RUNNERS-UP: Into the New, Vallejo (Crescent Moon/Sony 550); Broke Down, Slaid Cleaves (Philo); Wrestling Over Tiny Matters, Sister Seven (Arista); Live and Beyond, Alien Love Child (Favored Nations); Milk Cow Blues, Willie Nelson (Island); Bolsa de Agua, the Gourds (Sugarhill); Wonderland, George DeVore (Hypertension); Paradise, Lisa Tingle (Tingle Entertainment); Charm, Kissinger (WCI); Spiritual Appliances, Sara Hickman (Shanachie); Places in Between, Terri Hendrix (Wilory Records); All Too Human, Ginger Mackenzie (Earthnoise); Vera Takes the Cake, Ginger & Sarah (Whistle Foot); KVRX Local Live Vol. 5: Aural Fixation (KVRX); Jamie Was a Boozer, Joe West & the Sinners (Rehab Records); Peep Show, Goudie (The Music Co./Elektra); The Day, Reckless Kelly (Reckless Records); Live @ Antone’s, Joe Ely (Rounder); The Return of Wayne Douglas, Doug Sahm (Texas Tornado)

This article appears in March 16 • 2001.

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