The Americana Music Association just released its list of its 100 top albums, the most-played on Americana music radio stations from Dec. 1, 2015 through Dec. 5, 2016. Each year we always find some overlooked gem. The Avett Brothers top the new list, followed by the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Bonnie Raitt and the Lumineers. For full details and other Americana music news, you’ll want to visit their site.
| Avett Brothers | True Sadness |
| Tedeschi Trucks Band | Let Me Get By |
| Bonnie Raitt | Dig In Deep |
| Lumineers | Cleopatra |
| Hayes Carll | Lovers And Leavers |
| Parker Millsap | The Very Last Day |
| Mudcrutch | 2 |
| Sturgill Simpson | A Sailor’s Guide To Earth |
| Colvin & Earle | Colvin & Earle |
| Jayhawks | Paging Mr. Proust |
| Margo Price | Midwest Farmer’s Daughter |
| Record Company | Give It Back To You |
| Lucinda Williams | The Ghosts Of Highway 20 |
| Nathaniel Rateliff and The Nightsweats | Nathaniel Rateliff and The Nightsweats |
| Dylan LeBlanc | Cautionary Tale |
| Cactus Blossoms | You’re Dreaming |
| Darrell Scott | Couchville Sessions |
| Elizabeth Cook | Exodus Of Venus |
| Bonnie Bishop | Ain’t Who I Was |
| Aubrie Sellers | New City Blues |
| Sarah Jarosz | Undercurrent |
| Loretta Lynn | Full Circle |
| Sara Watkins | Young In All The Wrong Ways |
| Shovels & Rope | Little Seeds |
| Carrie Rodriguez | Lola |
| Josh Ritter | Sermon On The Rocks |
| Wynonna & The Big Noise | Wynonna & The Big Noise |
| Infamous Stringdusters | Ladies & Gentlemen |
| John Prine | For Better, Or Worse |
| Hard Working Americans | Rest In Chaos |
| Paul Simon | Stranger To Stranger |
| James Hunter Six | Hold On! |
| Aoife O’Donovan | Magic Hour |
| Robert Ellis | Robert Ellis |
| Honeycutters | On The Ropes |
| Luther Dickinson | Blues & Ballads |
| Peter Wolf | A Cure For Loneliness |
| Sam Bush | Storyman |
| Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals | Call It What It Is |
| Devil Makes Three | Redemption & Ruin |
| Joe Ely | Panhandle Rambler |
| Buddy Miller & Friends | Cayamo Sessions At Sea |
| Dwight Yoakam | Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars… |
| Lori McKenna | The Bird & The Rifle |
| Jason Isbell | Something More Than Free |
| Yarn | This Is The Year |
| Wilco | Schmilco |
| Various – The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson | God Don’t Never Change |
| Anderson East | Delilah |
| Randy Rogers Band | Nothing Shines Like Neon |
| Corb Lund | Things That Can’t Be Undone |
| Turnpike Troubadours | Turnpike Troubadours |
| Willie Sugarcapps | Paradise Right Here |
| Luke Bell | Luke Bell |
| Jim Lauderdale | Soul Searching |
| John Doe | Westerner |
| Bottle Rockets | South Broadway Athletic Club |
| Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones | Little Windows |
| Miss Tess | Baby, We All Know |
| Los Lobos | Gates Of Gold |
| Bill Kirchen & Austin de Lone | Transatlanticana |
| Southern Culture On The Skids | The Electric Pinecones |
| Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin | Lost Time |
| Black Lillies | Hard To Please |
| Green River Ordinance | Fifteen |
| Jack Ingram | Midnight Motel |
| Patty Griffin | Servant Of Love |
| Amanda Shires | My Piece Of Land |
| Chris Isaak | First Comes The Night |
| Charles Bradley | Changes |
| Sierra Hull | Weighted Mind |
| Wood Brothers | Paradise |
| Reckless Kelly | Sunset Motel |
| Chris Stapleton | Traveller |
| Shovels & Rope | Busted Jukebox Volume 1 |
| Hackensaw Boys | Charismo |
| Grant Lee Phillips | The Narrows |
| Todd Snider | Eastside Bulldog |
| Seth Walker | Gotta Get Back |
| Charlie Faye & The Fayettes | Charlie Faye & The Fayettes |
| Drive-By Truckers | American Band |
| William Bell | This Is Where I Live |
| Derek Hoke | Southern Moon |
| Tim O’Brien | Pompadour |
| Sarah Borges | Good And Dirty |
| Frankie Lee | American Dreamer |
| Steve Martin & Edie Brickell | So Familiar |
| Earls Of Leicester | Rattle & Roar |
| Hiss Golden Messenger | Heart Like A Levee |
| Whiskey Myers | Mud |
| Billy Bragg & Joe Henry | Shine A Light |
| Lydia Loveless | Real |
| Sean McConnell | Sean McConnell |
| Malcolm Holcombe | Another Black Hole |
| Billy Gibbons | Perfectamundo |
| Tim Easton | American Fork |
| Mary Chapin Carpenter | The Things We Are Made Of |
| Rob Baird | Wrong Side Of The River |
| Brent Cobb | Shine On Rainy Day |
| Janiva Magness | Love Wins Again |