Geese & Oklou Win Big at 2026 Libera Awards: Full Winners List

Best Alternative Rock Record

The Beths – Straight Line Was a Lie (ANTI-)

WINNER: Geese – Getting Killed (Partisan Records)

Nilufer Yanya – Dancing Shoes (Ninja Tune)

Nourished By Time – The Passionate Ones (XL Recordings)

Water From Your Eyes – It’s a Beautiful Place (Matador Records)

Best American Roots Record

Amanda Shires – Nobody’s Girl (ATO Records)

Greg Freeman – Burnover (Transgressive Records / Canvasback)

Hannah Cohen – Earthstar Mountain (Congrats Records)

WINNER: Hayden Pedigo – I’ll Be Waving as You Drive Away (Mexican Summer)

Mon Rovîa – “Heavy Foot” (Nettwerk Music Group)

Neko Case – Neon Grey Midnight Green (ANTI-)

Valerie June – Owls, Omens, and Oracles (Concord Records)

Best Blues Record

WINNER: Antone’s 50th Allstars – The Last Real Texas Blues Album (New West Records)

Galactic & Irma Thomas – Audience With the Queen (Tchoup-zilla Records)

Maria Muldaur – One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (Nola Blue Records)

Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ – Room on the Porch (Concord Records)

Tedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell – Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited Live at LOCKN’ (Fantasy Records)

Best Classical Record

Kara-Lis Coverdale – A Series of Actions in a Sphere of Forever (Smalltown Supersound)

Lyra Pramuk – Hymnal (7K!)

Theo Hoffman – Schubert Beatles (NYFOS Records)

WINNER: Tiffany Poon – Nature (Pentatone)

Will Liverman – The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Vol. II (Lexicon Classics)

Best Country Record

Alison Krauss & Union Station – “Richmond on the James” (Down The Road Records)

WINNER: Margo Price – Hard Headed Woman (Loma Vista Recordings)

Shaboozey – “Good News” (American Dogwood / EMPIRE)

Waylon Jennings – Songbird (Son of Jessi)

Zach Top – Ain’t In It for My Health (Leo33 / Firebird Music)

Best Dance Record

Danny Brown – Stardust (Warp Records)

WINNER: Fcukers – “I Like It Like That” (Ninja Tune)

Gelli Haha – Switcheroo (Innovative Leisure)

Sextile – yes, please. (Sacred Bones Records)

Shygirl – Club Shy Room 2 (Because Music)

Best Electronic Record

Ela Minus – DÍA (Domino)

Helado Negro – The Last Sound on Earth (Big Dada / Ninja Tune)

WINNER: Oklou – choke enough (True Panther Records)

Oneohtrix Point Never – Tranquilizer (Warp Records)

Sudan Archives – THE BPM (Stones Throw Records)

Best Folk Record

WINNER: Folk Bitch Trio – Now Would Be a Good Time (Jagjaguwar)

Jason Isbell – Foxes in the Snow (Southeastern Records)

Joanne Robertson – Blurrr (AD 93)

Madi Diaz – Fatal Optimist (ANTI-)

S.G. Goodman – Planting by the Signs (Slough Water Records)

Best Global Record

Femi Kuti – Journey Through Life (Partisan Records)

Lido Pimienta – La Belleza (ANTI-)

WINNER: Mdou Moctar – Tears of Injustice (Matador Records)

Mulatu Astatke – Mulatu Plays Mulatu (Strut Records)

Pachyman – Another Place (ATO Records)

Best Heavy Record

The Callous Daoboys – I Don’t Want to See You in Heaven (MNRK Music Group)

Coheed and Cambria – The Father of Make Believe (Coheed and Cambria)

Die Spitz – Something to Consume (Third Man Records)

DRAIN – …IS YOUR FRIEND (Epitaph)

WINNER: Model/Actriz – Pirouette (True Panther Records)

They Are Gutting a Body of Water – LOTTO (ATO Records)

YHWH Nailgun – 45 Pounds (AD 93)

Best Hip-Hop/Rap Record

Aesop Rock – Black Hole Superette (Rhymesayers Entertainment)

billy woods – GOLLIWOG (Backwoodz Studioz/Rhymesayers Entertainment)

WINNER: Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out (Clipse, under exclusive license to Roc Nation Distribution)

Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist – Alfredo 2 (ESGN LLC)

Jim Legxacy – black british music (2025) (XL Recordings)

John Glacier – Like a Ribbon (Young)

