Best of 2011 (as of May 31)
1. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Here We Rest
2. Hayes Carll - KMAG YOYO
3. Austin Lucas - A New Home, In the Old World
4. Kasey Anderson and the Honkies - Heart of a Dog
5. Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears - Scandalous
6. Ponderosa - Moonlight Revival
7. Robyn Ludwick - Out of These Blues
8. Left Lane Cruiser - Junkyard Speed Ball
9. Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'
10. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
11. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
12. Ha Ha Tonka - Death of a Decade
13. Amos Lee - Mission Bell
14. Black Spiders - Sons of the North
15. Cage the Elephant - Thank You Happy Birthday
16. Social Distortion - Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes
17. Brad Paisley - This is Country Music
18. Blind Boys of Alabama - Take the High Road
19. Big K.R.I.T. - Return of 4Eva
20. Steve Earle - I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
No love for Rachel Brooke??
ReplyDeleteHaven't dug into that album enough yet. There's still time.
ReplyDeletePretty good list. Thanks for doing this, it always gives me a couple names I hadn't checked out. Maybe it is just me but it seems like the "top" of 2011 - at least so far - is pretty weak. I really dig the Jason Isbell and Austin Lucas albums, but a lot of the other stuff I "like" but don't "love."
ReplyDeleteOn a side note, I'm not a huge Brad Paisley fan but I always appreciate mentions for mainstream country music since many other similar blogs seem to purposely reject anything popular.