Steve Edge's Top Albums
Favourite new releases of 2011
| # | Artist | Album | label |
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| 1 | Fatoumata Diawara | Fatou | World Circuit |
| 2 | Hazmat Modine | Cicada | Barbes |
| 3 | Thea Gilmore & Sandy Denny | Don't Stop Singing | |
| 4 | Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole | Le Soleil Est Leve | Valcour |
| 5 | The Dardanelles | The Eastern Light | Indie |
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| 6 | Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas | The Highlander's Farewell | Culburnie |
| 7 | Sona Jobarteh | Fasiya | African Guild |
| 8 | Youssou N'Dour | Dakar-Kingston | Nonesuch |
| 9 | Good Lovelies | Let The Rain Fall | Indie |
| 10 | La Bottine Souriante | Appealltion d'Origine Controle | |
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| 11 | June Tabor & Oysterband | Ragged Kingdom | Topic |
| 12 | Joel Savoy & Jesse Lege | The Right Combination | Valcour |
| 13 | Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys | Return Of The Creole | |
| 14 | Pharis & Jason Romero | A Passing Glimpse | Indie |
| 15 | Oliver Swain | In A Big Machine | Indie |
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| 16 | Qristina & Quinn Bachand | Family | Indie |
| 17 | Eilen Jewell | Queen Of The Minor Key | Signature Sounds |
| 18 | Caladh Nua | Next Stop | Indie |
| 19 | Steve Dawson | Nightshade | Black Hen |
| 20 | Michael Jerome Browne | The Road Is Dark | Borealis |
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| 21 | The Once | Row Upon Row Of The People We Know | Borealis |
| 22 | Rory Block | Shake 'Em On Down: A Tribute To Mississippi Fred McDowell | Stony Plain |
| 23 | Kiran Ahluwalia | Aam Zameen: Common Ground | |
| 24 | Susana Baca | Afrodiaspora | |
| 25 | Del McCoury & Preservation Hall Jazz Band | American Legacies | Preservation Hall |
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| 26 | Terakaft | Aratan N Azawad | |
| 27 | Ray Bonneville | Bad Man's Blood | Red House |
| 28 | The Wailin' Jennys | Bright Morning Star | Red House |
| 29 | The Greencards | The Brick Album | Sugar Hill |
| 30 | Treasa Levasseur | Broad | Indie |
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| 31 | C.J. Chenier | Can't Sit Down | |
| 32 | Various Artists | The Cecil Sharp Project | Shrewsbury Folk Festival |
| 33 | Abigail Washburn | City Of Refuge | |
| 34 | Matt Andersen | Coal Mining Blues | Busted Flat |
| 35 | Rosie Ledet | Come Get Some | Maison De Soul |
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| 36 | Sayon Bamba | Dougna | |
| 37 | Dave Alvin | Eleven Eleven | Yep Roc |
| 38 | Fearing & White | Fearing & White | Indie |
| 39 | Mae Moore | Folklore | Indie |
| 40 | Madison Violet | The Good In Goodbye | True North |
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| 41 | Gillian Welch | The Harrow & The Harvest | |
| 42 | Blackie & The Rodeo Kings | Kings & Queens | F.U.M. |
| 43 | Kara Grainger | L.A. Blues | |
| 44 | David Francey | The Late Edition | Laker |
| 45 | Red Molly | Light In The Sky | |
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| 46 | Ricardo Tesi & Banditaliana | Madreperla | |
| 47 | Boubacar Traore | Mali Denhou | |
| 48 | Suzie Vinnick | Me 'N' Mabel | Indie |
| 49 | Tom Russell | Mesabi | Shout Factory |
| 50 | Pokey LaFarge | Middle Of Everywhere | |
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| 51 | Snakefarm | My Halo At Half-Light | |
| 52 | Ollabelle | Neon Blue Bird | |
| 53 | The Deep Dark Woods | The Place I Left Behind | Six Shooter |
| 54 | Karen Savoca | Promise | Alcove |
| 55 | Martin Simpson | Purpose & Grace | Topic |
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| 56 | Catherine MacClellan | Silhouette | |
| 57 | k.d. lang & the Siss Boom Bang | Sing It Loud | |
| 58 | Alan Kelly Gang | Small Towns & Famous Nights | |
| 59 | Paul Simon | So Beautiful Or So What | |
| 60 | Blame Sally | Speeding Ticket & A Valentine | Ninth Street Opus |
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| 61 | Paul McKenna Band | Stem The Tide | Greentrax |
| 62 | Harry Manx & Kevin Breit | Strictly Whatever | Stony Plain |
| 63 | Dale Watson | The Sun Sessions | |
| 64 | Seth Lakeman | Tales From The Barrelhouse | |
| 65 | Kate & Anna McGarrigle | Tell My Sister | Nonesuch |
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| 66 | Savoy Family Band | Turn Loose But Don't Let Go | Arhoolie |
| 67 | Locarno | Una Mas Y Ya Nos Vamos | Jericho Beach |
| 68 | David Bromberg | Use Me | |
| 69 | Chris Smither | What I Learned In School | Signature Sounds |
| 70 | Kate Rusby | 20 | Pure |
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| 71 | Tara Nevins | Wood & Stone | Sugar Hill |
| 72 | DeVotchKa | 100 Lovers | Anti |
