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Readers’ Pick: American Band by Drive-by Truckers

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DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, American Band beats out JOHN PRINE, For Better, Or Worse as your favorite for the week of September 30, 2016.

Poll Results

What is your favorite release for week of September 30?

  • DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, American Band (45%, 27 Votes)
  • JOHN PRINE, For Better, Or Worse (27%, 16 Votes)
  • BOB WEIR, Blue Mountain (12%, 7 Votes)
  • VAN MORRISON, Keep Me Singing (7%, 4 Votes)
  • MANDOLIN ORANGE, Blindfaller (5%, 3 Votes)
  • LUKE WINSLOW-KING, I’m Glad Trouble Don’t Last Always (5%, 3 Votes)
  • PIXIES, Head Carrier (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 60

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New Releases







What is your favorite new release for week of May 16?

  • Carolyn Wonderland – Truth Is (31%, 10 Votes)
  • Charlie Musselwhite – Lookout Highway (19%, 6 Votes)
  • Ken Pomeroy – Cruel Joke (9%, 3 Votes)
  • Barenaked Ladies – IN FLIGHT – CARRY ON (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Dan Mangan – Natural Light (6%, 2 Votes)
  • The Talbott Brothers – Borderlands (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Peter Rowan – Tales of The Free Mexican Airforce (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Kat Hasty – The Time of Your Life (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Ben Hackett – Songs for Sleeping Dogs (3%, 1 Votes)
  • The Lowtimers – Cracks (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Suzie Brown – Songs Worth Saving (3%, 1 Votes)
  • BEATrio – BEATrio (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Erin Durant – Firetrail (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Sweet Megg – Never Been Home (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Christian Rutledge – An Inch Of This New York Mile (0%, 0 Votes)
  • The Travelin’ McCourys – One Chord That Rings True (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 32

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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’ Tops Summer 2016

  1. CHELLE ROSE, Blue Ridge Blood (61 votes)
  2. THE COAL MEN, Pushed to the Side (28)
  3. THE SILKS, Turn Me On (27)
  4. DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, American Band (27)
  5. BOBBY RUSH, Porcupine Meat (17)
  6. RECKLESS KELLY, Sunset Motel (17)
  7. MARLEY’S GHOST, The Woodstock Sessions (16)
  8. JOHN PRINE, For Better, Or Worse (16)
  9. SARA WATKINS, Young in All the Wrong Ways (15)
  10. BOO RAY, Sea of Lights (11)
  11. DWIGHT YOAKAM, Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars… (10)
  12. LORI MCKENNA, The Bird and the Rifle (9)
  13. LYDIA LOVELESS, Real (9)
  14. LIZ LONGLEY, Weightless (9)
  15. JESSE DAYTON, The Revealer (9)
  16. JONAH TOLCHIN, Thousand Mile Night (8)
  17. BUTCH WALKER, Stay Gold (8)
  18. SESSION AMERICANA, Great Shakes (8)
  19. WILCO, Schmilco (8)
  20. DAWES, We’re All Gonna Die (8)
  21. THE DEVIL MAKES THREE, Redemption and Ruin (8)
  22. FRANKIE LEE, American Dreamer (7)
  23. MICHAEL KIWANUKA, Love and Hate (7)
  24. BJ BARHAM, Rockingham (7)
  25. PARSONSFIELD, Blooming Through The Black (7)

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

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