other Clean
Brooke Annibale, Silence Worth Breaking
Dawes, Nothing Is Wrong
Mike Sauter – Midday Host
(in alphabetical order)
Dave Alvin, Eleven Eleven
Nicole Atkins, Mondo Amore
The Black Keys, El Camino
Glen Campbell, Ghost on the Canvas
Hayes Carll, KMAG YOYO
Drive-By Truckers, Go-Go Boots
Fountains of Wayne, Sky Full of Holes
Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers, Rare Bird Alert The David Mayfield Parade, The David Mayfield Parade My Morning Jacket, Circuital Tara Nevins, Wood and Stone Raphael Saadiq, Stone Rollin’
Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, Marble Son Lucinda Williams, Blessed
Rosemary Welsch – Afternoon Host
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears – Scandalous
Kate Bush – 50 Words For Snow
Hayes Carll – KMAG YOYO
Lisa Hannigan – The Passenger
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
My Morning Jacket – Circuital
Over The Rhine – The Long Surrender
Raphael Saadiq – Stone Rollin’
Paul Simon – So Beautiful or So What
TV on the Radio – Nine Types of Light
Gillian Welch – The Harrow and the Harvest
Wilco – The Whole Love
Tom Waits – Bad as Me
Kyle Smith- Director of Content and Programming
Decemberists, The King Is Dead
TV on The Radio, Nine Types of Light
Lucinda Williams, Blessed
Dawes, Nothing Is Wrong
Ryan Adams, Ashes and Fire
The Head & The Heart, The Head & The Heart
Amanda Shires, Carrying Lightning
Beirut, The Rip Tide
The Jayhawks, Mockingbird Time
Death Cab For Cutie, Codes and Keys
Wilco, The Whole Love
Lykke Li, Wounded Rhymes
The Posies, Blood/Candy
Brian Siewiorek – Production Director
M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
Tom Waits – Bad As Me
Bjork – Biophilia
Beirut – The Rip Tide
Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost
WU LYF – Go Tell Fire on the Mountain
tUnE-yArDs – WHOKILL
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
Elbow – Build A Rocket Boys!
The Bewitched Hands – Birds and Drums