We count down the top 25 Americana albums of the year and share them with you. While it may be too late to share as a stocking stuffer, it’s not too late to get out there and stock your library. The year featured some old hands showing the new ones how it’s done and some fresh perspectives from new artists with some songwriting and musical chops to bear witness to. Next year will bring more of the same and plenty of surprises (no doubt). KOWS Community Radio features the Americana Hours daily from 5 to 7am Pacific and Blue Moon rolls in on Thursdays at 9am Pacific to excavate just a little bit deeper. It’s where you get to learn about the music you hear the rest of the week in the early morning time slot.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Willie Nelson	Ride Me Back Home	Ride Me Back Home
2	Chuck Mead	I'm Not the Man for the Job	Close to Home
3	Charlie Parr	Jubilee	Charlie Parr
4	Gary Clark Jr.	When Im Gone	This Land
5	Kelsey Waldon	Very Old Barton	White Noise / White Lines
6	Robert Ellis	Topo Chico	Texas Piano Man
7	Charley Crockett	That's How I Got to Memphis	Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza
8	Christone "Kingfish" Ingram	Listen (Ft. Keb Mo)	Kingfish
9	The Lumineers	Gloria	III
10	Eilen Jewell	You Cared Enough to Lie	Gypsy
11	Justin Townes Earle	Mornings In Memphis	The Saint Of Lost Causes
12	Jack Klatt	Tinted In Blue	It Ain't The Same
13	Aimee Mann	Hold On	Come On Up To The House – Women Sing Waits
14	Yola	Shady Grove	Walk Through Fire
15	Michaela Anne	Child of the Wind	Desert Dove
16	Jade Jackson	Bottle It Up	Wilderness
17	Bruce Springsteen	Hello Sunshine	Western Stars
18	Steve Earle & The Dukes	Dublin Blues	Guy
19	Big Daddy Wilson	I Got Plenty	Deep in My Soul
20	Jason James	I Miss You After All	Seems Like Tears Ago
21	Van Morrison	Fame Will Eat The Soul	Three Chords And The Truth
22	Delbert McClinton And Self-Made Men + Dana	Loud Mouth	Tall, Dark, & Handsome
23	Yarn	Now Is Our Time	Lucky 13 Vol. 2
24	Orville Peck	Dead of Night	Pony
25	Hayes Carll	American Dream	What It Is
26	Hayes Carll	None'ya	What It Is