On June 8th, The Boxmasters will release Bellflower, their fourth record on Vanguard/Sawmill Records. As with their previous releases, Bellflower is a 2 CD set featuring one disc of original songs and one disc of cover songs. Bellflower comes on the heels of the band’s current CD, Modbilly, which reached the Number One spot on the Americana Radio Chart for two consecutive weeks and was named one of the top 100 Records by the Americana Music Association in 2009.

Log on to listen to The Boxmasters hang with Steve Jones on his widely renowned Jonesy's Jukebox program running on iamrogue.com Monday, Jan. 18 at 12noon PT / 2pm CT / 3pm ET.

The Americana Music Association announced its year end Top 100 Albums of the Year. The Top 100 albums are based on those records reported during the period of November 17, 2008 through November 16, 2009.

The Top Twenty most played albums, as charted on the Americana Airplay Chart are:
1. Buddy & Julie Miller
2. Steve Earle
3. Slaid Cleaves
4. Flatlanders
5. Willie Nelson and Asleep At The Wheel
6. Gourds
7. Tejas Brothers
8. Levon Helm
9. Justin Townes Earle
10. J.J.Cale
11. Son Volt
12. Lucinda Williams
13. Todd Snider
14. Boxmasters
15. Ryan Adams and The Cardinals
16. Scott Miller and the Commonwealth
17. Ryan Bingham
18. Wilco
19. Eilen Jewell
20. Charlie Robison

1. Buddy Holly: The Apartment Tapes (Geffen). Fine – so they were recorded 50 years ago. Still, it took this long to finally get a proper CD version (on the Down the Line: Rarities compilation). These songs, in their undubbed form, are filled with more truth, beauty and sadness than anything I heard all year.

2. Bob Dylan: Together Through Life (Columbia). More blues-based than Dylan’s other late-career masterpieces, it carried the dust of authenticity, with grace to spare.

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