The Best Americana albums of 2013 … as picked by our staff and writers
(LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1)
Richard Skanse, Editor
1. 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
1. 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
1. 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
1. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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