ArchivesListed below are the past finalists and award winners of the Indie Acoustic Project's Best CDs of the Year Awards. Also included are the winners of the Indie Acoustic Porjects "Best Songs of the 1990s". Scroll down (or click on a year) to view past finalists and winners!
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BEST CDs of 2006: WINNERS & FINALISTS
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Acoustic Ensemble |
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 "Blinders On" |
Alt. Country Railroad Earth Sean Watkins Yonder Mountain String Band |
******** Elko Blinders On Yonder Mountain String Band |
******** SCI Sugar Hill Vanguard |
 "Waiting For The Sun " |
Alt. Rock Anthill Rachel Sage State of Man |
******** Waiting For The Sun The Blistering Sun Both Sides of the Story |
******** Self-Protected Mpress PolyPlat |
 "Sugarfoot" |
Americana Michelle Malone Albert Lee Carrie Rodriguez |
******** Sugarfoot Road Runner 7 Angels on a Bicycle |
******** SBS/ Valley Sugar Hill Train Wreck/Back Porch |
 "After The Morning" |
Celtic Cara Dillon Michael McGoldrick Solas |
******** After The Morning Wired Reunion |
******** Compass Compass Compass |
 "Dawg's Groove " |
Instrumental David Grisman Lynn Patrick Johnny Whitehorse |
******** Dawg's Groove On The Wind Johnny Whitehorse |
******** Acoustic Disc Self-Produced Silver Wave |
 "Lara & Reyes " |
Latin Moises Gadea Lara & Reyes Roberto Lopez Project |
******** Aitimaa Lara & Reyes Que Pasa |
******** Moka Fusion Acustica Music Curura |
 "Long Night Moon" |
Best Lyrics |
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******** Compass Music Dish New West |
 "Daybreak Mourning" |
Multi- Genre Kaki King Sarah Noni Metzner Gregory Page |
******** Until We Felt Red Daybreak Mourning Love Made Me Drunk |
******** Velour Dog My Cat Seedling / Redeye |
 "Life You Always Wanted" |
Rock The Bittersweets Ellery The Mains |
******** Life You Always Wanted Lying Awake The Higher You Get |
******** Virt Virt Rock Show |
 "No Apologies" |
Roots Kane, Welch, Kaplin Les Tireux d'Roches Jim Van Cleve |
******** Lost John Dean Roches, Papier,Ciseaux No Apologies |
******** Compas Outside Rural Rhythm |
 "This Little Piggy" |
Songwriter: Female Beth Amsel Chris Pureka Beth Waters |
******** The Reverie Dryland This Little Piggy |
******** Good Egg Sad Rabbit Memaid Mafia |
 "True Unity" |
Songwriter: Male LeRoy Bell Corb Lund Chuck Pyle |
******** Two Sides to Every Story Hair In My Eyes True Unity |
******** Self-Produced Stony Plain Stewart Management |
 "Idan Raichel Project" |
World Music: Africa Idan Raichel Various Various |
******** Idan Raichel Project Acoustic Africa One World, Many Cultures |
******** Putumayo Putumayo Putumayo |
 "Polku" |
World Music: Eurasia/Global Beat Calcuta Express Bela Lakatos & The Gypsy Youth Markku Lepisto |
******** Calcuta Express Introducing Polku |
******** Underscore World Music Network Aito |
SONGS OF NOTE: 25 of the Best Songs from 2006
| ARTIST | SONG TITLE | CD TITLE | LABEL |
| Darol Anger | When You Go | Generation Nation | Compass |
| Jerry Barlow | Bring Down the Storm | Bring Down the Storm | Self-Produced |
| Greg Brown | Kokomo | The Evening Call | Red House |
| Shauna Burns | Ghosts & Vampires | Every Thought | Red Rock |
| Sam Bush (w/ Jean Luc Ponty) | New Country | Laps in Seven | Sugar Hill |
| Ronnda Cadle | The Hurt | The River Runs | Rince |
| Chookasian Armenian Ensemble | Almastuh Shoghoom Eh | Passage to Armenia | Self-Produced |
| Jarabe de Palo | La Flaca | Blues Around the World | Putumayo |
| William Lee Ellis | God’s Tattoos | God’s Tattoos | Yellow Dog |
| Belinda Gillett | Bite Back | Someone Hates You | Backwater |
| John Gorka | Road of Good Intentions | Writing in the Margins | Red House |
| David Grisman & Andy Statman | Anim Zemiros | New Shabbos Waltz | Acoustic Disc |
| Lynne Hanson | Things I Miss | Things I Miss | Self-Produced |
| Carrie Hassler | Sensabaugh Tunnel | Carrie Hassler | Rural Rhythm |
| Ilyaimy | In the Water | The Fifth Circle | Self-Produced |
| The Jeff Jones Band | Can’t Make You Proud | Biscuits & Gravy | Foursome |
