Årets Top 10 Album (Lenge leve albumet!)

1. Bob Dylan- Rough and Rowdy Ways (Columbia)
- All the Bob Dylan in the world adds up to one great record.
2. Luke Elliot - The Big Wind (Ferryhouse Productions)
- Amerikanske Luke Elliots oppfølger-album satt langt inne, men slår fast at Luke er arvingen til amerikansk East Coast Rocks trone.
3. Malin Pettersen- Wildhorse (Die With Your Boots On)
- Norsk americana melder seg på i den internasjonale eliten.
4. Shaye Zadravec- Now and Then (Indelible Music)
- Ny, kanadisk stemme som kan løfte de beste sangene til himmels.
5. Marcus King - El Dorado (Easy Eye Sound/ Fantasy)
- Sørstats-gitarist og sanger som viderefører spiriten til både Duane og Gregg Allman.
6. Brandy Clark- Your Life is a Record (Warner)
- Brandy Clark er Nashvilles smarteste låtskriver, bare spør Randy Newman.
7. Jørund Vålandsmyr & Menigheten - Hvite dager, mørke kvelder (Apollon)
- Norsk americanas mest egenartede sanger for tiden er raskt tilbake med nytt album.
8. Various Artists- AngelHeaded Hipster/ The Songs of Marc Bolan & T.Rex (BMG)
- Produsenten Hal Willners siste i livet er en joy-ride fra ende til annen, inkludert Nick Caves enorme versjon av «Cosmic dancer».
9. Luke Elliot- Live in Oslo 13.06.2020 (Black Sea Entertainment)
- Korona sørget for at bare femti publikummere fikk med seg denne søndags-konserten i sommer, mange flere så den på nettet og noen få har denne suvere vinylen.
10. Jonathan Wilson-Dixie Blur/ Rare Blur (Bella Union)
- Gitarist/ produsent Wilson lager unik folk/country som i sannhet er kosmisk. På årets flottest designede album, komplett med et ekstra minialbum, Rare Blur.



Årets 10 neste/ beste

11. Frazey Ford - U Kin B The Sun (Arts & Crafts)
12. Early James - Singing for my Supper (Easy Eye Sound)
13. Swamp Dogg- Sorry You Couldn’t Make It (Joyfull Noise)
14. The Psychedelic Furs- Made of Rain (Cooking Vinyl)
15. Rose City Band- Summerlong (Thrill Jockey)
16. Pretenders - Hate for Sale (BMG)
17. The Dream Syndicate- The Universe Inside (Anti-)
18. Khruangbin- Mordechai (Dead Oceans)
19. The Mavericks- en Espanol (Mono Mundo recordings)
20. Lucinda Williams - Good Souls Better Angels (Highway 20 records)

Årets 10 Countryalbum

1. Brandy Clark- Your Life Is a Record (Warner)
2. Malin Pettersen- Wildhorse (Die With Your Boots On)
3. Jesse Daniel- Rollin´ On (Die True Records)
4. Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams- Plastic Bouquet (New West)
5. Brennen Leigh- Prairie Love Letter (Brennen Leigh)
6. Zephania OHora- Listen to the Music (LastRoundup Records)
7. Chris Stapleton- Starting Over (Mercury)
8. Willie Nelson- First Rose of Spring (Columbia Legacy)
9. Harald Thune- The Backbounceability of Humans (FaJo Music)
10. Joshua Ray Walker- «Glad you Made It» (State Fair)

Årets 10 norske album

1. Malin Pettersen- Wildhorse (Die With Your Boots On)
2. Jørund Vålandsmyr & Menigheten- Hvite dager, mørke kvelder (Apollon)
3. The Northern Belle- We Wither, We Bloom (Die With Your Boots On)
4. Harald Thune- The Backbounceability of Humans (FaJo Music)
5. Odd René Andersen & the Close Shaves- Read the Sign (Soul City records)
6. Einar Flaa- Worry Chord (Grappa)
7. Kenneth Norum- Snaxville Sessions (Snaxville)
8. Rebekka Lundstrøm- Carousel (Rebekka Lundstrøm)
9. Sweetheart (Mother Likes It Records)
10. Tommy Tokyo- The remaining Days of Life (Drabant)



Årets 10 reutgivelser

1. Grateful Dead- American Beauty (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (3 CD/ Warner Rhino)
2. Grateful Dead- Workingman´s Dead (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (3 CD/ Warner Rhino)
3. Gun Club- Miami (Blixa Sounds/ 2 vinyl)
4. Tom Petty- Wildflowers & All the Rest (4 CD & 7 vinyl/ Warner)
5. The Doors- Morrison Hotel (50th Anniversary Numbered Limited Deluxe Edition) (Vinyl/ 2 CD/ Elektra/ Rhino)
6. Bobbie Gentry- Perform Delta Sweete (2 vinyl/ Capitol)
7. The Rolling Stones- Goats Head Soup (3 CD/ Blu-ray Box set/ Polydor)
8. Roberta Flack- First Take (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (Vinyl/ 2 CD Atlantic/ Run Out Groove)
9. Dusty Springfield- Dusty in Memphis (Dusty Springfield´s First recordings with the Memphis Sound) (2 vinyl/ Atlantic/ Run Out Groove)
10. Barbara Lynn- The Atlantic Years (Vinyl/ Atlantic/ Run Out Groove)

