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Danny McCloskey's Top 20 Roots/Americana Albums for 2010  
Alternate Root Magazine

1. Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues (Johnnykmusic pick)
2. Raul Malo - Sinners & Saints
3. Kings Go Forth - The Outsiders Are Back
4. Bettye LaVette - Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook (Johnnykmusic pick)
5. Paul Thorn - Pimps & Preachers
6. Robert Plant - Band of Joy (Johnnykmusic pick)
7. The Coal Porters - Durango
8. Carrie Rodriguez - Love & Circumstance
9. American Graveyard - Hallelujahland
10. Christine Ohlman - The Deep End (Johnnykmusic pick)
11. Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig (Johnnykmusic pick)
12. Mike Farris & the Cumberland Saints - 
           The Night The Cumberland Came Alive 
13. Alejandro Escovedo - Street Songs of Love
14. Marshall Chapman - Big Lonesome
15. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - I Learned the Hard Way (Johnnykmusic pick)
16. Crooked Still - Some Strange Country
17. Elizabeth & The Catapult - The Other Side of Zero (Johnnykmusic pick)
18. Truth & Salvage Co. - Truth & Salvage Co.
19. The Mountains & The Trees - I Made This For You
20. Paul Currerri - California