The River & the Thread, a collection of original songs that connect and re-connect Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash to the American South where she was born and from which her family hails, was the most-played album on Americana radio during 2014. That’s the word from the Americana Music Association, whose year-end Top 10 and Top 100 Albums of the Year are based on the records reported to the Americana Airplay Chart during the period of December 2, 2013 through December 1, 2014.
This year’s Top 10 most-played albums are:
1. Rosanne Cash, The River & The Thread
2. Nickel Creek, A Dotted Line
3. Rodney Crowell, Tarpaper Sky
4. Hard Working Americans, Hard Working Americans
5. Old Crow Medicine Show, Remedy
6. Nikki Lane, All Or Nothin’
7. Lake Street Dive, Bad Self Portraits
8. Shovels & Rope, Swimmin’ Time
9. John Hiatt, Terms Of My Surrender
10. Sturgill Simpson, Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
Here’s the complete Americana Top 100:
Rosanne Cash, The River & The Thread
Nickel Creek, A Dotted Line
Rodney Crowell, Tarpaper Sky
Hard Working Americans, Hard Working Americans
Old Crow Medicine Show, Remedy
Nikki Lane, All Or Nothin’
Lake Street Dive, Bad Self Portraits
Shovels & Rope, Swimmin’ Time
John Hiatt, Terms Of My Surrender
Sturgill Simpson, Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin, Common Ground
St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Half The City
Parker Millsap, Parker Millsap
Willie Nelson, Band Of Brothers
Paul Thorn, Too Blessed To Be Stressed
Lucinda Williams, Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone
Trampled By Turtles, Wild Animals
Various – A Tribute To Jackson Browne, Looking Into You
Keb Mo, BLUESAmericana
Secret Sisters, Put Your Needle Down
John Fullbright, Songs
Amos Lee, Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song
Jamestown Revival, Utah
Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison, Our Year
Jason Eady, Daylight & Dark
Infamous Stringdusters, Let It Go
Chuck Mead, Free State Serenade
Sarah Jarosz, Build Me Up From Bones
Billie Joe & Norah Jones, Foreverly
Justin Townes Earle, Single Mothers
Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams
Johnny Cash, Out Among The Stars
First Aid Kit, Stay Gold
Carlene Carter, Carter Girl
Devil Makes Three, I’m A Stranger Here
Red Molly, The Red Album
The Duhks, Beyond The Blue
The Mastersons, Good Luck Charm
Will Hoge, Never Give In
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, South
Puss N Boots, No Fools, No Fun
Billy Joe Shaver, Long In The Tooth
Brandy Clark, 12 Stories
Drive-By Truckers, English Oceans
Carolina Story, Chapter Two
Lee Ann Womack, The Way I’m Livin’
Will Kimbrough, Sideshow Love
Irene Kelley, Pennsylvania Coal
Trigger Hippy, Trigger Hippy
Shakey Graves, And The War Came
Carolina Story, Chapter One
Hurray For The Riff Raff, Small Town Heroes
Chuck Prophet, Night Surfer
Girls Guns & Glory, Good Luck
Howlin’ Brothers, Trouble
Blue Highway, The Game
Amy LaVere, Runaway’s Diary
Jim Lauderdale, I’m A Song
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Give The People What They Want
Black Prairie, Fortune
Ruthie Foster, Promise Of A Brand New Day
Whiskey Myers, Early Morning Shakes
Robert Ellis, The Lights From The Chemical Plant
Suzy Bogguss, Lucky
Seth Walker, Sky Still Blue
Felice Brothers, Favorite Waitress
Ray Benson, A Little Piece
Scott Miller, Big Big World
String Cheese Incident, Song In My Head
Lydia Loveless, Somewhere Else
Mingo Fishtrap, On Time
Haden Triplets, Haden Triplets
Robert Cray Band, In My Soul
Mike Farris, Shine For All The People
Tommy Malone, Poor Boy
Zoe Muth, World Of Strangers
Greg Trooper, Incident on Willow Street
Charlie Robison, High Life
Marty Stuart, Saturday Night/Sunday Morning
Various – Inside Llewyn Davis, Inside Llewyn Davis
Old 97s, Most Messed Up
Chris Smither, Still On The Levee
Various – A Tribute To Born in the USA, Dead Man’s Town
Deep Dark Woods, Jubilee
Rod Picott, Hang Your Hopes On A Crooked Nail
Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers, LIVE featuring Edie Brickell
Janiva Magness, Original
Otis Gibbs, Souvenirs Of A Misspent Youth
Avett Brothers, Magpie And The Dandelion
Candi Staton, Life Happens
Blue Rodeo, In Our Nature
Dolly Parton, Blue Smoke
Head And The Heart, Let’s Be Still
Peter Mulvey, Silver Ladder
John Mellencamp, Plain Spoken
Laura Cantrell, No Way There From Here
Band Of Heathens, Sunday Morning Record
Jim Lauderdale, Black Roses
Mary Gauthier, Trouble & Love
Hannah Aldridge, Razor Wire
Established in 1999, the Americana Music Association (www.americanamusic.org) is dedicated to building and promoting the Americana genre and the individuals who participate in the industry. Its annual Americana Music Festival and Conference is slated for Sept. 15-20, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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