Tristen is The Deli Nashville’s Best Emerging Artist of 2011

The final results are in for the overall winners of The Deli Nashville’s Best of 2011 poll. The Deli has compiled the votes of fans, jurors, open submissions, Deli writers and staff from all branches of the blog and it appears the bewitching honey-sweet vocals of Tristen are irresistible to everyone. The lady enchanted us with her live performance at our unofficial SXSW show in March 2011. The Nashville chanteuse came in first place, followed by the retro rock of Natural Child. Finally, Hans Condor, with their noisy and vintage garage-rock (performed unstoppably live), scored number three. Congrats to these artists, and thanks to everyone who voted.

1. TRISTEN

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2. NATURAL CHILD

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3. HANS CONDOR

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Here’s the chart with the final results:

BAND J W F OS TOTAL   1 Tristen 8   0.5   8.5 2 Natural Child 4   1.5   5.5 3 Hans Condor 3 1 0.003   4.003 4 Ranch Ghost 3 1 0.002   4.002 5 Heavy Cream 3 1 0.002   4.002 6 Protomen 1   3   4 7 Diamond Rug 2 1 0.006   3.006 8 Birdcloud 3   0.004   3.004 9 Casa Castile 3   0.004   3.004 10 Cy Barkley & the Way Outsiders 3   0.003   3.003   Nahnee Bori 3   0.003   3.003 12 Colorfeels 3   0.002   3.002 13 Nikki Lane 3   0.002   3.002 14 Thief 3   0.002   3.002 15 Heypenny     0.002 3 3.002 16 Chrome Pony 2 1 0.001   3.001 17 Glossary 3   0.001   3.001 18 Christopher Wild 1   2   3   Derek Hoke 3   0   3 20 Those Darlins 2   0.01   2.01 21 The Features 2   0.006   2.006 22 Bad Cop     0.004 2 2.004 23 Kingston Springs 2   0.004   2.004 24 Natalie Prass 2   0.003   2.003 25 Among Savages 2   0.002   2.002 26 Sharpneck 2   0.002   2.002 27 Cherub 1 1 0.001   2.001   Modoc 2   0.001   2.001 29 Thank You Ma’ams 2   0.001   2.001 30 Canon Blue 2   0   2 31 The Stephen Sebastian Band     1 1 2 32 Rachel Pearl     0.017 1.5 1.517 33 The Danberries     0.002 1.5 1.502 34 Prophet Nathan 1   0.015   1.015 35 Andrew Combs 1   0.006   1.006   Rayland Baxter 1   0.006   1.006 37 Honey Locust 1   0.005   1.005 38 Fly Golden Eagle 1   0.004   1.004   King Arthur 1   0.002   1.002 40 Thelma & the Sleaze 1   0.002   1.002 41 Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes     0.001 1 1.001 42 Umbrella Tree     0.001 1 1.001 Legend: J = Jury – OS = Open Submissions – W = Deli Writers – F = Fans

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