The objectivity of enjoyment…the exploration of new sounds with Americana roots. The year 2017 offered a diverse selection of sounds and Blue Moon Americana (coupled with the Americana Hours) brought you the best of it: bluegrass, gospel, blues, R&B, country, and folk tradition. This week’s show susses out the Top 25 albums (in our humblest of opinion) and we won’t give much away other than to say: expect Whitney Rose to be on that list somewhere.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jaime Wyatt	Wishing Well	Felony Blues
3	Alison Krauss	It's Goodbye And So Long To You	Windy City
4	JD McPherson	Crying's Just a Thing You Do	Undivided Heart & Soul
5	Margo Price	Don't Say It	All American Made
6	Lillie Mae	These Daze	Forever And Then Some
7	The Band Of Heathens	All I'm Asking	Duende
8	Willie Nelson	Still Not Dead	God's Problem Child
9	Justin Townes Earle	Kids In The Street	Kids In The Street
10	Bruce Cockburn	Stab At Matter	Bone On Bone
11	Pokey LaFarge	Riot In The Streets	Manic Revelations
12	Eilen Jewell	You'll Be Mine	Down Hearted Blues
13	David Olney	Yesterday's News	Don't Try To Fight It
14	The Mavericks	Ride with Me	Brand New Day
15	Moot Davis	Whats The Matter With Me	Hierarchy Of Crows
16	Chuck Prophet	Bad Year for Rock and Roll	Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins
17	Tift Merritt	Wait for Me (Featuring Sam Beam)	Stitch of the World
18	The Secret Sisters	Tennessee River Runs Low	You Don't Own Me Anymore
19	Shannon McNally	I Went To The Well	Black Irish
20	Lee Ann Womack	Take The Devil Out Of Me	The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone
21	Nikki Lane	Lay You Down	Highway Queen
22	Chris Hillman	Such Is The World That We Live In	Bidin' My Time
23	David Rawlings	Come on Over My House	Poor David's Almanack
24	Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'	All Around the World	TajMo
25	Whitney Rose	Tied To The Wheel	Rule 62
26	Whitney Rose	Arizona	Rule 62
27	Whitney Rose	Little Piece of You	Heartbreaker of the Year
28	Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives	Old Mexico	Way Out West