1. Starline Rhythm Boys: Honky Tonk Livin' (Tin Town) *BL/*DB/*DC/*KF*JP/*RT/*TS/EGB/GS/ar/da/js 
   
   
2. Neko Case: Blacklisted (Bloodshot) *CW/*DY/*JE/*JS/*TW/CZ/DF/MDT/TJ/ab/al
   
   
3. Kelly Willis: Easy (Ryko) *KR/*NA/*TF/*TH/DY/TG/cp/cz/s&d/sg
   
   
4. Two Dollar Pistols: You Ruined Everything (YepRoc) *BR/*DWT/*RC/JS/SG/TH/bc/pp/tg
   
   
5. Solomon Burke: Don't Give Up On Me (Fat Possum) *DT/*ND/*PR/*TJ/CW/DWT/to
   
   
6. VA: Dressed In Black (Dualtone) *SG/CP/MT/br/je/mo/rc/tf/th
   
   
7. Hot Club Of Cowtown: Ghost Train (Hightone) *CP/*KC/DT/JZ
   
   
8. Bill Chambers: Sleeping With The Blues (Reckless) *DJ/*JH/*PP
   
   
9. J-200: Trip From Grace (Loose Booty) *S&D/*TO/jvb/mdt/tj
   
   
10. Dale Watson: Live In London.....England (Audium) *EW/*JZ/S&D/kr
    
    
11. Guy Clark: The Dark (Sugar Hill) *LG/KR/PP/TO/jz
    
    
12. Roger Wallace: The Lowdown (Texas Music Group) *AB/KF/dwt/jh/rd
    
    
13. Johnny Cash At Madison Square Garden (Columbia/Legacy) *CM/*RH/ST
    Mary Gauthier: Filth & Fire (Signature Sounds) AR/DA/DO/cm/lh
    
    
14. Eric Hisaw: Never Could Walk The Line (Dusty) *DA/*GS/egb
    
    
15. VA: The Bottle Let Me Down (Bloodshot) *MDT/BL/kf/st
    
    
16. Cornell Hurd Band: Song Of South Austin (Behemoth) LB/RT/bl/db/jp
    Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike: No Summer Storm (Rebel) *R&H/*RW
    Ralph Stanley (DMZ) *AR/*RJ
    
    
17. Bobby Bare Jr: Young Criminals Starvation League (Bloodshot) JE/df/dj/tw
    
    
18. Steve Earle: Jerusalem (Artemis) *WR/RJ
    
    
19. The Mekons: Oooh! (Touch & Go) *CZ/TW
    VA: Happy Birthday Buck; A Texas Salute To Buck Owens (Texas Music Round-Up) *MT/EW
    
    
20. Mike Barfield: In Living Stereo (Tater Tot) *LB/ma
    
    
21. The Flatlanders: Now Again (New West) JS/MO
    
    
22. Terri Hendrix: The Ring (Wilory) *EGB 
    Jason Ringenberg: All Over Creation (Yep Roc) *DN
    
    
23. Tim Carroll: Always Tomorrow (Sideburn) *DF
    Fred Eaglesmith: Falling Stars & Broken Hearts (FSE) *DO
    Alejandro Escovedo: By The Hand Of The Father (TMG) *MR
    Kelly Kessler: The Salt Of Your Skin (Melungeon) *JS
    Corb Lund Band: Five Dollar Bill ( Stoney Plain) *DP
    Stan Martin: Cigarettes And Cheap Whiskey (Twangtone) *RD
    Rick Shea & Brantley Kearns: Trouble and Me (Tres Pescadores) *LH
    
    
    
24. Big Daddy Bluegrass Band (Little King) *EB
    Coal Palace Kings: Upstate (KranePool) *BC
    Felicity: New Shadow (EMI Australia) *MA
    Hardpan (Blue Rose) *JVB
    Jaime Michaels: Angelus (self) *SM
    Peter Mulvey: Ten Thousand Mornings (Signature Sounds) *SMJ
    Jay Munly: Jimmy Carter Syndrome (Smooch) *AL
    Charlie Patton & Others: Screamin' & Hollerin' The Blues (Yazoo) *BW
    Calvin Russell: Rebel Radio (FreeFalls) *TG
    Simon Stokes: Honky (Uppercut) *ST
    VA: Chooglin'; A Tribute To The Songs Of John Fogerty (Dren) *MO

NOTE: starting this month, reporters' top three picks will be indicated. Album of the Month is still the reporter's initials with an asterisk, #2 is just the initials, #3 the initials in lower case.

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