2017 was a year of plenty for Nashville's music scene. So we decided to make a Spotify playlist to celebrate all the excellent music and hard-working musicians that call Music City home. From Americana to grooving funk, from indie superstars to the fairly obscure, here are 100 tracks we enjoyed this year from our Nashville neighbors! Be sure to follow the playlist AND follow The Deli Nashville on Spotify for more playlists in the future. And of course, please share with your friends! - Chris Thiessen

Our Best of Nashville 2017 poll began last week with the Roots category and, after you-the-people cast your vote, we have the results to share with you!

Overall Poll winner (Jurors vote + Readers' vote): Tyler Childers

Readers' Poll Winner (Readers' Vote only): New Suede

Tyler Childers offers classic country folk songs that fit the modern context. His lyrics are imaginative and descriptive of elements of life in the country. With blue-grass oriented instrumentation including fiddle, banjo, mandolin, his style brings early Avett Brothers to mind. His songs blend the modern indie-folk impulse with the root elements of the bluegrass and country. Where his vocal tendencies and lyrics use the popular style of the alternative country/folk genre in its current form, the instrumentation and song structures harken back to truly rural country roots of his origins in a rural Kentucky coal mining town. 

New Suede is an act that's mastered the art of origin digging. "Taxi," the single they've released ahead of their new album, is a number heavily influenced by classic R&B and Jazz elements but molded into the form of an indie rock experiment with similarities to psychedelic/jazz/indie outfits like Homeshake or Mild High Club. The makeup of their work so far consists of groovy, easy rocking that dabbles in enough dissonance to keep us on our toes. Be on the lookout for their album, Ocean Drops, coming out on March 11th. 

The full list of nominees can be found under the streaming tracks. 

Here is the list of all the finalists in the Nashville Roots category and their readers' poll results: 

	Aubrey Peeples		1%	3 votes
	Bird Cloud		0%	1 vote
	Blackfoot Gypsies		0%	0 votes
	Jillette Johnson		0%	0 votes
	Molly Parden		0%	1 vote
	Moon Taxi		2%	7 votes
	New Suede		95%	266 votes
	Panfish		0%	1 vote
	Poly		0%	0 votes
	Strange Rivals		0%	0 votes
	Sisterhood		0%	0 votes
	Tyler Childers		0%	0 votes

Just in time to commemorate the sudden and somewhat painful temperature drop outside, the East Nashville Underground crew have announced their winter lineup. The shows will take place on Friday, February 15th and Saturday, February 16th, so whether you're taken or single, this is your best chance to dance off your post-Valentine's Day haze.

Friday Night
Vinyl Thief
All Them Witches
Alanna Royale
Machines Are People Too (headliner)
Magnolia Sons (headliner)
Cult Logic
DJ Rate (from Boom Bap)

Saturday Brunch Day Show
The Static Trees
Jon Byrd
Joshua
Waterfall Wash
KS Rhoads (headliner)
Colorfeels (headliner)
Frances & The Foundation Hanzelle

Saturday night
Golden Spurs
COIN
Tesla Rossa
James Wallace & The Naked Light (headliner)
MOON TAXI (headliner)
The Wans D
J That Guy! (Kory Schalm)

Wristbands for the full weekend are $25 and can be purchased this way. If the anticipation is just too much to bear, you can get started a little early at the High Watt on February 11th for the ENU edition of 8 Off 8th.

It's Live On the Green season here in Nashville, which means lots of free music and cooler weather is on the horizon. Last night's torrential downpour came and went just in time to leave tonight's forecast wide open for a dry LOTG kickoff.

If you're not familiar with the month-long, weekly concert experience, the show starts at 6 pm in that grassy area at 3rd and Union downtown. Tonight's lineup starts big with Jon Cleary, Moon Taxi, and Dr. John, so be sure to show up early.

Next Thursday's show goes even bigger with The Dunwells, Delta Spirit, and The Wallflowers, so show up especially early for that one, too. In fact, maybe just bring a sleeping bag to tonight's show and save your seats for next week.