The Best Albums of 2022-2023: Finalists & Winners

The Finalists in each of 12 categories were selected from the multitudes of CDs that were considered.

The winner’s names are bounded by stars.

For those of you who submitted recordings for the awards, thank you for your excellent work. It is our hope that these awards will help all indie artists by generating increased awareness of independently produced music from around the world.

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	Artist	Title	Label
	Album of the Year
	The Accidentals	Time Out	Self produced
	AAA
	Geneviève Racette Heavy Diamond Ring **The Accidentals**	Satellite All Out Of Angels Time Out	Self produced Cowboy Cowabunga Self produced
	Acoustic Ensemble
	The Slocan Ramblers The South Austin Moonlighters **Viv And Riley**	Up the Hill and Through the Fog From Here to Home Imaginary People	Self produced Self produced Free Dirt
	Americana
	Abigail Lapell **Eric Bibb** Katie Pederson	Stolen Time Ridin’ Limitless	Self produced Repute/Stony Plain Records Self produced
	Anthology
	**Various** Various Various	Feels Like Home Havana Meets Kingston Part 2 Global Reggae	Putumayo Cumbancha Putumayo
	Instrumental
	Helge Lien & Knut Hem Miguel Espinoza Fusion **Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy**	Villingsberg Gabriella Canvas	Ozella Music Self produced Self produced
	Jazz
	Adrien Brogna & Andres Klenes **Miguel Espinoza Fusion** Ross Martin	Luz de Lua Living in a Daydream Sylvan Tunnel	Self produced Self produced Homerecords
	Latin (tie)
	**Lily Henley** **Maison Bélier** Roberto Lopez	Oras Dezaorasdas Las Cosas del Querer Ritual	Hearth Music Ventilador Music Curura Music
	Multi-Genre Fusion
	**Ayrad** No-No Boy Various	III Empire Electric Acoustic Latino	Les Faux Monnayeurs Smithsonian Folkways Putumayo
	Progressive Edge
	Kolonien **The Deer** Violons Barbares	Till Skogen The Beautiful Undead Monsters and Fantastic Creatures	Cumbancha Self produced Self produced
	Rock
	**The Arcadian Wild** Elin Furubotn Good Morning Bedlam	Welcome Resirkulerte Rim og Regler Lulu	Self produced Self produced Self produced
	Singer-Songwriter
	Cinder Well **Katie Boeck** Lydia Luce	Cadence Calico Garden Songs	Free Dirt Right Light Self produced
	World Music
	Kimi Djabate The Secret Trio **Various**	Dindin Coexist Acoustic World 6	Cumbancha Kalan Putumayo