Stealing FR's format and in rough order:

30. 29. 28. 27.
26. 25. 24. 23.
22. 21. 20. 19.
18. 17. 16. 15.
14. 13. 12. 11.
10. 9. 8. 7.
6. 5. 4. 3.
2. 1.

30. Rufus Wainwright - Out of the Game
29. Nels Andrews - scrimshaw
28. Dean Owens - CashBack: Songs I Learned From Johnny
27. The Fresh & Onlys - Long Slow Dance
26. Macaco - El Murmullo Del Fuego
25. Caetano Veloso - Abraçaço
24. Barna Howard - S/T
23. Lucas Santanna - Deus Que Devasta Mas Tambem Cura
22. Loudon Wainwright III - Older than My Old Man Now
21. Bill Fay - Life is People
20. Marisa Monte - O Que Voce Quer Saber de Verdade
19. Spirit Family Reunion - No Separation
18. Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
17. Jessie Baylin - Little Spark
16. Alejandro Escovedo - Big Station
15. Arnaldo Antunes, Edgard Scandurra & Toumani Diabate - A Curva da Cinturra
14. Gretchen Peters - Hello Cruel World
13. John Fullbright - From the Ground Up
12. Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth
11. Peter Bruntnell - Ringo Woz Here
10. The Iguanas - Sin to Sin
9. Spain - The Soul of Spain
8. Turnpike Troubadours - Goodbye Normal street
7. Sean Rowe - The Salesman & The Shark
6. Darrell Scott - Long Ride Home
5. Andrew Combs - Worried Man
4. Matt Keating - Wrong Way Home
3. Dean Owens - New York Hummingbird
2. Rodney Crowell & Mary Karr - KIN
1. John Murry - The Graceless Age

Honorable Mentions: Chuck Prophet, Bob Mould, Deacon Blue, Cardinal, Steve Forbert, Curumin, Amadou & Miriam, Green Pajamas, Bongo Botrako, Father John Misty, Lindi Ortega, Terry Malts, Wanderlust, Amparo Sanchez and a bunch of other stuff I'm forgetting

Deepest year in recent memory.

Was late to the game on that Dean Owens but have been digging it recently. I like that John Murry but it's fucking dark. Haven't indulged in that mood much this year.

What's the story on that Soul of Spain?

Let yourself indulge in that darkness--it's fucking great.

Can't tell from your question whether you are familiar with them but asking about the album or whether you don't know them at all. Anyway, they were a late 90's/early 00's slowcore band lead by Josh Haden (son of Ornette Coleman's bassist Charlie Haden). They broke up in the early 00's but Haden reformed the band a few years back and started doing live shows. This is their first album since 2001.

It's highly rhythmic, melancholic slowcore. I'm a sucker for their sound. If you know and like their early stuff, you should dig this one too. If you're not familiar with them, here's a taste:

Nice. Thanks and no, I had never heard anything about them. Got kind of a Sun Kil Moon vibe.

Marco, don't get me wrong, I liked it but man, that section at the end of "Little Colored Balloons" with his mom's (I'm guessing) phone call recording. About as real as real gets. Although I guess that's what good art should be.

Have interest in these but just haven't heard them yet.

30. Rufus Wainwright - Out of the Game
27. The Fresh & Onlys - Long Slow Dance
22. Loudon Wainwright III - Older than My Old Man Now
18. Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
16. Alejandro Escovedo - Big Station
11. Peter Bruntnell - Ringo Woz Here
8. Turnpike Troubadours - Goodbye

Lotsa stuff for me to check out. Thanks.

I like that Bill Fay album.

I am interested in giving that Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell album a full listen at some point. I know from sampling it that I won't like all of it, but at least few songs on it seemed great.

As always a great list. Your lists are always relentlessly coherent. The Murry may be the Obner sleeper for a number 1 is there were ever a consolidated lists. Good to see Spain surface again, although some of the tracks seem like offertory music in an Orange County SUV Evangelical church service.

Nice inclusion of the Crowell/Karr. I booked the Midwest and West coast dates of their tour.

Really need to check out that John Murry. Like to see that Andrew Combs on the list too. Mostly because he's still unknown outside of Nashville.

ditto

Bill Fay is all we have anymore it seems. i actually did check out that John Fullbright and Andrew Combs at one point and heard enough to revisit some day hopefully.

I've been pleasantly surprised by how many lists have had it high after the thread about it was mostly just comments by you, Caputo and myself.



I attended one of the West Coast dates of that tour. That's a bit aggressive ranking of the Andrew Combs based on how late I discovered it but I really like it.

I never saw the show, but read several reviews that were intriguing.

I didnt hear it until about a week ago.

Billy, how do most often listen to music? My listening habits simply don't lend themselves to straight ahead singer/songwriters. For instance, when I hear John Fullbright, I hear his talent, but there is nothing there that resonates in the music to keep my short attention span.

Mostly as background music while driving, cooking or reading. Singer/Songwriter stuff works fine for me for all that. If I'm working out, I need something more upbeat. Strange that you would mention John Fullbright though as several times over the holidays, I had to switch to something else as I found the lead track too abrasive for morning listening.

My tastes have definitely shifted to more mellow music though over the last 5 or so years. We OLG now.

Can one of you guys up that album? I'd like to hear it as well.

i can get it to you later today

Thx rp

I really need to listen to that Fresh and Onlys. I like every song I have heard by them, but somehow I don't think I have ever got around to listening to a full album.

I don't have it with me and won't get home until late tonight so it sounds like rogneeb is your man. In the meantime though, it is on spotify or at least was last time I checked.

This list is a testament to just how little new music I listened to in 2012. Generally speaking, my tastes align with yours more so than anyone else here, yet Cohen is the only one out of thirty I've heard.

Tentoze... Hope all is well after that loss last night

I haven't watched a football game, or even paid attention to anything to do with it, since Saban's bungling water boy was hired at UF, and will not until he's driven back under Nick's skirt.