| James Keelaghan | My Blood | A Few Simple Verses | Jericho Beach |
| Lunasa | Glentrasna | Se | Compass |
| Scott Miller | Only Everything | Citation | Sugar Hill |
| Alison Moorer | Work to Do | Getting Somewhere | Sugar Hill |
| Darrin Nauendorf | Shipwrecked | Rattling Wheel | Rising |
| Dave Potts | Twelve Ninety-Nine | Twelve Ninety-Nine | Looking Up |
| Michael Powers | Goin’ Down | Prodigal Son | Baryon |
| Violet Sumudra | Bliss Beyond | Bliss Beyond | Self-Produced |
| Patti Witten | Encircled | Tell the Wind | Potent Folk |
BEST CDs of 2005: Winners & Finalists
(Winners are listed in Red)
| Cover Art | Artist | Title | Label |
 "Smart Kid" |
Acoustic Ensemble The Bills Clumsy Lovers Various |
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 "Why Should The Fire Die" |
Alt. Country Tim Current Nickel Creek Reckless Kelly |
******** Convergence Why Should The Fire Die Wicked Twisted Road |
******** Deaf Jim Sugar Hill Sugar Hill |
 "La-La Land" |
Alt. Rock Gemini David Meade Rolla |
******** Box of Poems Wherever You Are La La Land |
******** Synched Eleven Thirty Rolla |
 "Big Twang" |
Americana Kate Campbell Tiller's Folly Ben Winship & Brian Wicklund |
******** Blues & Lamentations Buchan Blugrass Big Twang |
******** Large River Tiller's Folly Snake River |
 "Rua" |
Celtic
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******** Rua Play Live The Girl Who Couldn’t Fly |
******** Indies Green Linnet Compass |
 "Minnesota" |
Instrumental Carolyn Cruso Lubos Malina & Martin Fridrich Peter Ostroushko |
******** Boundless Dueling Fingers Minnesota |
******** Blue Heron Good Day Red House |
 "Afro-Latin Party" |
Latin Amir Beso Marta Topferova Various |
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******** Kamala World Village Putumayo |
 "Songs From The Gutter" |
Best Lyrics |
******** Songs From The Gutter Giants Like Water |
******** Compass Scuffletown Freewheel |
 "Stolen Moments" |
Multi- Genre Alison Brown The Duhks Shirly Jones & the Dap Kings |
******** Stolen Moments The Duhks Naturally |
******** Compass Sugar Hill Dap Tome |
 "Listen Through The Static" |
Rock Arthur Lee Land The Nadas WadiRum |
******** Dragonfly Listen Through The Static WadiRum |
******** Perfect Groove Authentic Self-Produced |
 "A Mountain Apart" |
Roots Biscuit Burners Kort & Beth McCumber Dan Treanor & Frankie Lee |
******** A Mountain Apart McCumberland Gap African Wind |
******** Indidog Somewhere To Go Northern Blues |
 "Forgotten Arm" |
Songwriter: Female Anne Heaton Aimee Mann Cathie Ryan |
******** Give In The Forgotten Arm The Farthest Wave |
******** Spill Super Ego Shanachie |
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Songwriter: Male Dana Cooper Terrence Martin Hans York |
******** Made of Mud Lost HIlls Inside Out |
******** King Easy Good Dog Hazzazar |
 "North Africa's Destiny" |
World Music: Africa Various Moh Alieleche Various |
******** Mali North Africa's Destiny North African Groove |
******** Putumayo Flag of Freedom Putumayo |
 "Jasmine" |
World Music: Eurasia/Global Beat Wajdi Cherif Eric Kamen Stabi, Hardelin, Herktzberg & Hallberg |
******** Jasmine Native Unit Karleksbrev Och Ryska Satelliter |
******** Wech E-Traxxxx Holmen Music |
Songs of Note: 25 Other Great Songs From 2005
| Artist | Song Title | CD Title | Label |
| Terry Allen | Rollback | Silent Majority | Sugar Hill |
| Celtic Fiddle Festival | Itzikel | Play On | Green Linnet |
| Joshua Davis | Delta 88 | Fool Rooster | Earthwork |
| Luke Doucet | Emily Please | Broken | Six Shooter |
| Drive By Truckers | Wifebeater | Gangstabilly (re-relase | New West |
| Drew Emmitt | All Night Ride | Across The bridge | Compass |
| David Francey | Sunday Morning | The Waking Hour | Red House |
| Susan Gibson | Company Man | Outer Space | For The |
| Eliza Gilkyson | Man of God | Paradise Hotel | Red House |
| Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion | Gervais | Exploration | New West |
| Chris Hillman | Eight Miles High | The Other Side | Sovereign Artists |
| Clay Jones | BF05 | Mountain Tradition | Rural Rhythm |
