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Readers’ Pick: Best of Spring 2016: World War Willie by Willie Nile

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WILLIE NILE, World War Willie beats out JARED DECK, Jared Deck as your favorite for the Spring 2016.

Poll Results

What is your favorite release for week of June 24?

  • THE FELICE BROTHERS, Life in the Dark (36%, 10 Votes)
  • THE AVETT BROTHERS, True Sadness (29%, 8 Votes)
  • TOMMY WOMACK, Namaste (25%, 7 Votes)
  • SAM BUSH, Storyman (7%, 2 Votes)
  • THE EXPLORERS CLUB, Together (4%, 1 Votes)
  • MY JERUSALEM, A Little Death (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 28

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New Releases



What is your favorite new release for week of October 25?

  • Lone Justice – Viva Lone Justice (20%, 9 Votes)
  • Paul Cauthen – Black on Black (17%, 8 Votes)
  • Laura Marling – Patterns in Repeat (13%, 6 Votes)
  • Grayson Capps – Heartbreak, Misery & Death (13%, 6 Votes)
  • Amythyst Kiah – Still + Bright (9%, 4 Votes)
  • Soccer Mommy – Everygreen (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Fancy Haygood – American Spirit (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Ashtyn Barbaree – Sent Through the Ceiling (4%, 2 Votes)
  • Ben Folds – Sleigher (4%, 2 Votes)
  • William Harris Graham – Annie’s House (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Oak Ridge Boys – Mama’s Boys (2%, 1 Votes)
  • St. Lenox – Ten Modern American Work Songs (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Juliet Lloyd – Carnival (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 46

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Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments.

Readers’ Top 25 Spring 2016

  1. WILLIE NILE, World War Willie (275)
  2. JARED DECK, Jared Deck (77)
  3. JIMBO MATHUS, Band of Storms (29)
  4. PETER WOLF, A Cure For Loneliness (22)
  5. THE JAYHAWKS, Paging Mr. Proust (21)
  6. HONEYCUTTERS, On the Ropes (15)
  7. ROBBIE FULKS, Upland Stories (14)
  8. PAUL KELLY, Seven Sonnets & A Song (14)
  9. MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER, The Things That We Are Made Of (14)
  10. TOM PETTY & MUDCRUTCH, 2 (14)
  11. TINSLEY ELLIS, Red Clay Soul (13)
  12. HAYES CARLL, Lovers and Leavers (12)
  13. THE BO-KEYS, Heartaches By The Number (12)
  14. SHAWN COLVIN & STEVE EARLE, Colvin & Earle (12)
  15. PAUL SIMON, Stranger to Stranger (11)
  16. MICHAEL MCDERMOTT, Willow Springs (11)
  17. NEKO CASE, K.D. LANG and LAURA VEIRS, case/lang/veirs (10)
  18. THE FELICE BROTHERS, Life in the Dark (10)
  19. ROBERT ELLIS, Robert Ellis (9)
  20. ELIZABETH COOK, Exodus of Venus (9)
  21. MARK ERELLI, For A Song (8)
  22. TONY JOE WHITE, Rain Crow (8)
  23. ALLEN TOUSSAINT, American Tunes (8)
  24. THE AVETT BROTHERS, True Sadness (8)
  25. THE STRUMBRELLAS, Hope (7)

Keep ’em coming. Your votes in our weekly Readers’ Pick poll help create these rankings. Many thanks!

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