 | The Letting Go by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £6.99 The Master - the songwriter by which all songwriters should be judged.
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 | If I Could Only Make It Through January by Rhubarb
Buy new: £10.79 / Used from: £42.54 A dark, raw, haunting, bleak masterpiece - his finest record to date.
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 | And Now That I'm in Your Shadow by Damien Jurado
Buy new: £8.18 / Used from: £7.07 He floors me with every release. One of the greats.
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 | The Boatman's Call by Nick Cave
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £4.46 There's more depth in songs like Into My Arms and Are You the One... than most songwriters manage in their lifetime.
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 | Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon by Devendra Banhart
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £7.00 So important not just for his own great songs but for the talent he has introduced to the world.
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 | Carbon Glacier by Laura Veirs
Buy new: £8.78 / Used from: £5.53 Undeniably great in every sense, this record touches me like no other of the past decade.
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 | Ys by Joanna Newsom
Buy used from: £9.80 In a class of her own. Utterly original - the real deal.
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 | Well of Memory by PG Six
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £7.50 Deserves all the praise that Devendra gets and more. An impeccable album.
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 | I'm Wide Awake It's Morning by Bright Eyes
Buy new: £7.78 / Used from: £4.39 Up there with the greats - his full potential realised on this classic.
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 | The Saga of Mayflower May by Marissa Nadler
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £9.00 One of the greatest living songwriters - haunting and original.
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 | Eric Taylor by Eric Taylor
Buy used from: £14.75 Criminally underrated, he is up there with Townes on his night, especially live.
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 | Knock Knock by Smog
Buy used from: £6.15 River Guard may contain the best opening line of verse ever written. Bill Callahan is a true original.
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 | Real Gone by Tom Waits
Buy new: £7.78 / Used from: £5.95 One of the few originals who becomes more vital with age, his records just get better and better.
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 | Passing Stranger by Scott Matthews
Buy used from: £17.98 Saw him live and was converted - completely blown away! Again, up there with the greats.
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 | The Bells of 1 2 by Sol Seppy
Buy new: £6.78 / Used from: £5.91 One of the most important records of the past 5 years - Enter One is truly one of the greatest songs you will ever hear in your life.
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 | In Our Nature by Jose Gonzalez
Buy new: £6.28 / Used from: £6.04 Forget the TV adverts, this man is the real deal - this record is as good as his debut Veneer.
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 | Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
Buy used from: £3.70 Quality control has been a little lacking since this debut , but on his night he is up there with the greats. e.g. Starlite Diner from 29.
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 | You Are Free by Cat Power
Buy new: £6.78 / Used from: £7.45 The double-tracked harmonies on Maybe Not have to be heard to be believed!
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 | The Robin's Tiny Throat by Baby Dee
Buy used from: £9.97 Track down any Baby Dee records through whatever means - they will blow you away.
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 | Real Life by Joan As Police Woman
Buy new: £20.49 / Used from: £6.17 Joan Wasser's time has rightfully arrived - the title track is one of the greatest songs ever written. Period.
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