It’s been an amazing year for great music! For what it’s worth here’s my own little “Best Of” for 2011. In no particular order.
Best Musical Groups of 2011:
Mumford and Sons, MuteMath, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Fitz and the Tantrums, Foo Fighters, Downhere, Zac Brown Band, PawnShop kings, Switchfoot, The Black Keys, Little Big Town, Needtobreathe, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, The Avett Brothers, Lady Antebellum, Attwater
Best Female Musical Artists of 2011:
Adele, Joss Stone, Alison Krauss, Kelly Clarkson, Sierra Hull, Francesca Battistelli, Kacey Musgraves, Miranda Lambert, Jessica Campbell, Melissa Fuller, Sandra McCracken
Best Male Musical Artists of 2011:
Mat Kearney, Eric Church, Eric Paslay, Marc Scibilia, Darius Rucker, Matt Maher, Dom Liberate, Drew Womack, Keb Mo, Landeau Eugene Murphy Jr.
Best Albums of 2011 (somewhat in order):
- Mumford and Sons “Sigh No More”
- Adele “21″
- Mat Kearney “Young Love”
- MuteMath “Odd Soul”
- Fitz & The Tantrums “Picking Up The Pieces”
- Eric Church “Chief”
- Joss Stone “LP1″
- Alison Krauss & Union Station “Paper Airplane”
- Switchfoot “Vice Verses”
- Foo Fighters “Wasting Light”
- Needtobreathe “The Reckoning”
- Little Big Town “Reason Why”
- Chris Thile & Michael Daves “Sleep With One Eye Open”
- Lady Antebellum “Own The Night”
- The Black Keys “El Camino”
- Kelly Clarkson “Stronger”
Best Songs of 2011:
Mumford & Sons “Roll Away Your Stone”, Mutemath “Blood Pressure”, Adele “Someone Like You”, Drew Holcomb “Fire & Dynamite”, Jason Aldean “Dirt Road Anthem”, Fitz & The Tantrums “Don’t Gotta Work It Out”, Eric Church “Homeboy”, Laura Story “Blessings”, Miranda Lambert “Baggage Claim”, Jessie J. “Price Tag”, Civil Wars “Barton Hollow”, Needtobreathe “Slumber”, Lady Antebellum “We Owned The Night”, Little Big Town “Kiss Goodbye”, Alison Krauss & Union Station “My Love Follows You Where You Go”, Attwater “Daydreaming”
Best Comeback: The Cars
Best Concert: U2 @ Vanderbilt Stadium
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