New England Music Awards week continues with the three-piece Jatoba, a self-described “groove-grass” band that is nominated for Best in State: Vermont. The group combines traditional bluegrass tempos, bumping bass lines and an onslaught of other instruments including the sitar and the banjo. Jatoba has been on the local circuit since 2008 and released its first album “Death, Fire & Picnic Tables” in 2011. Here is what John Samison, who plays mandolin, acoustic guitar, sitar and mandola in the band, has to say.

To read the interview, click here.

Deli Nation,

Our Year End Poll for Emerging New England Artists was - as usual - a painstaking (and somewhat excruciating) process, but we pulled it off with remarkable flair!

Kudos to indie rock slackers Krill (pictured) for winning it hands down!

Thumbs up to multifaceted blues rock songwriter Sarah Borriello and to pop experimenters And the Kids.

Here is how it all went down: first, we let the local bands submit their music (for free) and got our Deli editors to pick the nominees. Then we polled a list of 15+ New England scene experts (our jury) and asked them to nominate three more bands of their choice each. Then we polled our writers, then we polled our readers. We tried to keep things open for each single genre, from Indie Rock to Roots Music to Hip Hop.

If you are a geek interested in all the subtelties related to how this poll works, you can read its rules here (happy reading!). But if all you care about is the awesome new music New England produced in the year 2013, this list is all you need. Enjoy!

BEST OF 2013 POLL FOR EMERGING NEW ENGLAND ARTISTS ****** FINAL RESULTS ******

ARTIST J W OS R TOT   1 KRILL 9 1   0.005 10.005 2 Sarah Borrello 3 1   0.004 4.004 3 And The Kids 3     1 4 4 Animals and Shapes 2 1   0.114 3.114 5 Pale Cowboy     3 0.077 3.077 6 Violent Mae 3     0.054 3.054 7 Magic Island   1 2 0.047 3.047 8 Alpenglow 3     0.03 3.03 9 Speedy Ortiz 3     0.014 3.014 10 Will Dailey 3     0.011 3.011 11 Ovlov 3     0.003 3.003 12  Kal Marks 2 1   0.003 3.003 13 Dust Witch 3     0.002 3.002 14 Grass is Green 3     0.001 3.001 15 Hayley Sabella 3     0 3  16 Bearstronaut 3     0 3 17  Mals Totem     1 2 3  18 Harpoons 3       3 ? 19 Rusty Belle 1     1.5 2.5 20 The Box Tiger 2     0.173 2.173 21 Miss Geo   1 1 0.062 2.062 22 Jesse Dee 2     0.048 2.048  23 Bella's Bartok 2     0.047 2.047 24 Paper Castles 2     0.013 2.013  25 Consuelo's Revenge 2     0.007 2.007 26 Guerilla Toss 2     0.006 2.006 27 Bent Shapes 2     0.004 2.004 28 Daphne Lee Martin 2     0.002 2.002  29 Blue Button 2     0.002 2.002  30 Dan & the Wildfire 2     0.002 2.002 31 Fear the Masses 2     0.001 2.001  32 Ashley Jordan 2     0.001 2.001  33 The Range 2     0.001 2.001 34 Big Big Buildings     1.5 0.032 1.532 35 Contrapposto 1     0.032 1.032 36 Tomboy 1     0.031 1.031 37 Jatoba 1     0.017 1.017 38 Art Decade 1     0.014 1.014 39 Frank Viele 1     0.011 1.011  40 You Won't 1     0.008 1.008 41 Civil Pilots 1     0.007 1.007 42 Home Body 1     0.004 1.004  43 Atlantic Thrills     1 0.004 1.004 44 Ryan Montbleau Band 1     0.003 1.003 45 Barika 1     0.002 1.002 Legend: J = Jurors, W = Deli Writers, R = Deli Readers, OS = Open Submissions

List of jurors: Vern (The Room, CT); Christie Leigh (CNC Music Productions); Adam Morgan (blogger); Lev McCarthy (WRUV); Jackie Indrisano (Cafe 939, MA); Trevor Morrison (WHUS); John Fleming (The Colosseum, RI); Ellie Molitor (Allston Pudding); Joe (Radio Bean, VT); Dan Kuhn (WWPV); John (The Elevens, MA); Liz Pelly (fvckthemedia.com); Bryan (Hillytown music blog); Joseph Graham (New England Music Awards); Perry Eaton (BDCWire.com)

Hope you'll find some awesome new artists you weren't aware of!

The Deli's Staff

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Independent Bands and Artists,

THE DELI'S YEAR END BEST OF [YOUR SCENE] POLL IS  BACK!
SUBMIT YOUR MUSIC HERE! - it's free.
(see prizes below)

PRIZES: FEATURE IN SXSW ISSUE + RECORDING SOFTWARE

Once again, the big prize for the Year End Poll winners is to be featured on our upcoming SXSW issue (see last year's edition on the left, read it in pdf HERE), and this year we'll also have a bundle of recording software (to be announced soon).

HOW IT WORKS
The process to determine these lists is rather complicated - if you want to try and get your head around it, be our guest and go HERE. But if all you are interested in is to be part of it and get some exposure, then read on.

The first phase of this poll allows ANY BAND OR SOLO ARTIST based in one of the scenes we cover to submit their music for a minimum of 3 spots in the pool of the "Best of" your city nominees. This phase starts right NOW! 

Submit your music to The Deli's Local Scene Year End Polls 
HERE 
Deadline: 12.09.2013

A team of Deli writers will choose a minimum of 3 artists that will be added to the pool of nominees for the next phases of the poll. The bands selected  will be announced in early 2014.

Please spread the word about this and good luck!