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Readers’ Pick: Best of Spring 2015

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The Sideshow Tragedy - Capital - Cover art

THE SIDESHOW TRAGEDY, Capital beats out RAY WYLIE HUBBARD, Ruffian’s Misfortune by 28 votes as your favorite for the Spring of 2015.

Readers’ Official Top 25 – Spring 2015

  1. THE SIDESHOW TRAGEDY, Capital (50)
  2. RAY WYLIE HUBBARD, Ruffian’s Misfortune (22)
  3. DWIGHT YOAKAM, Second Hand Heart (21)
  4. EILEN JEWELL, Sundown Over Ghost Town (20)
  5. THE GRAHAMS, Glory Bound (16)
  6. SONNY LANDRETH, Bound By The Blues (14)
  7. DAWES, All Your Favorite Bands (13)
  8. ALABAMA SHAKES, Sound & Color (10)
  9. NEIL YOUNG AND PROMISE OF THE REAL, The Monsanto Years (9)
  10. KACEY MUSGRAVES, Pageant Material (9)
  11. EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL, The Traveling Kind (9)
  12. CALEXICO, Edge of the Sun (9)
  13. RICHARD THOMPSON, Still (8)
  14. RHETT MILLER WITH BLACK PRAIRIE, The Traveler (8)
  15. GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS, A Forest of Arms (8)
  16. DARRELL SCOTT, Ten (8)
  17. DELTA MOON, Low Down (8)
  18. MANDOLIN ORANGE, Such Jubilee (7)
  19. VICTOR WAINWRIGHT & WILDROOTS, Boom Town (7)
  20. THE KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS AND JOHNNIE JOHNSON, Meet Me In Bluesland (7)
  21. HEARTLESS BASTARDS, Restless Ones (6)
  22. THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH, Dark Bird Is Home (6)
  23. JIMBO MATHUS, Blue Healer (6)
  24. THE MILK CARTON KIDS, Monterey (6)
  25. WILLIE NELSON & MERLE HAGGARD, Django and Jimmie (6)

 

Neil Young and Promise of the Real, The Monsanto Years (cover art)

NEIL YOUNG AND PROMISE OF THE REAL, The Monsanto Years beats out MADISONS, No One’s Ever Gonna Know Your Name by 4 votes as your favorite for the week of June 30, 2015.

Poll Results

What is your favorite release for week of June 30?

  • NEIL YOUNG AND PROMISE OF THE REAL, The Monsanto Years (39%, 9 Votes)
  • MADISONS, No One's Ever Gonna Know Your Name (22%, 5 Votes)
  • OCEAN CAROLINA, Maudlin Days (17%, 4 Votes)
  • JAMES MADDOCK, The Green (13%, 3 Votes)
  • MATT POND PA, State Of Gold (9%, 2 Votes)

Total Voters: 23

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New Poll

What is your favorite new release for week of May 29?

  • Joshua Ray Walker – Ain’t Dead Yet (21%, 9 Votes)
  • Nathan Evans Fox – Heirloom (12%, 5 Votes)
  • Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan – Where the Willow and Dogwood Grow (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Willie Nelson – Dream Chaser (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Paul McCartney – The Boys of Dungeon Lane (10%, 4 Votes)
  • SUSTO – Susto Stringband (Volume 2) (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Kurt Vile – Philadelphia’s been good to me (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Alexis Harte – Thirsty (7%, 3 Votes)
  • David Serby – Broken Heart In A Honky Tonk (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Lone Piñon – Hot Carne Seca (2%, 1 Votes)
  • JP Soars – Gypsy Blue Revue (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Joey Quiñones – Inna Soul Steady Situation (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Clay DuBose – Father Time & Mother Nature (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Leeroy Stagger – Pilgrimage (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Jesse and Noah – The Sunshine Shop (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Benson – Double Dose (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Amani Burhnam – Roots & Wings (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Robin Ganz – Hypnos (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Guided by Voices – Crawlspace Of The Pantheon (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Renée Fleming & Béla Fleck – The Fiddle and the Drum (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Gipsy Kings – Historia (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 42

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