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Americana music 2011: No Depression’s 50 favorites

 in Americana Music, Reviews

No Depression has released its list of the Top 50 favorite albums of 2011, as voted by its fan community. It’s an interesting mix, with Gillian Welch’s The Harrow and the Harvest at the top, followed by a remarkable range of artists, genres, styles and ages.

Some have complained that it’s a surprisingingly mainstream list for an alt-country site, but that’s the nature of a “favorites” list. Name recognition goes a long way, although we don’t see any names on the list that you can’t make a case for.

Here are the top 25. You’ll find the full list here.

Gillian Welch – The Harrow & the Harvest

The Decemberists – The King Is dead

Wilco – The Whole Love

Lucinda Williams – Blessed

Steve Cropper – Dedicated

Tom Waits – Bad as Me

Dave Alvin – Eleven Eleven

Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers – Starlight Hotel

Jason Isbell – Here We Rest

Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire

Hayes Carll – KMAG YOYO

Eilen Jewell – Queen of the Minor Key

Drive By Truckers – Go-Go Boots

The Deep Dark Woods – The Place I Left Behind

Jayhawks – Mockingbird

Tedeschi Trucks Band – Revelator

Civil Wars – Barton Hollow

Gregg Allman – Low Country Blues

Buddy Miller – Majestic Silver Strings

Paul Simon – So Beautiful or So What

Sarah Jarosz – Follow Me Down

Nick Lowe – The Old Magic

Ry Cooder – Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down

Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Kings & Queens

Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues

Jayhawks, Will Hoge headline Americana Music Showcases

 in Americana Music Festival

Tonight’s Americana Music Festival in Nashville kicks off with the week’s highlight, the 10th Annual Americana Honors and Awards show. Performers include Lucinda Williams, the Civil Wars, Elizabeth Cook and Buddy Miller, plus many more.

Club showcases begin at 10 p.m., with the reunited Jayhawks (currently in the top spot in Americana radio with “Mocking Bird Hill”,) headlining the Cannery Ballroom at 11 p.m.

At exactly the same time in the adjoining Mercy Lounge, Will Hoge will take the stage in support of his new album “Number Seven,” which is #13 on the Americana chart.

The Station Inn features Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore at 10 p.m., followed by storied songwriter and singer J.D. Souther. In addition to a rich solo career and his role in the Souther Hillman Furay Band, Souther wrote “Best of My Love”, “Heartache Tonight”,”New Kid in Town” and “Faithless Love.”

Here’s the full line-up for tonight:

The Basement

10 pm Amanda Shires
11 pm Malcolm Holcombe
Midnight: Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three

The Station Inn

10 pm Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore

11 pm JD Souther

The Rutledge

10 pm Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen

11 pm Gurf Morlix

Midnight: Lori McKenna

The Mercy Lounge

10 pm Lera Lynn

11 pm Will Hoge

Midnight: Romantica

The Cannery Ballroom

10 pm Carrie Rodriguez

11 pm The Jayhawks

Ryan Adams’ “Ashes & Fire” is top chart debut

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The top three slots in this week’s Americana Music Association Chart carry overfrom last week, with the Jayhawks’ “Mocking Bird Time” at number one, followed by Robert Earl Keen’s “Ready for Confetti” and John Hiatt’s “Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns.”
The top entry on the Americana chart is Ryan Adams’ just-released “Ashes & Fire,” breaking in at number 16, with 178 spins.
Among most added albums this week: Crooked Still’s “Friends Of Fall” and Merle Haggard’s “Working In Tennessee.”

Jayhawks top Americana chart

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The Jayhawks, with founding member Mark Olson on hand for the first time since 1995, have the top album on the Americana Music Assocation chart this week. “Mocking Bird Time” (Rounder) replaces Robert Earl Keen’s “Ready for Confetti” after a one-week run at the top.
New to the top ten is Ry Cooder’s “Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down” (Nonesuch) at number nine. It’s also one of the chart’s most-added albums.
This week’s chart debuts are Will Hoge’s “Seven” (Ryko) at #26 and the Dirt Daubers’ “Wake Up, Sinners” (Colonel Knowledge) at #39.