#1 (tie): Various Artists - Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti

Set aside the fact that Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti, the compilation put together by Dean Jones and Bill Childs is a benefit album supporting the Haitian People's Support Project, which supports nutritional and educational programs in orphanages, schools, and temporary shelters throughout Haiti. Set aside the fact that the album is pretty much the first family-music-by-family-musicians benefit album ever in which many "new school" family musicians (and a few "old school" musicians) came together quickly on this project. Even if none of that were true, the music alone is very, very worthy, with lots of great songs. Many families -- both those who listen to the album, as well as those many miles away -- will be touched by this effort. -- Stefan Shepherd, Zooglobble