The Be Good Tanyas

Lisa talks with members of the The Be Good Tanyas, three women who play traditional American music, often with a twist. Their debut album, Blue Horse, is rich with acoustic guitar, mandolin, and banjo; it was recorded in an old shack in the woods of Canada.

All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talks with NPR reviewers Robert Christgau, Meredith Ochs, Tom Moon and Will Hermes about the CDs they're most looking forward to this Fall. Hear sneak previews from Beck, The Decemberists, Willie Nelson, Joanna Newsom and more.

Our picks for the best CDs of 2003.

Putting this list together and hearing this music again was great fun. This year on All Songs Considered we featured more than 120 artists and listened to thousands of others. In the end, these are the ones that stuck with us. They're the songs that you listened to the most or that drew the most e-mail. Hearing them all together is a wonderful way to look back at the year.

Sleepwalking with Santo and Johnny; the child prodigy Debashish Battacharya; Fernando, a great unknown artist; new folk from The Be Good Tanyas; Britain's legendary Nick Lowe; musical trickery from Joseph Haydn; and the relaxed grooves of Orchestra Baobab.

Music critic Meredith Ochs reviews Hello Love, the third album by Canadian roots band the Be Good Tanyas. The group mixes down-home guitar picking with the harmonizing vocals of lead singer Frazey Ford and bandmates Samantha Parton and Trish Klein.

The Canadian trio The Be Good Tanyas releases its second album, Chinatown. The album is a rich blend of folk, country, old-timey and new-timey music. Meredith Ochs reviews this new release.