Årets 10 boks-sett/ antologier

1. John Prine- Crooked Piece of Time/ The Atlantic & Asylum Albums (1971-1980) (7 CD/ Atlantic/ Asylum/ Rhino)
2. 2 Tone- The Albums (8 CD/ Chrysalis)
3. Focus- 50 Years/ Anthology 1970-1976 (9CD/ 2 DVD/ Red Bullet)
4. Paal Flaata/ Came to hear the Music A 20 Year Collection (CD/ Blue Mood Records)
5. Robert Plant- Digging Deep: Subterranea (2 CD/ Es Paranza/ Warner)
6. Diverse Artister- Looking Through A Glass Onion/ The Beatles´ Psychedelic Songbook 1966-1972 (3 CD/ Grapefruit)
7. Jerry Jeff Walker- Mr. Bojangles/ The Atco/ Elektra Years 1968-1978 (5 CD/Morello)
8. Warren Zevon´s Greatest Hits (According to Judd Apatow) (Rhino)
9. Greg Lake- The Anthology A Musical Journey (2 CD/ BMG)
10. Brian Eno- Film Music 1976-2020 (Opal)

Top 10 musikk dokumentarer

1. Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President (Greenwich Entertainment)
2. Laurel Canyon (Dogwoof)
3. Billie (Billie Holiday)(Altitude)
4. Once were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band (Magnolia)
5. Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of my Voice (CNN films)
6. Show me the Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall (Modern films)
7. Creem: Americas´s only Rock´n´ Roll Magazine (Greenwich Entertainment)
8. Ronnie Wood: Somebody up there likes me (Eagle Vision)
9. Eric Andersen: The Songpoet (Toward Castle Films and Skipping Stone Pictures)
10. Every Night’s a Saturday Night- The Rock´n´roll life of Legendary Sax Man Bobby Keys (Icon Television)



25 plater som gjorde 2020 bedre

Gil Landry- Skeleton at the Banquet (Loose),
Dave Alvin- From an old Guitar/ Rare and unreleased recordings (Yep roc),
American Aquarium- Lamentations (New West),
William Prince- Reliever (Glassnote),
The Texas Gentlemen- Floor it!!! (New West),
Terry Allen and The Panhandle Mystery Band- Just like Moby Dick (Paradise of Bachelors),
Steve Forbert- Early Morning Rain (Blue Rose Music),
Jerry Joseph- The Beautiful Madness (El Cortez),
My Darling Clementine with Steve Nieve- Country Darkness (Fretsore),
Motorpsycho- The All is One (Rune Grammofon),
John Moreland- LP 5 (Old Omens),
Pacific Range- High upon the Mountain (Curation),
Cordovas- Destiny Hotel (ATO),
Emma Swift- Blonde on the Tracks (Continental),
Tennessee Jet- The Country (Thirty Tigers),
John Fogerty- Fogerty´s Factory (BMG),
Margo Price- That´s how Rumors get started & Perfectly Imperfect at the Ryman (Loma Vista),
Daniel Donato- A Young Man´s Country (Cosmic Country Music),
H.C. McEntire- Eno Axis (Merge),
Little Richard- The Rill Thing, King of Rock and roll, The Second Coming, Lifetime Friend (Re-relaser Omnivore).



Plateutgivelser spilt inn i Halden, noen utgitt på selskapet New Noise (newnoise.no) i 2020

Album

Iain Matthews & The Salmon Smokers- Fake Tan (Vinyl New Noise), på CD i februar 2021 (Talking Elephant)
Omar Østli- Central Pensjonat (Vinyl New Noise)
Onkel Tuka- Lykke til med meg! (Vinyl New Noise)
Åse Kleveland & The Salmon Smokers- På Frihjul (Vinyl/ CD Grappa)
John Kjellström- John Kjellström (Vinyl/ CD Apollon)
Paal Flaata- In demand ( Rerelease av 2002-album/ 2 vinyl/ Mercury)

Vinyl 7-tommere

Lise Backstrøm- Hold on Magnolia/ Blush (New Noise)
Mandalai Lamas- Strange Medicine/ Are you proud of me now? (New Noise)
The Squareheads- Who´s your Daddy?/ Shout it out (New Noise)
Tor Brynildsen- That´s all right/ Help me make it through the night (New Noise)

If it ain’t New Noise, it’s just noise

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