This Last Points Artist / Album Title / Label / * Album of the Month of… Month Month (reporter) 1 1 96 STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES / Guy / New West *PHa, *BH, *RST, *BK 2 -- 48 JOSH RITTER / Fever Breaks / V2 Records *FCe,*PN, *JB, *GF 3 -- 45 JEFFREY HALFORD and the Healers / West Towards South / Floating Records *JJ, *PvG, 4 7 42 MATT ANDERSEN / Halfway Home by Morning / True North *FC, * FB 5 -- 36 JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE / The Saint Of Lost causes / New West *LM 6 2 35 LUTHER DICKINSON and SISTERS OF STRAWBERRY MOON / Solstice / New West *TJ 7 -- 34 BRAD ARMSTRONG / I Got No Place Remembers Me / Cornelius Chapel *CvL, *DHo 8 -- 32 ANNA TIVEL / The Question / Fluff & Gravy *GC, *EZ -- 32 SON VOLT / Union / Transmit Sound *HB 3 32 DANNY SCHMIDT / Standard Deviation / Live Once Records *MP, *FS 11 -- 30 JOHN PAUL WHITE / The Hurting Kind / Single Lock Records *TK 12 4 29 TOM RUSSELL / October In The Railroad Earth / Proper Records -- 29 DANIEL NORGREN / Wooh Dang / *HBr, *JD 14 9 26 PHIL LEE / The Horse He Rode In On / Palookaville Records 15 -- 25 TERRY KLEIN / Tex / Independent *JH, *PJ 16 6 24 VARIOUS / Songs of Our Native Daughters / Smithsonian Folkways 17 -- 21 BIANCA DELEON / Dangerous Endeavour / Lonesome Highway Records *RE,*ME, *ML 18 -- 20 POINT QUIET / Walking In The Wild / Continental Song City -- 20 ROSEANNE REID / Trails / Last Man Music *TV 20 -- 19 WILL KIMBROUGH / I Like It Down Here / Daphne Records -- 19 TODD THIBAUD / Hill West / Blue Rose *HdB, 22 -- 18 J.J. CALE / Stay Around / Because Music *WV 8 18 MERCY JOHN / Let It Go Easy / Butler 24 -- 17 BRENT MOYER / Doing Better Now / Brambus Records *PR 25 -- 15 DANNI NICHOLLS / The Melted Morning / Independent -- 15 DAMIEN JURADO / In the Shape of the Storm / Loose *MG 5 15 PATTY GRIFFIN / Patty Griffin / Thirty Tigers ONES TO WATCH!!! (and to listen) CANVAS BLANCO / Exilio / Roomservicemusic *DH, *KG DAN NAVARRO / Shed My Skin / Blue Rose *PH ORVILLE PECK / Pony / Sub Pop *JS, AMANDA RHEAUME / Skin I'm in / Indie *RW STACIA THIEL / Straight To The Middle / Independent *AL WEYES BLOOD / Titanic Rising / Sub Pop *JV STEEL BLOSSOMS / Steel Blossoms / Billy Jam Records *MB HAYES CARLL / What It Is / Dualtone *SP TYLOR & THE TRAIN ROBBERS / Best of the worst kind / Independent *MM RICHARD LINDGREN / Death And Love / Metronome Records *HO TOWNES VAN ZANDT / Sky Blue / Fat Possum Records *JJC GRACE PETTIS / A Little Noise / Independent *BHe DERVISH / The Great Irish Songbook / Rounder *HD DON FELDER / American Rock ' n' Roll / BMG *MW MIRACLE WHIPS / The Art Of Facts / Independent *LK BEN JARRELL / Troubled Times / Country Roots Records *PHe SOUTH AUSTIN MOONLIGHTERS / Travel light / Station House Records *AN SEAN TAYLOR / The Path into Blue / Independent *HH JOSHUA RAY WALKER / Wish You Were Here / State Fair *MF ODELION / Odelion / Skimming Tones Records *JF .