http://www.thealternateroot.com/what-s-trending/1685-top-30-artists-list
Over the course of a month we receive upwards of 250 CD’s or digital files of new music from artists we know and are anticipating and many from artists we don’t know or are hearing from for the first time. The amount of new music we see is staggering. Bands change, line-ups change, directions change and new collaborations arise from this American Roots community we call home. A few months back we published a list of the Top 50 Bands Right Now. We limited that to bands even though many of the top 50 “artists” were solo acts. Well that was the landscape 7 months ago and it has shifted dramatically. We decided to publish a new list…keep it to the Top 30 Artists, not just bands. We used the criteria that the artists on the list had to have a recent project and that was pretty much it. So here it is…The Alternate Root’s Top 30 Artists, Right Now! – See more at: http://www.thealternateroot.com/what-s-trending/1685-top-30-artists-list#sthash.4dwBfT6f.dpuf
(see the full list at http://www.thealternateroot.com/what-s-trending/1685-top-30-artists-list)