Credit: Todd V. Wolfson

RUNNERS-UP: Will Taylor, violin; Ruby Jane, violin; Haydn Vitera, violin; Diana Burgess, cello, Mother Falcon; Curtis Thomas, violin, White Ghost Shivers, Them Duqaines; Erik Hokkanen, violin; Phil Davidson, violin, Invincible Czars; Cody Braun, violin, Reckless Kelly; Kurt Baumer, violin, Dale Watson & His Lonestars

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