Amanda Petrusich
Willis Earl Beal, ‘Acousmatic Sorcery’ (XL Recordings)
Meet the New Stars of Americana
Fleet Foxes, ‘Helplessness Blues’
Review: PJ Harvey, ‘Let England Shake’
Artist of the Year: The Black Keys
Duffy, ‘Endlessly’ (Mercury)
Roky Erickson With Okkervil River, ‘True Love Cast Out All Evil’ (Anti-)
The Unthanks, ‘Here’s the Tender Coming’ (EMI)
The Tallest Man on Earth, ‘The Wild Hunt’ (Dead Oceans)
Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs, Medicine County (Transdreamer-)
Laura Marling, ‘I Speak Because I Can’ (Astralwerks)
Heartless Bastards, ‘The Mountain’ (Fat Possum)
Voice of the Year: Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold
