Carla's Favorites of 2007 list:

NISSE HELLBERG - En Tiger I Tanken - Amigo Musik, Sweden
LEVON HELM - Dirt Farmer - Vanguard
SHARON JONES - & THE DAP-KINGS - 100 Days, 100 Nights - Daptone
ELVIS PERKINS - Ash Wednesday - XL Recordings
THE ROCHES - Moonswept - 429
THE SADIES - New Seasons - Yep Roc
MAVIS STAPLES - We'll Never Turn Back - Anti
TINARIWEN - Water Is Life - World Village
VIEUX FARKA TOURE - World Village

and a few of the obvious:
JOHN FOGERTY - Revival - Fantasy
ROBERT PLANT & ALLISON KRAUSS - Raising Sand - Vanguard
AMY WINEHOUSE - Back To Black - Universal

fave reissues:
DELANEY BRAMLETT - Some Things Coming / Mobius Strip - Acadia, UK
ARETHA FRANKLIN - Rare & Unreleased - Rhino
CHRIS KENNER - Land Of 1000 Dances - Collectors' Choice
JOHN "JUKE" LOGAN - The Chill - Mocombo
TRINI LOPEZ - The Whole Enchilada - Collectors' Choice
MANFRED MANN - Down The Road Apiece - EMI UK (4 discs!)
JUICE NEWTON - Old Flame / Dirty Looks - Raven, Australia
NEIL YOUNG - Massey Hall 1971 - Reprise (previously unreleased)

2 great singles:
Kenny Chesney - Don't Blink - SonyBMG
Rascal Flatts - Take Me There - Lyric Street

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