This is the category gathering NYC based bands who play roots music in all its traditional glory. Or at least that’s what we intended it to be – a couple of bands in the list (namely, Sewing Machines and The Balboans) obviously mis-categorized themselves when submitting for this poll…
Total Submissions in this category: 23
Artists Qualified to the Poll’s Next Stage (starting soon):
1. Swear and Shake – 8.16 (out of 10)
2. The Ludlow Thieves – 7.66
3. The Courtesy Tier – 7.5
Honorable Mentions (score above 7):
Sewing Machines, The Balboans, Ten Ton Man, Runaway Dorothy, Zak Smith, Mail the Horse, Alana Amram & the Rough Gems, Kayleigh Goldsworthy, David King + The Confirmed Bachelors, Elijah Ocean, This Old Ghost, Thomas Bryan Eaton.
Jurors: Ben Toledo (Deli Portland), Jacqueline Caruso (Deli LA), QD Tran (Deli Philly)
The Deli’ Staff