The Best Americana albums of 2013 … as picked by our staff and writers

(LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1)

Richard Skanse, Editor
TerryAllenBottomOfTheWorld1. Terry Allen, Bottom of the World
2. Amanda Shires, Down Fell the Doves
3. Slaid Cleaves, Still Fighting the War
4. Jason Isbell, Southeastern
5. Natalie Maines, Mother

 

Zach Jennings, Publisher/Owner
Patty Griffin Silver Bell1. Patty Griffin, Silver Bell
2. Jason Isbell, Southeastern
3. Phosphorescent, Muchacho
4. Songs: Ohia, Magnolia Electric Company (reissue)
5. Neko Case, The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You

 

Melissa Webb, Creative Director
Kacey Musgraves Same Trailer1. Patty Griffin, Silver Bell
2. Kacey Musgraves, Same Trailer, Different Park
3. Drew Kennedy, Wide Listener
4. Mavis Staples, One True Vine
5. Jason Isbell, Southeastern

 

Kristen Townsend, Advertising/Office Manager
William Clark Green Rose Queen1. Kacey Musgraves, Same Trailer, Different Park
2. Jason Isbell, Southeastern
3. William Clark Green, Rose Queen
4. Thieving Birds, Gold Coast
5. Courtney Patton, Triggering a Flood

 

Lauren Meckel, Advertising
Lincoln Durham Exodus
1. Jason Isbell, Southeastern
2. The Head and the Heart, Let’s Be Still
3. Lincoln Durham, Exodus of the Deemed Unrighteous
4. Amanda Shires, Down Fell the Doves
5. Grant Ewing, The Buzz of a City Night

 

Shilah Morrow, Artist & Label Relations
Mavericks In Time
1. Jason Isbell, Southeastern
2. The Mavericks, In Time
3. Tim Easton, Not Cool
4. Mike Stinson, Hell and Half of Georgia
5. Bottle Rockets, Bottle Rockets/Brooklyn Side (reissue)

 

Lynne Margolis, Contributing Writer
Holly Williams The Highway
1. Holly Williams, The Highway
2. Neko Case, The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You
3. Natalie Maines, Mother
4. The Civil Wars, The Civil Wars
5. Tie: Jason Isbell, Southeastern; Frank Turner, Tape Deck Heart

Mike Ethan Messick, Contributing Writer
shinyribs
1. Shinyribs, Gulf Coast Museum
2. Jason Isbell, Southeastern
3. Chris King, 1983
4. Guy Clark, My Favorite Picture of You
5. Owen Temple, Stories They Tell

 

Andrew Dansby, Contributing Writer
Phosphorescent Muchacho
1. Phosphorescent, Muchacho
2. Jesse Woods, Get Your Burdens Lifted
3. Terry Allen, Bottom of the World
4. Bob Dylan, Another Self-Portrait: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10
5. Jason Isbell, Southeastern

 

Holly Gleason, Contributing Writer
Patty Griffin American Kid
1. Patty Griffin, American Kid
2. Guy Clark, My Favorite Picture of You
3. Jason Isbell, Southeastern
4. Bob Dylan, Another Self-Portrait: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10
5. Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, Old Yellow Moon

 

Kelly Dearmore, Contributing Writer
Randy Rogers Trouble
1. Jason Isbell, Southeastern
2. Sons of Fathers, Burning Days
3. Bonnie Whitmore, Here We Go Again
4. Randy Rogers Band, Trouble
5. Steve Earle, The Low Highway

 

D.C. Bloom, Contributing Writer
Sarah Jarosz CD
1. Howe Gelb, The Coincidentalist
2. Willie Nile, American Ride
3. Patty Griffin, American Kid
4. Son Volt, Honky Tonk
5. Sarah Jarosz, Build Me Up From Bones

 

Kris Franks, Superfly’s Lone Star Music Emporium Manager
Sons of Fathers Burning Days
1. Sons of Fathers, Burning Days
2. Augie Meyers, Loves Lost and Found
3. Jason Boland & the Stragglers, Dark & Dirty Mile
4. Drew Kennedy, Wide Listener
5. Tony Joe White, Hoodoo

 

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