Shygirl – “SLIME is BESTIE” (ft. JT and Sega Bodega) (Because Music)

Best Jazz Record

Chick Corea, Christian McBride + Brian Blade – Trilogy 3 (Candid Records)

James Brandon Lewis – Apple Cores (ANTI-)

Kassa Overall – CREAM (Warp Records)

Ledisi – For Dinah (Candid Records)

Marshall Allen – New Dawn (Mexican Summer)

WINNER: Mei Semones – Animaru (Bayonet Records)

Robert Glasper – Keys to the City Volume One (Loma Vista Recordings)

Sullivan Fortner – Southern Nights (Artwork)

Best Latin Record

Adrian Quesada – Boleros Psicodélicos II (ATO Records)

Arca – “Sola” (XL Recordings)

Buscabulla – Se Amaba Así (Domino)

Juan Wauters – MVD LUV (Captured Tracks)

WINNER: Lido Pimienta – La Belleza (ANTI-)

Rubio – “Voy Creciendo” (FAMA Collective)

Sessa – Pequena Vertigem de Amor (Mexican Summer)

Best Pop Record

David Byrne – Who Is the Sky? (Matador Records)

King Princess – Girl Violence (section 1)

Lily Allen – West End Girl (BMG)

WINNER: Oklou – choke enough (True Panther Records)

Perfume Genius – Glory (Matador Records)

Robyn – “Dopamine” (Young)

Best Punk Record

Joyce Manor – “Well, Whatever It Was” (Epitaph)

WINNER: Lambrini Girls – Who Let the Dogs Out (City Slang)

Laura Jane Grace – Adventure Club (Polyvinyl Record Co.)

Scowl – Are We All Angels (Dead Oceans)

Snooper – Worldwide (Third Man Records)

Upchuck – I’m Nice Now (Domino)

Best R&B Record

Dawn Richard – “A Flex” (Merge Records)

keiyaA – hooke’s law (XL Recordings)

Kelela – In the Blue Light (Warp Records)

NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) – “Everybody Gets Down” (Stones Throw Records)

WINNER: Thundercat – “Children of the Baked Potato” (feat. Remi Wolf) (Brainfeeder)

Yaya Bey – do it afraid (drink sum wtr)

Best Rock Record

Blondshell – If You Asked for a Picture (Partisan Records)

Fontaines D.C.- “It’s Amazing To Be Young” (XL Recordings)

Hayley Williams – Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party (Post Atlantic)

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Phantom Island (p(doom) records)

Momma – Welcome to My Blue Sky (Polyvinyl Record Co.)

Rocket – R Is for Rocket (Transgressive Records / Canvasback)

WINNER: Wednesday – Bleeds (Dead Oceans)

Best Singer Songwriter Record

Alice Phoebe Lou – Oblivion (Nettwerk Music Group)

Annahstasia – Tether (drink sum wtr)

Ben Kweller – Cover the Mirrors (The Noise Company)

WINNER: Ichiko Aoba – Luminescent Creatures (Psychic Hotline)

Jason Isbell – “Crimson and Clay” (Southeastern Records)

Madi Diaz – Fatal Optimist (ANTI-)

Mei Semones – Animaru (Bayonet Records)

Best Soul/Funk Record

The Altons – Heartache in Room 14 (Daptone Records)

Annie and the Caldwells – Can’t Lose My (Soul) (Luaka Bop)

Curtis Harding – Departures & Arrivals: Adventures of Captain Curt (ANTI-)

Durand Jones & The Indications – Flowers (Dead Oceans)

Kokoroko – Tuff Times Never Last (Brownswood Recordings)

WINNER: Mavis Staples – Sad and Beautiful World (ANTI-)

Say She She – Cut & Rewind (drink sum wtr)

Sly & the Family Stone – The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967 (High Moon Records)

Best Spiritual Record

Alexxander – LLORÓN (Reach Records)

Ami Taf Ra – The Prophet and The Madman (Brainfeeder)

Amina Claudine Myers – Solace of the Mind (Red Hook Records)

Chandrika Tandon – Soul Ecstasy (Soul Chants Music)

WINNER: Lecrae – Reconstruction (Reach Records)

Lil Jon, Kabir Sehgal – Remix Meditation (Tiger Turn)

Parchman Prison Prayer – Another Mississippi Sunday Morning (Glitterbeat Records)

Robert Finley – Hallelujah! Don’t Let the Devil Fool Ya (Easy Eye Sound)