2006’s top 10 (or maybe 16) CDs  
(in no particular order)

Damnwells – Air Stereo (Zoe)

Mark Knophler and Emmy Lou Harris –  All the Road Running (Mercury)

Dustin Bentall – Street With No Lights (Indie)

Slaid Cleaves - Unsung (Rounder)

Bruce Springsteen - The Seger Sessions (Columbia)

The Be Good Tanyas - Hello Love (Nettwerk)

Leeroy Stagger - Depression River (Boompa)

Josh Ritter - The Animal Years (V2ADA)

The Sadies - In Concert Volume One (Outside)

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (Columbia)

Solomon Burke - Nashville (Shout)

Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (Mint)

Romi Mayes - Sweet Somethin' Steady (Indie)

Tom Waits - Orphans (Anti)

Teddy Thompson - Separate Ways (Verve)

Jackie Greene - American Myth (Verve)

Artists to Watch

Sam Baker
Amy Winehouse
Earl Greyhound
Dustin Bentall
Leeroy Stagger
Teddy Thompson

Best Reissue

Gram Parsons - The Complete Reprise Sessions

Harry Nilsson - Very Best of Harry Nilsson

Son Volt - A Retrospective

Johnny Cash - Personal File

Best Live Shows

Danny Michel - September 14, West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, MB

Bob Schnieder (with the Dixie Chicks) - August 19 & 20, MTS Centre, Winnipeg, MB

Elliot BROOD - Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, June, Winnipeg Jazz Festival

The Sadies - October 18, Western Canadian Music Awards Week

Slaid Cleaves - June 30, Grand Forks, North Dakota

Romi Mayes - October 16, West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, MB

Gogol Bordello - February 10, West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, MB

Solomon Burke - July, Winnipeg Folk Festival

The Grand Caribou Opry: Ridley Bent, Dustin Bentall, Romi Mayes, Leeroy Stagger & Barney Bentall - November 23 - West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, MB

Paul Kelly - August 9, West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, MB

Best Song

Cat Power - Lived in Bars

Dustin Bentall - Crash Hard

Justin Rutledge - Backseat Honeymoon (Blue is What I Do)

Teddy Thompson - I Should Get Up

Damnwells - She's the NYC Skyline

Nathan - Casserole

Danny Michel - Midnight Train

Serena Ryder - Weak in the Knees

Dustin Bentall - Streets with no Lights

The Damnwells - Air Stereo

Gob Iron - Death Songs for the Living

JP Hoe & the Truly Richards - The Live Beta Project

Ox - American Lo Fi

Justin Rutledge - The Devil on a Bench in Stanley Park

Bob Schneider - The Californian

Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions

Leeroy Stagger - Depression River

The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker

Amazingly Honourable Mentions:

Romi Mayes - Sweet Somethin' Steady
Josh Ritter - The Animal Years
The Sadies - In Concert Volume One
Teddy Thompson - Separate Ways
Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
 

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