Top Ten Albums (Strong year as I had to leave good albums by Fleet Foxes and The Unthanks out of the final Ten)
1) The Staves & yMusic – The Way is Read
2) Meursault – I Will Kill Again
3) British Sea Power – Let The Dancers Inherit The Party
4) The National – Sleep Well Beast
5) The Rails – There Are Other People In This World Not Just You
6) Broken Social Scene – Hug of Thunder
7) Danny and the Champions of the World – Brilliant Light
8) Granddaddy – Last Place
9) Keston Cobblers Club – Almost Home
10) Ray Davies – Americana
Top Ten Festival Appearances (All Cambridge Folk Festival)
1) Lau
2) Admiral Fallow
3) Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls
4) Daoiri Farrell
5) Cara Dillon
6) Belshazzar's Feast
7) Loudon Wainwright III
8) She Shanties
9) Martin Simpson
10) Chris TT Sings A.A Milne
Top Five Gigs (Not many gigs this year so no full Ten, but the quality of the gigs was high)
1) The Head and the Heart – Shepherds Bush Empire
2) Darlingside – Union Chapel
3) The Rails – Borderline
4) Meursault – St Johns Church (Bethnal Green)
5) Space – Colchester Arts Centre
Top Five Songs
1) The National – The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
2) Meursault – Ode to Gremlin
3) Keston Cobblers Club – Almost Home
4) Broken Social Scene – Halfway Home
5) British Sea Power – Bad Bohemian
