The Jacket's Festive Americana Jukebox

• The Handsome Family ‘So Much Wine’ taken from the 2000 Carrot Top album ‘In the Air’
• Sufjan Stevens ‘Justice Delivers Its Death’ taken from the 2012 Asthmatic Kitty box-set ‘Silver & Gold’
• Low ‘Just Like Christmas’ taken from the 1999 Kranky album ‘Christmas’
• Geva Alon ‘I See The Love’ 2B Vibes Music single release
• Robert Earl Keen ‘Merry Christmas From The Family’ taken from the 2004 New West Records album ‘Live from Austin TX’
• Hayes Carll ‘Grateful For Christmas’ taken from the 2011 Lost Highway Records album ‘KMAG YOYO’
• Tom Waits ‘Christmas Card Form A Hooker In Minneapolis’ taken from the 1978 Asylum album ‘Blue Valentine’
• Buck Owens ‘Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy’ taken from Aquarium Drunkard’s ‘Lit Up Like A Christmas Tree – A Vintage Holiday Mixtape’
• Brenda Lee ‘I’m Gonna Lasso Santa Claus’ taken from Aquarium Drunkard’s ‘Lit Up Like A Christmas Tree – A Vintage Holiday Mixtape’
• Hank Thompson ‘I’d Like To Have an Elephant For Christmas’ taken from Aquarium Drunkard’s ‘Lit Up Like A Christmas Tree – A Vintage Holiday Mixtape’
• Loretta Lyn ‘To Heck With Santa Claus’ taken from Aquarium Drunkard’s ‘Lit Up Like A Christmas Tree – A Vintage Holiday Mixtape’
• The Handsome Family ‘Stupid Bells’ taken from the 2002 Handsome Family Music album ‘Smothered and Covered’
• Mary Chapin Carpenter ‘Bells are Ringing’ taken from the 2008 Zoe album ‘Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs of Christmas’
• John Prine ‘Silver Bells’ taken from the 1993 Oh Boy album ‘A John Prine Christmas’
• Emmylou Harris ‘Silent Night’ taken from the 1979 Warner Brother / Rhino album ‘Songs From The Stable’
• Bruce Springsteen ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’ 1985 Columbia records single release.

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• Lindi Ortega ‘Cigarettes and Truckstops’ taken from the 2012 Last Gang Records album ‘Cigarettes and Truckstops’

• Anais Mitchell ‘Young Man In America’ taken from the 2012 Wilderland Records album ‘Young Man In America’

• Gilmore and Roberts ‘The Innocent Left’ taken from the 2012 Navigator Records album ‘The Innocent Left’

• Phantom Limb ‘High and Dry’ taken from the 2012 Naim Edge album ‘The Pines’

• Rob Baird ‘I Can’t Get Over You’ taken from the 2012 Carnival Recording Company album ‘I Swear It’s The Truth’

• Quiet Loner ‘We Will Not Forget’ taken from the 2012 Little Red Rabbit Records album ‘Greedy Magicians’

• Cahalen Morrison and Eli West ‘Our Lady of the Tall Trees’ taken from the 2012 Independent album ‘Our Lady of the Tall Trees’

• Fred Eaglesmith ‘Trucker Speed’ taken from the 2012 Bluewater Music album ‘6 Volts’

• Pete Gow ‘Child Bride' taken from the 2012 Clubhouse Records album ‘The Nebraska Sessions – A Tribute’

• Sons of Bill ‘Turn It Up’ taken from the 2012 Blue Rose Records album ‘Sirens’

This is my 'best of' list for 2012.  It was a real struggle to get down to just ten albums and if I had picked it a week earlier or a week later it would undoubtedly been different.  

The tribute to Guy Clark 'This Ones For Him' lost out to the Nebraska Sessions as I only wanted one various artists album on my list.  John Fullbright got in on one draft in place of Rob Baird but narrowly missed the final cut.  Morgan O'Kane occupies similar territory to Morrison and West but the sheer joy of 'Our Lady of The Tall Trees' meant that my Ol Timey / Bluegrassy slot when to them.

It pained me to leave out 'Hello Cruel World' by Gretchen Peters, 'Waiting For The Operator' by Mad Staring Eyes' and 'Live At Blue Rock' by MAry Gauthier.  If I had started listening to 'Babel' a bit earlier then Mumford and Sons may have made the cut and I completely missed that Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit had a live album out as I have immersed myself in 'Here We Rest' not realising that it was released last year.

But a top ten must, by definition, contain only ten albums and I am happy with my choices.  To see what the other Americana UK writers picked and for the combined top ten click here.

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• Alabama Shakes ‘Hold On’ taken from the 2012 Rough Trade album ‘Boys and Girls'

• Felsen ‘Temporary Diamonds on Display’ taken from the 2012 independent album ‘Breaking Up With Loneliness’

• Old Tire Swingers ‘What You Give’ taken from the 2012 independent album ‘Old Tire Swingers’

• Southbound Attic Band ‘I Crossed A Line’ taken from the 2012 independent album ‘Living the Dream’

• The Avett Brothers ‘The Once and Future Carpenter' taken from the 2012 Universal Republic album ‘Carpenter’

• Bonnie Raitt ‘Right Down The Line’ taken from the 2012 Redwing Records album ‘Slip Stream’

• Mumford and Sons ‘I Will Wait’ taken from the 2012 Island album ‘Babel’

• John Fullbright ‘Moving’ taken from the 2012 Blue Dirt Records album ‘From The Ground Up’

• The Lumineers ‘Stubborn Love’ taken from the 2012 Dualtone Records album ‘The Lumineers’

• Vince Gill ‘Randall Knife’ taken from the 2011 Icehouse Music album ‘This One’s for Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark’

• Levon Helm ‘Tennessee Jed’ taken from the 2009 Dirt Farmer/Vanguard album ‘Electric Dirt’

Levon Helm ‘The Weight’ taken from the 2011 Vanguard Records album ‘Ramble at the Ryman’ 

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• Ryan Bingham "Heart of Rhythm" taken from the 2012 Axster Bingham Records album “Tomorrowland”

• Aidan Knight "Singer-Songwriter" taken from the 2012 Outside album “Small Reveal”

• Lisa Marie Presley "Storm and Grace" taken from the 2012 Universal album “Storm and Grace”

• Trevor Moss & Hannah Lou "Arta Road" taken from the 2012 Independent album “La Femme De Fontenaille”

• Arlan Fieles and the Broken Hearted "Fire Drill" taken from the 2012 Not Pop Records album “Weeds Kill The Wild Flowers”

• Lucero "On My Way Down Town" taken from the 2012 Loose Music album “Women and Work”

• Lowlands "Keep on Flowing" taken from the 2012 Gypsy Child album “Beyond”

• Reckless Kelly "Hatax" taken from the 1998 Cold Spring album “Millican”

• Charlie Robison "Down Again" taken from the 2009 Dualtone Records album “Beautiful Day”

• Harry Oakwood Millionaire "Brothers" taken from the 2012 self released debut EP

• Rob Baird "Dreams and Gasoline" taken from the 2012 Carnival Recording Company album “I Swear It’s The Truth”

• Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit "Go It Alone" taken from the 2011 Lightening Rod Records album “Here We Rest”

• Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "Pride and Joy" taken from the 1986 Epic album “Live Alive”