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FolkVote '97
Previous Years' Results
FolkVote '96 ||
FolkVote '95 ||
FolkVote '94
FolkVote '96
Top Twenty-Five Folk-Related Releases
| 1. |
Dar Williams |
"Mortal City" |
Razor & Tie |
| 2. |
Ellis Paul |
"A Carnival of Voices" |
Rounder |
| 3. |
Lucy Kaplansky |
"Flesh and Bone" |
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| 4. |
Shawn Colvin |
"A Few Small Repairs" |
Columbia |
| 5. |
Martin Sexton |
"Black Sheep" |
Eastern Front |
| 6. |
Greg Brown |
"Further In" |
Red House |
| 7. |
John Gorka |
"Between Five and Seven" |
High Street |
| 8. |
Lynn Miles |
"Slightly Haunted" |
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| 9. |
Patti Griffin |
"Living With Ghosts" |
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| 10. |
Catie Curtis |
"Truth From Lies" |
Guardian |
| 11. |
Gillian Welch |
"Revival" |
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| 12. |
Carrie Newcomer |
"Carrie Newcomer" |
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| 13. |
Iris Dement |
"The Way I Should" |
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| 14. |
Ani DiFranco |
"Dilate" |
Righteous Babe |
| 15. |
Bill Morrissey |
"Bill Morrissey" |
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| 16. |
The Nields |
"Gotta Get Over Greta" |
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| 17. |
Barbara Kessler |
"Notion" |
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| 18. |
Erica Wheeler |
"The Harvest" |
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| 19. |
Various |
"Women's Work" |
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| 20. |
Rosanne Cash |
"10 Song Demo" |
Columbia |
| 21. |
Mary Chapin Carpenter |
"A Place In The World" |
Columbia |
| 22. |
Kate & Anna McGarrigle |
"Matapedia" |
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| 23. |
Lyle Lovett |
"The Road to Ensenada" |
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| 24. |
Suzanne Vega |
"Nine Objects of Desire" |
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| 25. |
Peter Mulvey |
"Rapture" |
Eastern Front |
Favorite Folk Album of All Time
| 1. |
Nanci Griffith |
Other Voices, Other Rooms |
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| 2. |
Dar Williams |
Mortal City |
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| 3. |
Joni Mitchell |
Blue |
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Bob Dylan |
The Bootleg Series, v.1-3 |
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Greg Brown |
Down In There |
Red House |
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Carrie Newcomer |
My Father's Only Son |
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Favorite Folk Performer of All Time
| 1. |
Dar Williams |
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| 2. |
Greg Brown |
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| 3. |
Indigo Girls |
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Carrie Newcomer |
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| 5. |
Janis Ian |
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Joni Mitchell |
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Tom Paxton |
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Favorite Folk Festival
| 1. |
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival |
Hillsdale, NY |
Favorite New Folk Discovery
| 1. |
Martin Sexton |
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| 2. |
Dar Williams |
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Favorite Performer You'd Like To Have Heard From in 1996
| 1. |
Susan Werner |
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| 2. |
Indigo Girls |
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| 3. |
Nanci Griffith |
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Richard Shindell |
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FolkVote '95
Top Twenty-Five Folk-Related Releases
| 1. |
Cheryl Wheeler |
"Mrs. Pinocci's Guitar" |
Philo |
| 2. |
Susan Werner |
"Last of the Good Straight Girls" |
Private Music |
| 3. |
Pete & Maura Kennedy |
"River of Fallen Stars" |
Green Linnet |
| 4. |
Ani DiFranco |
"Not A Pretty Girl" |
Righteous Babe |
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Greg Greenway |
"Singing for the Landlord" |
Eastern Front |
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Patty Larkin |
"Stranger's World" |
High Street |
| 7. |
Joan Baez |
"Ring Them Bells" |
Guardian |
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Greg Brown |
"The Live One" |
Red House |
| 9. |
Chris Smither |
"Up on the Lowdown" |
Hightone |
| 10. |
Leslie Smith |
"These Things Wrapped" |
Waterbug |
| 11. |
Jonatha Brooke |
"Plumb" |
Blue Thumb |
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Indigo Girls |
"1,200 Curfews" |
Epic |
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Various |
"This Is Boston, Not Austin" |
Black Wolf |
| 14. |
Steve Earle |
"Train A'Comin'" |
Independent |
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Carrie Newcomer |
"The Bird or The Wing" |
Philo |
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Maura O'Connell |
"Stories" |
Hannibal |
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Ellis Paul |
"Stories" |
Rounder |
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Bruce Springsteen |
"The Ghost of Tom Joad" |
Columbia |
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Diane Ziegler |
"Sting of the Honeybee" |
Philo |
| 20. |
Shawn Colvin |
"Live '88" |
Plump |
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Brooks Williams |
"Knife Edge" |
Green Linnet |
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Dar Williams |
"Christians & The Pagans (EP)" |
Razor & Tie |
| 23. |
Cliff Eberhardt |
"Mona Lisa Café" |
Independent |
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Alison Krauss |
"Now That I've Found You" |
Rounder |
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David Massengill |
"The Return" |
Independent |
FolkVote '94
Top Twenty Folk-Related Releases
| 1. |
Nanci Griffith |
"Flyer" |
Elektra |
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Dar Williams |
"The Honesty Room" |
Waterbug |
| 3. |
Mary Chapin Carpenter |
"Stones in the Road" |
Columbia |
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Various |
"Follow That Road" |
Philo |
| 5. |
David Wilcox |
"Big Horizon" |
A&M |
| 6. |
Greg Brown |
"The Poet Game" |
Red House |
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Shawn Colvin |
"Cover Girl" |
Columbia |
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Lucy Kaplansky |
"The Tide" |
Red House |
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Richard Shindell |
"Blue Divide" |
Shanachie |
| 10. |
Iris Dement |
"My Life" |
Warner Brothers |
| 11. |
John Gorka |
"Out of the Valley" |
High Street |
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Ellis Paul |
"Stories" |
Black Wolf |
| 13. |
Ani DiFranco |
"Out of Range" |
Righteous Babe |
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Indigo Girls |
"Swamp Ophelia" |
Epic |
| 15. |
Cliff Eberhardt |
"Now You Are My Home" |
Shanachie |
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Barbara Kessler |
"Stranger To This Land" |
Independent |
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The Nields |
"Bob on the Ceiling" |
Peter Quince Prod. |
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Tom Prasada-Rao |
"The Way of the World" |
Ahimsa |
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Cosy Sheridan |
"Saturn Return" |
Waterbug |
| 20. |
Dave Alvin |
"King of California" |
HighTone |
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Johnny Cash |
"The American Recordings" |
American |
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disappear fear |
"disappear fear" |
Philo/Rounder |
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Ferron |
"Driver" |
Cherry Tree |
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Tish Hinojosa |
"Destiny's Gate" |
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Robert Earl Keene |
"Gringo Honeymoon" |
Sugar Hill |
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Loreena McKennitt |
"The Mask and The Mirror" |
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Joni Mitchell |
"Turbulent Indigo" |
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Shawn Mullins |
"Big Blue Sky" |
SMG |
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The New St. George |
"High Tea" |
Folk Era |
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Tom Paxton |
"Wearing The Times" |
Sugar Hill |
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Cheryl Wheeler |
"Driving Home" |
Philo/Rounder |
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