25 Favorite Songs of 2025 So Far

 Beyond #1 & #2 I haven't ranked anything. Sue me.

1. Justin Wells - Til the Stars Won't Burn

2. Turnpike Troubadours - On the Red River

In no particular order:

Turnpike Troubadours - Heaven Passing Through

Vandoliers - Bible Belt

Patterson Hood - The Forks of Cypress

Noeline Hoffman - The Bullfighter

Jason Isbell - Gravelweed

Kat Hasty - Midland

Tobacco City - Mr. Wine

Jason Boland & The Stragglers - Truest Colors

Mark Morton ft. Charlie Starr & Jason Isbell - Come December

Jason Scott & The High Heat - Yardwork

Muscadine Bloodline - Ballad of the Blanton Brothers

Chaparelle - Bad Loving

Coltt Winter Lepley - Crack Cocaine

Ken Pomeroy - Flannel Cowboy

Cody Jinks - When Time Didn't Fly

Joe Stamm Band - Territory Town

Nikki Lane - Woodruff City Limit

James McMurtry - South Texas Lawman

Hailey Whitters - Casseroles

Hayes Carll - Progress of Man

Tanner Usrey - Smoke in the Air

Sunny Sweeney - Houston Belongs to Me

Ben Nichols - Fading Back Into the Night

Favorite Albums of 2025: First Half Report

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1. Turnpike Troubadours - The Price of Admission

2. Justin Wells - Cynthiana

3. James McMurtry - The Black Dog & The Wandering Boy

4. Tobacco City - Horses

5. Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow

6. Ken Pomeroy - Cruel Joke

7. Jason Scott & The High Heat - American Grin

8. Valerie June - Owls, Omens, And Oracles

9. The Wilder Blue - Still in the Runnin'

10. Kat Hasty - The Time of Your Life

11. Jason Boland & The Stragglers - The Last Kings of Babylon

12. Patterson Hood - Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams

13. Chaparelle - Western Pleasure

14. Charley Crockett - Lonesome Drifter

15. SG Goodman - Planting By the Signs

16. Will Stewart - Moon Winx

17. Jesse Daniel - Son of the San Lorenzo

18. Olivia Wolfe - Silver Rounds

19. JD Clayton - Blue Sky Sundays

20. Matt Daniel - The Poet

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Favorite EPs: 

1. Presley Haile - Off to Find a Sunny Day

2. Bleu Edmondson - To the End

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Other Albums I Like, In No Particular Order:

Them Coulee Boys - No Fun in the Chrysalis

Leon Majcen - Better Days

Juliet McConkey - Southern Front

Joshua Ray Walker - Tropicana

Annie DiRusso - Super Pedestrian

Nolan Taylor - s/t

Lola Kirke - Trailblazer

Sierra Hull - A Tip Toe Highwire

Tony Logue - Dark Horse

Joe Ely - Love and Freedom

My Politic - Signs of Life

Pug Johnson - El Cabron

Bonnie Prince Billy - The Purple Bird

Horsebath - Another Farewell

Kassi Valazza - From Newman Street

Ryan Sambol - Friend of the Show

Caylee Hammack - Bed of Roses

Ty Myers - The Select

Jesse Welles - Middle

Courtney Patton - Carry You With Me

Alison Krauss & Union Station - Arcadia

Kathryn Legendre - Here's Your Honky Tonk

Vandoliers - Life Behind Bars

The Statesboro Revue - s/t

Willie Nelson - Oh What a Beautiful World

Micky & the Motorcars - s/t

Caitlin Cannon - Love Addict

Hailey Whitters - Corn Queen

Willi Carlisle - Winged Victory

Parker McCollum - s/t

The Shootouts - Switchback

Favorite Albums of 2025: First Quarter Report

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Check 'em out if you haven't!

1. Justin Wells - Cynthiana

2. Tobacco City - Horses

3. Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow

4. The Wilder Blue - Still in the Runnin'

5. Lola Kirke - Trailblazer

6. Jason Boland & The Stragglers - The Last Kings of Babylon

7. Charley Crockett - Lonesome Drifter

8. JD Clayton - Blue Sky Sundays

9. Will Stewart - Moon Winx

10. Juliet McConkey - Southern Front

11. Patterson Hood - Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams

12. Nolan Taylor - s/t

13. Them Coulee Boys - No Fun in the Chrysalis

14. Horsebath - Another Farewell

15. Sierra Hull - A Tip Toe Highwire

Others I Dig

(in no particular order)

Matt Daniel - The Poet

Bonnie Prince Billy - The Purple Bird

Ryan Sambol - Friend of the Show

Olivia Wolfe - Silver Rounds

Jason Scott & The High Heat - American Grin

Caylee Hammack - Bed of Roses

Ty Myers - The Select

Willow Avalon - Southern Belle Raisin' Hell

Joe Ely - Love and Freedom

Jesse Welles - Middle

Courtney Patton - Carry You With Me

Tony Logue - Dark Horse

The War and Treaty - Plus One

Alison Krauss & Union Station - Arcadia