CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: El Intruso’s “Other Music” Picks for 2011

With so many year-end polls, it's hard to keep track and even harder to make sense of the range of opinion from critics and consumers. And many would argue, what difference does it make anyway? Everyone has his or her opinion, and in music, it's all about personal tastes. What appeals to me might not appeal to you. Ellington tried to make it easy by suggesting music falls only into two categories&#151good and everything else. Still, some of these polls are interesting given their scope and contributors, and one that strikes me as unique is El Intruso's polls...

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