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The Best Americana of 2007

PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2007

Bettye LaVette

The Scene of the Crime

(Anti-)

US release date: 25 September 2007

UK release date: 24 September 2007

[18 December 2007]

by Andrew Gilstrap

PopMatters Associate Music Editor

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If 2007 didn't invite any gripping controversies, it was certainly filled with competitive comparisons -- between young and old, past and present, and among splintered factions -- and both surprising hits and disappointing misses. All in all, a dynamic and at times resurgent year for the broad scope of Americana.

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