2013 Americanrootsuk 'Albums of the Year'

As usual I couldn't whittle the list down to a number that ended in '0.' Just didn't  seem to be any point in leaving albums out purely because of the need for a 'round number!' 

The first five in the list are what was finally my top 5 and are in the correct order at the time of uploading this list. Having said that, on another day the order could read differently thanks to my fickle nature! 

The remainder of the list is in (approximately) alphabetical order, because as with the top 5, the order can change from day to day.

I resisted inserting any comments simply because nearly all of the albums have been reviewed on this website and the one or two that haven't, soon will be.


1/ John Moreland – In the throes  

2/ Hezekiah Goode – Two billion acres of salt

3/ Cam Penner – To build a fire

4/ The Harmed Brothers – Better days

5/ Danny and the Champions of the World – Stay True

Adam J Kiesling – Unclouded day

 Austin Lucas – Stay reckless

 Barnyard Stompers – Outlaws with chainsaws

 Black Twig Pickers – Rough Carpenters

 Cara Luft – Darlingford

 Carolina Still – The color of rust

 Chicago Farmer – Backenforth Il.

 Charlie Parr – Barnswallow

 Chastity Brown – Back road highways

Corpse Reviver – Vol.1: I’ll be rested when the roll is called

Crow Quill Night Owls – Wrap your troubles in dreams

Dubl Handi – Up like the clouds

Earl Brothers – Outlaw hillbilly

Horseshoes and Hand Grenades – This old town

Israel Nash Gripka – Israel Nash’s Rain Plan

Jamie Freeman Agreement – 100 miles from town

Ol’ Savannah – Death on the mountain  

Pharis & Jason Romero – Long gone out west blues  

Piedmont Brothers Band – Back to the country

Rattleshack

Rhubarb Whiskey – Digging up bottles

Sean Burns – Cold beans and broken eggs

Self Help Group – Not waving but drowning

Stevie Agnew – Wreckin’ Yard

Sturgill Simpson – High top mountain

The Tillers – Hand on the plow

The Wynntown Marshals – The long haul