Still struggling with calling this the start of a new decade, but what the hell... Here's my token list. You can hear these and many others weekly on CKUW, 95.9FM in Winnipeg.

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TOP 25 OF THE DOUBLE NAUGHTS
(Listed alphabetically - all equally great, mostly)

Ass Ponys - Lohio
Ridley Bent - Blam
Jim Bryson - The Occasionals
Jim Bryson - The North Side Benches
The Cash Brothers - How Was Tomorrow
Danny & Dusty - Cast Iron Soul
Bob Delevante - Columbus & the Colossal Mistake
The Dixie Chicks - Home
Kathleen Edwards - Failer
Elliott Brood - Ambassador
Jon Dee Graham - Hooray For The Moon
Sarah Harmer - You Were Here
Paul Kelly - Ways & Means
Nick Lowe - The Convincer
Chuck Prophet - No Other Love
Chuck Prophet - The Hurting Business
Amy Rigby - Little Fugitives
Marty Stuart - Country Music
Marty Stuart - Souls' Chapel
The Weakerthans - Left & Leaving
Gillian Welch - Time the Revelator
Paul Westerberg - Stereo/Mono
Jim White - Drill A Hole In That Substrate...
Wussy - Funeral Dress
Wussy - Left For Dead