The Best of 2023!

The Rhythms Readers Poll returns!

Have your say in choosing the best albums, gigs, music books and films of the year. Democracy in action. We would love your contribution. 

Below you will find lists of albums and box sets to choose from but you do not have to restrict yourself to these choices.

VOTING CLOSES AT MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 10, 2023

Results of the Readers Poll will be published in the January/February edition of Rhythms and online on January 1, 2024.

PLEASE NOTE: If your choices are not on the list below then you can add them in the text box at the end of the section. 
Only votes that include a valid email address will be valid. One vote per person. 

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* 1. Australian Album Of 2023 (Choose ONLY 5! Column 1 is your first choice, Column 2 is your second choice etc) The lists below are guides only feel free to add YOUR OWN choices!

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Andy White & Tim Finn - AT
Angie McMahon - List Dark, Light Again
Ash Naylor - Soundtracks Vol.2
Bill Jackson - 1965
Caitlin Harnett & The Pony Boys - All Night Long 
Cash Savage & The Last Drinks - So This Is Love
Catherine Traicos - Nashville Record
Charles Jenkins - Radio Sketches Vol.3
Checkerboard Lounge - The Sun Sessions
Dan Sultan - Dan Sultan
Dana Gehrman - Down In Hollywood
David Bridie - It's Been A While Since Our Last Conversation
Dom Turner & The Blues Project - Sit Tight
Don Walker - Lightning In A Clear Blue Sky
Fenn Wilson - Honey Dates Death Ghazals
Fiona Boyes - Ramblified 
Georgia Knight - Hell On Bent Street
Henry Wagons - South Of Everywhere
Leah Senior - The Music That I Make
Liam Gerner & Los Perros Perdidos - Toodeloo Tuvalu
Luluc - Diamonds 
Marcel Borrack - The Telecaster Diaries
Martin Frawley - The Wannabe
Matt Joe Gow - Between Tonight and Tomorrow
Mick Thomas' Roving Commission - Where Only Memory Can Find You
Minor Gold - Minor Gold 
Mo'Ju - Oro Plata Mata 
Neil Murray - The Telling 
Nick Barker - Exoskeleton
Nigel Wearne - The Reckoning
Patrick Wilson - It'll Be Allright
Perry Keyes - Black & White Town
The Pleasures - The Beginning Of The End
Rebecca Barnard - The Night They Called It A Day
Robert Forster - The Candle & The Flame 
Sean McMahon - Victoria 
The Silversound - The Silversound 
SnarskiCircusLindyBand - Someone Said That Someone Said
Stephen Cummings - 100 Years From Now 
Teskey Brothers - The Winding Way 
Tex Perkins & The Fat Rubber Band - Other World 
Various - Women of Soul
Watty Thompson - Watty Thompson

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* 2.

International Album Of 2023 (Choose no more than 5)

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Allison Russell - The Returner 
Ben Harper - Wide Open Light
Bettye Lavette - Lavette!
Blake Mills - Jelly Road
Bob Dylan - Shadow Kingdom
Buddy & Julie Miller - In The Throes
Willi Carlile - Critterland 
Cat Power - Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert
Charley Crockett - Travelin' Blues: Live From The Ryman 
Duane Betts - Wild & Precious Life 
Glen Hansard - All That Was East Is West To Me Now 
Graham Nash - Now 
Hiss Golden Messenger - Jump For Joy
Iris DeMent - Workin' On A World 
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Weathervanes
Jenny Lewis - Joy'All
Jon Batiste - World Music Radio
Joni Mitchell - Live At Newport 2022
Joy Oladokun - Proof of Life 
Kath Bloom - Finally 
Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter - Guilty Pleasures 
Laura Viers - Phone Orphans
Logan Ledger - Golden State
Lucinda Williams - Stories From A Rock 'n' Roll Heart
Lukas Nelson & The Promise of The Real - Sticks & Stones 
Margo Price - Strays 
Meshell Ndgeocello - The Omnichord Real Book
M Ward - Supernatural Thing
Molina Talbot Lofgren & Young - Self-Titled
Muirreann Bradley - I Kept These Old Blues 
Nat Myers - Yellow Peril
Natalie Merchant - Keep Your Courage 
The National - First Two Pages of Frankenstein
Nils Lofgren - Mountains
Old Crow Medicine Show - Jubilee
Ondara - Spanish Villager
Pink Stones - You Know Who
The Pretenders - Relentless
Rhiannon Giddens - You're The One
Rickie Lee Jones - Pieces of Treasure
Robert Ellis - Yesterday's News
Rodney Crowell - The Chicago Sessions 
Roger Waters - Dark Side of The Moon Redux
Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds 
Rufus Wainwright - Folkocarcy
Ryan Bingham - Watch Out For The Wolf
Son Volt - Day of The Doug
Tanya Tucker - Sweet Western Sound
Teddy Thompson - My Love Of Country
The Third Mind - The Third Mind 2
Those Pretty Wrongs - Holiday Camp
Van Morrison - Accentuate The Positive
Van Morrison - Movin' On Skiffle
Willie Nelson - Bluegrass
Willie Nelson - I Don't Know A Thing About Love
Sunny War - Anarchist Gospel
War & Treaty - Lover's Game
Wilco - Cousin

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* 3. Compilations/Box Sets/Re-Issues/Tribute Albums (Choose up to 5)

 
Billy Bragg - The Roaring Forty 1983-2023
Bob Dylan - Fragments - Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol. 17
Bob Dylan - The Complete Budokan
Bob Marley - Catch A Fire 
Cat Power - Sings Bob Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert
Dr John - Plays Mac Rebennack
Eric Clapton - The Definitive 24 Nights
Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation
Jason Isbell - Southeastern
Joni Mitchell - Archives Vol.3
Marshall Crenshaw - Field Day (40th)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Chrome Dreams
Nick Lowe - Dig My Mood (25th Anniversary)
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (50th Anniversary)
Talking Heads - Stop making Sense (40th anniversary)
Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds of the Western World (50th Anniversary)
The Replacements - Tim (Let It Bleed Edition)
Various - More Than A Whisper: The Music of Nanci Griffith
Various - The Endless Coloured Ways (Nick Drake Tribute)
The Who - Who's Next/Lifehouse

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* 4. Best Gig/Concert/Festival Show of 2023 - Australian/International

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* 5. Best Music Festival - Australia

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* 6. Best Music Book of The Year (Australian or International)

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* 7. Best Music Documentary Film of The Year (Australian or International)

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* 8. Please enter your details here. For your vote to be eligible you must provide your name and a valid email address (which will remain confidential). 

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