We continue in our quest to highlight the best emerging NYC artists (i.e. The Deli’s Best of NYC 2014 Poll) with the publication of the winners of the Open Submission results for the FOLK/AMERICANA category – see here for links to the other results organized by city and genre.
Things get really tricky when ranking artists who play roots music, because the average level of musicianship in these genres (as opposed to – say – garage rock) is truly noteworthy. We tried to reward artists with a personal voice and solid fundamentals, even though we’ll admit that many of the bands in this list should have submitted to the "Alt Folk" category – whose results we haven’t published yet.
Total submissions in this category: 20
Artists qualified to the next stage (i.e. the Readers’ Poll, starting around 01.20):
1. Cricket Tell the Weather – 8 (out of 10)
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2. Jason Howell – 7.66
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Honorable Mentions (score above 7)
Lunifred Benjamin, Maynard and the Musties, Lorraine Leckie and her Demons, Bill Scorzari, Ocean Music, Joe Marson, The Hunting Party.
More results on their way, enjoy this rootsiness and check back for more new music from the Big Apple.
The Deli’s Staff