RUNNERS-UP: Mark Addison; Unrepentant Schizophrenic American; Guy Forsyth; Will Taylor; Back to the Garden; Will Taylor and Strings Attached; Mike McCarthy and Patty Griffin, Children Running Through; Patty Griffin; Fatty Carmello Trust; Noble Creatures; The Gourds; Dale Watson; Cradle to the Grave; Dale Watson; Stephen Doster; Little Tiny Secrets; Betty Soo; Derek O’Brien; On the Jimmy Reed Highway; Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan; Gordie Johnson; A Cup of Cold Poison, Grady; Gurf Morlix; Diamonds to Dust; Gurf Morlix

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