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Top 89 of 2020: Bill DeVille, host

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by Bill DeVille

December 27, 2020

The end of the year is almost here, which means it's time to reflect on your favorite music of 2020! Here are Bill DeVille's favorite songs and Americana albums of the year. Once you've made your own Top 10 list, vote in The Current's Top 89 poll, and we'll count down our listeners' Top 89 of 2020 on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

Top 10 Songs of 2020

Khruangbin and Leon Bridges – "Texas Sun" (Texas Sun EP)
Waxahatchee – "Can't Do Much" (Saint Cloud)
Chris Stapleton – "Cold" (Starting Over)
Heartless Bastards – "Revolution" (Single)
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – "Dreamsicle" (Reunions)
Margo Price – "Stone Me" (That's How Rumors Get Started)
Run The Jewels – "Ooh La La (feat. Greg Nice and DJ Premier)" (RTJ4)
Elvis Costello – "No Flag" (Hey Clockface)
Phoebe Bridgers – "Kyoto" (Punisher)
Chicano Batman – "Color my life" (Invisible People)

Honorable Mentions

Best Coast – "Everything Has Changed" (Always Tomorrow)
Bob Dylan – "False Prophet" (Rough and Rowdy Ways)
Chastity Brown – "Golden" (Single)
Devon Gilfillian – "The Good Life" (Black Hole Rainbow)
Glass Animals – "Your Love (Deja Vu)" (Dreamland)
Jeff Tweedy – "A Robin Or A Wren" (Love Is The King)
Kathleen Edwards – "Options Open" (Total Freedom)
Nada Surf – "Something I Should Do" (Never Not Together)
Nathaniel Rateliff – "And It's Still Alright" (And It's Still Alright)
Ondara – "Lockdown On Date Night Tuesday" (Folk N'Roll Vol. 1: Tales Of Isolation)

My Favorite Americana Albums

Sturgill Simpson – Cuttin' Grass Vol. 1
Margo Price – That's How Rumors Get Started
Lucinda Williams – Good Souls Better Angels
Zephaniah Ohora – Listening to the Music
Logan Ledger – Logan Ledger
Jaime Wyatt – Neon Cross
Drive-By Truckers – The Unraveling
The Jayhawks – XOXO
Charley Crockett – Welcome to Hard Times
Dave Simonett – Red Tail