Here are our top 12 albums of 2011, with links to our original reviews. See why some are calling them a country bunch!
Josh Garrels, Love & War & the Sea In Between(Small Voice Records)
Gillian Welch, The Harrow & the Harvest (Acony)
Over the Rhine, The Long Surrender (Great Speckled Dog)
Burlap to Cashmere, Burlap to Cashmere (Jive Records)
Paul Simon, So Beautiful or So What (Hear Music)
Alison Krauss & Union Station, Paper Airplane (Rounder)
Emmylou Harris, Hard Bargain (Nonesuch Records)
Sara Groves, Invisible Empires (Fair Trade Services)
Mutemath, Odd Soul (Teleprompt/Warner Bros.)
Laura Marling, A Creature I Don’t Know (Ribbon Records)
Gungor, Ghosts upon the Earth (Brash Music)
Walter Bright 