2021 READERS POLL WINNERS!

AUSTRALIAN ALBUMS OF THE YEAR                

1. FIRST TIME REALLY FEELING Liz Stringer 
2. THE WAIT Vika & Linda 
3. ST GEORGE’S ROAD Black Sorrows
4. IN COLOUR Georgia State Line
5. THINGS TAKE TIME TAKE TIME Courtney Barnett 
6. BONECRUNCH Backsliders    
7. WONDERFUL OBLIVION Charm of Finches  
8. HEAVY DREAMS Luke Sinclair Set
9. I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF Colin Hay 
10. UNDER THESE STREETS Emma Donovan & The Putbacks

INTERNATIONAL ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

1. THEY’RE CALLING ME HOME Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi
2. RAISE THE ROOF Robert Plant & Alison Krauss  
3. THE MILLION THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPENED Billy Bragg
4. GEORGIA BLUE Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit  
5. LEFTOVER FEELINGS John Hiatt & Jerry Douglas
6. NATIVE SONS Los Lobos   
7. J.T. Steve Earle & The Dukes  
8. FROM DREAMS TO DUST Felice Brothers 
9. RAMBLE IN MUSIC CITY Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers 
10. BARN Neil Young & Crazy Horse

BOX SETS/RE-RELEASES

1. LIVE AT THE CONTINENTAL Chris Wilson

2. SPRINGTIME IN NEW YORK: THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL.16 1980-1985 Bob Dylan                    

3. LET IT BE Beatles            

BEST CONCERT

MIDNIGHT OIL TOUR

BEST FESTIVAL

WOMADelaide

BEST MUSIC BOOK

1. LAST CHANCE TEXACO: CHRONICLES OF A TROUBADOUR Rickie Lee Jones

2. BEESWING: HOW I LOST MY WAY AND FOUND MY VOICE, 1967-1975 Richard Thompson

3. NINA SIMONE’S GUM Warren Ellis

BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY

1. THE BEATLES: GET BACK

2. SUMMER OF SOUL

3. THE SPARKS BROTHERS