The Indie Acoustic Project is proud to announce the finalists for the IAP’s "Best CDs of 2010" Awards. The 3 finalists in each of 12 categories were selected from the multitudes of CDs that were considered for the awards.
The list of finalists may also be found at www.indieacoustic.com
Artist Title Record Label
Acoustic Ensemble
Altan 25th Anniversary Compass
Chapin Sisters Two Lake Bottom
Red Horse Red Horse Red House
Americana
Asleep at the Wheel It’s a Good Day Bismeaux
Fruition Fruition Self-produced
Chris Pureka How I Learned to See in the Dark Sad Rabbit
Celtic
Grada Natural Angle Compass
Old Blind Dogs Wherever Yet May Be Compass
Solas The Turning Tide Compass
Instrumental
California Guitar Trio Andromeda Inner Knot
John McSherry Soma Compass
Peter Ostroushko When the Last Morning Glory Blooms Red House
Best Lyrics
Kamm & MacDonald From the Fire Freewheel
Meg Hutchinson The Living Side Red House
Kate Isenberg Gold Rush Town Three Roads
Multi-Genre
Ellery This Isn’t Over Yet Set Adrft
Michael McGoldrick Aurora Compass
Heidi Talbot The Last Star Compass
Progressive Edge
Citay Dream Get Together Dead Oceans
El Hijo Mad Rilena Acuarela
Peter Wolf Crier Inter Be Jagjaguwar
Rock
Carrie Rodriguez Love & Circumstance 9th Street Opus
Railroad Earth Railroad Earth One Haven
Spring Standards Would Things Be Different Self-produced
Roots
Karan Casey , John Doyle Exiles Return Compass
Les Tireux d’Roches Ce Qu Esse CFM
Otis Taylor Clovis People Telarc
Singer-Songwriter
Ellen Cherry New Years Wrong Size Shoes
Ruth Moody The Garden Red House
Chuck Pyle The Spaces In Between Zen Cowboy
Worldbeat
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba I Speak Fula Subpop
Joan Soriano El Duque de la Bachata IASO
Various Listen to the Banned Valley Entertainment / Freemuse
World Music
Oswin Chin Behilia Liber Otrabanda
Ali Khattab Al Zarqa Nuevos Medios
Various Yoga Putumayo
