RUNNERS-UP: “Flowerparts,” Bob Schneider; “Heal Yourself,” Ruthie Foster; “Heavenly Day,” Patty Griffin; “You Got Yr Cherry Bomb,” Spoon; “How Will You Shine,” The Gourds; “Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe,” Okkervil River; “Jimmy Reed Highway,” Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan; “Build Havana,” Future Clouds and Radar; “Long Line of Losers,” Kevin Fowler
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