| Arden Kaywin | Me With Me | QuarterLife Crisis | Self Produced |
| Sonny Landreth | Native Stepson | Grant Street | Sugar Hill |
| Doug Mallory | The Way It Begins | The Way It Begins | CBC Maritimes |
| Tim O’Brien | Fiddler's Green | Fiddler's Green | Sugar Hill |
| Old School Freight Train | Lookee Here | Run | Acoustic Disc |
| Rebecca Oswald | Periwinkle Blue | October Wind | Self Produced |
| John Pousette-Dart | In The Pocket | Heart & Soul | Little Big Deal |
| Justin Roth | Shine | Shine | Rothirric |
| Sharon Shannon | Bonnie Mulligan | Each Littel Thing | Compass |
| Shooglenifty | Arms Dealers' Daughter | Radical Mestizo | Compass |
| Simple Gifts | My Horses Ain't Hungry | Crossing Borders | Purple Finch |
| Trampled By Turtles | Codeine | Blue Sky & The Devil | Banjodad |
| The Waifs | Take It In | A Brief History | Compass |
BEST CDs of 2004: Winners & Finalists
(Winners are listed in Green )
| Cover Art | Artist | Title | Label |
 "After The Flood " |
Acoustic Ensemble Clumsy Lovers Mutual Admiration Society Third Road Home |
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 "A Flower Grows In Stone " |
Alt. Rock Jesse Dyen Kyler Various |
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******** Self-Produced Deep South Putumayo |
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Americana Acoustic Syndicate Kort & Beth McCumber Stepping In It |
******** Long Way Round Until I Return Hidden In The Lowlands |
******** Sugar Hill Somewhere To Go Hippo Coop |
 "The Landing Step " |
Celtic Grada Mozaik Tiller's Folly |
******** The Landing Step Live From The Powerhouse A Fine Kettle of Fish |
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 "Side Two " |
Instrumental Creaking Tree Quartet Johannes Linstead Lunasa |
******** Side Two Mediterranea The Kinnitty Sessions |
******** Self-Produced Earthscape Compass |
 "Theater of the Unheard " |
Best Lyrics |
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******** Compadre Tinfoil Full Light |
 "Deceiver" |
Multi- Genre Autorickshaw Chris Thile Various |
******** Four Higher Deceiver Greece: A Musical Odyssey |
******** Tala Wallah Sugar Hill Putumayo |
 "The Dirty South " |
Rock Ben Arnold Drive By Truckers Fairport Convention |
******** Calico The Dirty South Over The Next Hill |
******** Sci-FidelityGroove New West Compass |
 "These Chains " |
Roots Tony Furtado Alison Krauss Ricky Skaggs |
******** These Chains Lonely Both Ways Strings |
******** Funzalo Rounder Skaggs Family |
 "Warm Strangers " |
Songwriter: Female Christine Kane Sarah Sharp Vienna Teng |
******** Right Outta Nowhere Fourth Person Warm Strangers |
******** Firepink I Don't Mind Virt / Deep South |
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Songwriter: Male Garrin Benfield Jez Lowe Simon Vincent |
******** Where Joy Kills Sorrow Doolally Out of Here |
******** Zack Songs Lowe Life Self-Produced |
 "Beasts...Ghosts" |
World Music: Africa Tarika Tinariwen Wasis Diop |
******** Beasts,Ghosts & Dancing With History Amasskoul Everything Is Never Quite Enough |
******** Karuna/ Triloka Triban-Union Trioloka |
 "South Pacific Islands " |
World Music: Europe, Asia & the Pacific Sheetal Various Warsaw Village Band |
******** Love of Ages South Pacific Islands People's Spring |
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 "Inolvidable" |
World Music: Latin Candido & Graciela Katia Cardenal Sergio Lara |
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******** Chesky Majo Fusion Acustica |
SONGS OF NOTE: 10 Other Great Songs from 2004
ARTIST |
SONG TITLE |
CD TITLE |
LABEL |
| Doin’ Time | No Regret |
Go For It |
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| Sam Bush | Mahavishnu Mt Boys | King of My World | Sugar Hill |
| Melonie Cannon | Tennessee Roads | Melonie Cannon | Skaggs Family |
| Carolyn Currie | Everything | Kiss of Ghosts | Etherean |
| Colin Gilmore | Live Forever | The World Stopped & Spun the Other Way | Squirm |
| Kathy Kallick | I Once Loved | Reason & Rhyme | Copper Creek |
| Steven Mark | Beer & NyQuil | Distraction | Self-Produced |
| Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Walkin in the Sunshine | Welcome to Woody Creek | Dualtone |
| Rise | Both Sides of the Tweed | Posing As Human | Orissor |
| Taxi Chain | James Brown Ate My Bagpipes |
Smarten Up | Northern Blues |
BEST CDs of 2001- 2003: WINNERS & FINALISTS
(Winners are listed in pink)
| Cover Art | Artist | Title | Label |
 "Did It Again" |
Acoustic Ensemble Chitlin Fooks Drew Emmitt Jez Lowe Shack Tiller's Folly |
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 "Green Blade Rising" |
Alt. Rock |
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******** Marathon Eagle Tarecords Hidden Agenda Self-Produced |
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Americana |
******** Mounuments The Houston Kid We Built A Fire Simple Path Love Goes On |
******** Large River Sugar Hill Scuffletown Relentless Compass |
 "Somehere...Road" |
Celtic |
******** Fit Uncertain Wonders "1" Underneath The Stars Somewhere Along The Road |
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 "Replay" |
Instrumental |
******** Guts & Steel Replay Phrygian Istikbar Incendio Redwood |
******** Solid Air/AMR Compass Wech New World Green Linnet |
 "Coercion Street" |
Lyrics/Social Commentary |
******** Losing Faith All For Love & Wages Coercion Street Tickle Such Things Are Finely Done |
******** Reckless Steppinstone Hallenbeck's Self-Produced Tales From TheTavern |
 "The Voice" |
Multi- Genre Vusi Mahlasela Tarika Rick Trevino Various Artists Ziroq |
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******** ATO Triloka Vanguard Putumayo Triloka |
 "Proterra" |
Rock Nicki Barr Equation The Nadas Sim Redmond Runrig |
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******** Nicki Barr I Scream Authentic I Town Ridge |
 "American Gypsy" |
Roots Eric Bibb Stephanie Davis Tony Furtado Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez Steppin In It |
******** Painting In Sings Crocus In The Snow American Gypsy The Trouble With Humans Last Winter In The Copper Country |
******** Earth Beat Recluse What Are Records Lone Star/TMG HippoCoup |
 "Beth Waters" |
Songwriter: Female Bonnie Barnard Quincy Noe Venable Beth Waters Patti Witten |
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******** Owl In Dabnean Petridish Mermaid Mafia I Town |
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Songwriter: Male Jake Amerding Garrin Benfield Dana Cooper Buddy Mondlock Darryl Purpose |
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******** Compass Eigth Note Dog-Eared Major Bob Tangible |
 "Lugares Comunes" |
World Music Moh Alileche Guardabarranco Inti-Ilimani Habib Koite Oliver Mtukuzudi |
******** The Source Of Water Verdadero Lugares Comunes Baro Vhunze Moto |
******** Flag of Freedom Mantica/Waid Green Linnet Putomayo Putumayo |
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Alt Rock 1. Nields |
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Americana
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Only Sun Game of Dances Trinkets Hey Gringo Honeymoon |
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Celtic 1. Capercaillie |
Delirium The Half Tail Year Live at the Celtic Connections 2000 Cowboy Celtic |
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Folk Rock 1. Donna the Buffalo |
Positive Friction Starodavny Svet Apt. # 6s Sock Ray Blue Eat This |
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Instrumental 1. Alison Brown |
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Multi-Genre 1. Curandero |
Curandero Anueit Kabily-Touseg Camptown Eat |
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Singer-Songwriter: Female
1. Suzi Katz |
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Singer-Songwriter: Male 1. Keola Beamer 2. Ian Matthews 3. Electric Bonsai Band 4. Greg Brown 5. Eric Bibb |
Wooden Boat The Dark Ride I Am Joe's Eyes The PoetGame Good Stuff |
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Social Commentary 1. Jez Lowe |
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World Beat 1. Habib Koite |
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