Our Best of NYC poll for Folk and Americana artist ended yesterday and the winners are in! 

READERS' POLL WINNERS: THE NATIONAL RESERVE

Emerging New York City folksters, The National Reserve, who won the "popular vote," are mixing things up in the NYC scene by delivering a dose of much needed southern twang. Merging blues, rock, folk and country, their 2015 EP, "Easy Does It," is a solid slice of Americana, enriched by powerful and expressive vocals. Lead singer and guitarist, Sean Walsh, has this sort of storyteller voice that will rope you in and make you believe you are at a Honky Tonk in Nashville. Judging from their impressive 2016 live record, this is the kind of band you need to see on a stage, and you'll have the opportunity to do just that on February 16 at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn. (Lea Phillips)

We added this song to The Deli's playlist of Best Folk/Americana songs by emerging NYC artists - check it out!

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OVERALL POLL CATEGORY WINNER (READERS + JURORS): MARGARET GLASPY

As you SHOULD know by now, there is also a winner of the composite chart for each category tackled in our polls. The composite chart also takes into account the votes of the local jurors (mostly bloggers and local venue bookers) who picked all the nominees in our list.

Sumptuous songwriter Margaret Glaspy is the winner of this category's overall poll - we covered her already many times, and her album 'Emotions and Math' made it in our "Best NYC Records of 2016 List" in our latest print issue.

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We also need to mention Bailen, who was our Artist of the Month not long ago and placed second in the overall chart, with a high score both from the jury and the readers - well done guys!

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Here's the list of all the finalists in the Folk/Americana category.

	Bailen		27%	113 votes
	Bellows		0%	3 votes
	Big Thief		2%	9 votes
	Cassandra Jenkins		0%	2 votes
	Don Dilego & the Touristas		0%	0 votes
	The End of America		0%	0 votes
	Howth		23%	97 votes
	Julia Haltigan		0%	2 votes
	Julian Lage		0%	2 votes
	Margaret Glaspy		3%	13 votes
	The National Reserve		35%	146 votes
	Swoon Lake		6%	25 votes
	Vagabon		0%	1 vote
	White Lighters		0%	3 votes

'Tis the season of the 'Best ofs' and this year we've got a pretty sweet one for you, directly from out 49th print issue of The Deli NYC - yes, in case you weren't aware of it, we exist in the tangible world too!

If you didn't stumble upon a copy of our magazine (we put it in all the alternatively musical places we know in lower Manhattan, Brooklyn, LI and NJ) check out the full article digitally here. And DO NOT DARE to miss the playlist of said article, streaming below, because it's not available in print!

P.S. The tracks are organized in order of Soundcloud popularity.

Here are three brand new music videos released by more established NYC artists we often covered in this blog: Margaret Glaspy, Elliot Moss and BEAU.

Check out the four NYC artists we covered in the latest issue of The Deli's Fresh Buzz section - they are the best of what's coming up! You can read about them here.

In 'Somebody to Anybody,' singer/songwriter Margaret Glaspy resolves to live outside others' expectations ('I don't want to be somebody to anybody, no...'), and sounds about as confident in this statement as anything she's released to date. The song is an appropriate introduction to the Brooklyn-by-California artist. At once hard-edged and intimate, jarring and softly sweet, the girl-next-door and a growling tempest, it's a losing task to try and tie Glaspy's pristine talent to any predictable expectation. Faster and sunnier single "Emotion and Math" (streaming) is another example of Margaret's ambivalence, right from its title.

Considering that she's moved in short order from participation in fiddling competitions in California, to playing crunchy folk jams in Boston, to the New York-based set you'll soon hear from her debut full-length 'Emotions and Math,' (ATO Records), it's immediately apparent this is an artist that doesn't settle - neither geographically nor artistically. Margaret Glaspy will be touring as Lucius' opening act this summer, but you can catch the artist when she plays at Baby's All Right on Sat, June 18th, and get the new record when it's released from ATO Records (also home to King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard!!!) on June 17th. - Mike Levine (@Goldnuggets)

We added this song to The Deli's playlist of Best rootsy songs by emerging NYC artists - check it out!