Progressive
Torch and Twang Top
Albums for 2004
2. Tom Waits -
Real Gone (Anti-)
3. Drive-By
Truckers - The
Dirty South (New West)
4. Cary Hudson -
Cool Breeze (Black Dog)
5. Richard Buckner -
Dents and Shells (Merge)
6. Buddy Miller -
Universal United House of Prayer
(New West)
7. Old Crow Medicine Show -
Self-Titled
(Nettwerk America)
8. Anders Parker -
Tell it to the Dust (Baryon)
9. Chuck Prophet -
Age of Miracles (New West)
10. Steppin’ In It -
Hidden in the Lowlands (Hippo Coop)
11. Various Artists -
Touch My Heart: A Tribute to Johnny
Paycheck (Sugar Hill)
12. Lyle Lovett -
My Baby Don’t Tolerate (Curb/MCA)
13. Black Keys -
Rubber Factory (Anti-)
14. Patterson Hood -
Killers and Stars (New West)
15. Steve Earle -
The Revolution Starts Now...
(Artemis)
16. Ingham County Regulars -
Self-Titled
(517-REC-ORDS)
17. Patti Griffin -
Impossible Dream (ATO)
18. Kieran Kane and Kevin Welch -
You Can’t Save Everybody (Compass)
19. Dave Alvin -
Ashgrove (Yep Roc)
20. Tim Eriksen -
Every Sound Below (Appleseed)
21. Jim White -
Drill A Hole in the Substrate...
(Luaka Bop)
22. King Wilkie -
Broke (Rebel)
23. Tony Joe White -
The Heroines (Sanctuary)
24. Dale Watson -
Dreamland (Audium/Koch)
25. Slaid Cleaves -
Wishbone (Philo)
26. BR5-49
- Tangled
in the Pines (Dualtone)
27. Giant Sand -
...is All Over the Map (Thrill
Jockey)
28. Billy Joe Shaver -
Billy and the Kid (Compadre)
29. Reverend Horton Heat -
Revival (Yep Roc)
30. Moot Davis -
Self-Titled
(Little Dog)
31. Various Artist -
Por Vida: Songs of Alejandro
Escovedo (Or Music)
32. Jim Lauderdale -
Headed for the Hills (Dualtone)
33. Elvis Costello and the
Imposters - The
Delivery Man (Lost Highway)
34. Various Artists -
Cold Mountain Soundtrack
(DMZ/Columbia)
35. Wilco -
A Ghost is Born (Nonesuch)
36. Bobby Bare Jr. -
From the End of Your Leash
(Bloodshot)
37. Adrienne Young -
Plow to the End of the Row (Addie
Belle)
38. Various Artists -
Just Because I’m A Woman: Songs of
Dolly Parton (Sugar Hill)
39. Honest D. Smith and the Steel
Reserve - Horseradish
Rag and Other (Jacknife)
40. June Star -
Sugarbird (Atomic Twang)
41. Nathan -
Jimson Weed (Nettwerk America)
42. Iris Dement -
Lifeline (Flariella)
43. Various Artists -
Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of
Stephen Foster (American Roots)
44. Daisy May -
Sleepless (Self-Released)
45. Various Artists -
The Unbroken Circle: The Musical
Heritage of the Carter Family (Dualtone)
Flatfoot -
The Legend of Big Sid (self-released)
Emmylou Harris -
Stumble Into Grace (Nonesuch)
Darrell Scott -
Theatre of the Unheard (Full
Light
Los Lobos -
The Ride (Hollywood)
Todd Snider -
East Nashville Skyline (Oh Boy)
American Cosmos -
Right Down to Nothing (517-REC-ORDS)
Bottle Rockets -
Blue Sky (Sanctuary)
Robert Earl Keen -
Farm Fresh Onions (Audium)
The Mavericks -
Self-Titled
(Sanctuary)
Kasey Chambers -
Wayward Angel (Warner Bros.)
Mindy Smith -
One Moment More (Vanguard)
Tift Merritt -
Tambourine (Lost Highway)
Junior Brown -
Downhome Chrome (Telarc)
Gibson Bros. -
Long Way Back Home (Sugar Hill)
Meat Purveyors -
Pain By Numbers (Bloodshot)
Mountain Heart -
Force of Nature (Skaggs Family)
Marah -
20,000 Streets Under Sky (Yep
Roc)
Flatlanders -
Wheels of Fortune (New West)
Allison Moorer -
The Duel (Sugar HIll)
Leftover Salmon -
Self-Titled
(Compendia)
Rodney Crowell -
Fates Right Hand (Columbia)
The Crickets & Their Buddies -
Self-titled
(Sovereign)
Ricky Skaggs -
Brand New Strings (Skaggs
Family)
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez -
The Trouble with Humans
(Lonestar)
Mark Erelli -
Hillbilly Pilgrim
(Signature
Sounds)
Reissues & Compilations:
Bill
Monroe & His Blue Grass
Boys - Live
at the Mechanics Hall (Acoustic Disc)
Blaze Foley -
Oval Room (Lost Art)
Peter Case -
Who’s Gonna Go Your Crooked Mile?
(Selected Tracks 1994-2004)
(Vanguard)
Jimmy Martin -
Don’t Cry to Me (Thrill Jockey)
Various Artists -
Can’t Your Hear Me Callin’ (80
Years of Bluegrass Music) (Sony)
Beat Farmer -
Tales of the New West (Rhino)
Elvis Costello -
Almost Blue (Rhino)
Dwight Yoakam -
Dwight’s Used Records (Audium/Koch)
Earl Scruggs -
The Essential Earl Scruggs
(Sony/Legacy)
Bob Dylan -
Live 1964: Concert at Philharmonic
Hall (Sony)
Merle Haggard -
The Essential Merle Haggard
(Sony/Legacy)
Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks -
It Came From Nashville (Landslide)
Red Allen -
Keep on Going (Rebel)
Red Allen -
Lonesome & Blue (Rebel)
Ralph Stanley -
Great High Moutain (Rebel)
Doug Sahm -
The Genuine Texas Groover (Rhino
Handmade)
Jay Farrar -
Stone, Steel, & Bright Lights
(Transmit Sound)
The Sadies -
Favourite Colours (Yep Roc)
Iris Dement -
Lifeline (Flariella)
Jeffrey Focault -
Stripping Cane (Signature Sounds)
Tres Chicas -
Sweetwater (Yep Roc)
The Holmes Brothers -
Simple Truths (Alligator)
Robyn Hitchcock -
Spooked (Yep Roc)
Alison Krauss -
Lonely Runs Both Ways (Rounder)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -
Abattoir Blues / Lyre of Orpheus
(Anti-)
Dirk Powell -
Time Again (Rounder)
Jason Ringenberg -
Empire Builders(Yep Roc)
Greg Brown -
Honey in the Lion’s Head (Trailer)
Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers -
Believe (Yep Roc)
The Gourds -
Blood of the Ram (Eleven Thirty)
Jeff Plankenhorn -
Plank (Blue Corn)
Jon Rauhouse -
Steel Guitar Rode (Bloodshot)
Geraint Watkins -
Dial “M” for Watkins (Yep Roc)
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet
Hereafter - Oh,
My Girl (Barsuk)
The Silos -
When the Telephone Rings (Dualtone)
Various Artists -
The Nashville Acoustic Sesions
(CMH)
Old 97s -
Drag It Up (New West)
Grant Lee Phillips -
Virginia Creeper (Zoe)
Albert Lee -
Heartbreak Hill (Sugar Hill)
Two Dollar Pistols -
Hands Up (Yep Roc)