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

Country Twitter Wins: March '25

It's That Time of Year Again

Monday Morning Memes: Jason Aldean, Dan + Shay, The Wilder Blue

 

The Wilder Blue / "Pass It On Down" / Stripped Sessions

Country Music is Dead

The Wilder Blue / "Still in the Runnin'" / OurVinyl Sessions

The Wilder Blue Performs "Bless My Bones"

 From their excellent new album Super Natural.

The Wilder Blue Perform "Learnin' My Lesson"

The Country Chart in My Perfect World

This is the kind of variety country radio would have in my perfect world. 

They aren’t ranked based only on how much I like the songs, but a combination 

of how long the singles have been out + how much I like them. 

20 Favorite Songs of 2022 So Far

Favorite Songs of 2022: Mid-year Report

1. Kaitlin Butts  - Blood

2. Jamestown Revival - Young Man

3. Drew Kennedy - Peace and Quiet

4. Big Thief - Certainty

5. Ray Wylie Hubbard ft. Lzzy Hale, John 5 - Naturally Wild

6. Aaron Raitiere - Everybody Else

7. Jason Scott & The High Heat - Suffering Eyes

8. Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That

9. Ian Noe - Road May Flood / It’s a Heartache

10. Pusha T - Rock N Roll

Next 10 (in no particular order)

Hailey Whitters - College Town

Band of Horses - In the Hard Times

Madeline Edwards - Port City

Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway ft. Billy Strings - Dooley’s Farm

49 Winchester - Russell County Line

The Wilder Blue - Feelin’ The Miles

Ben Chapman & Channing Wilson - Things People Say

Arlo McKinley - Stealing Dark from the Night Sky

American Aquarium - Just Close Enough

Tami Nelson ft. Willie Nelson - Beyond the Stars

New Video / The Wilder Blue / "Wave Dancer"

20 Favorite Albums of 2022: 1/3 Report

(Trailer's top 20 so far - Year end list will be staff voted)

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1. Kaitlin Butts - What Else Can She Do

2. Ben Chapman - Make the Night Better

3. Joshua Hedley - Neon Blue

4. Ian Noe - River Fools & Mountain Saints

5. The Wilder Blue - s/t

6. Jason Scott and the High Heat - Castle Rock

7. Band of Horses - Things Are Great

8. Pusha T - It’s Almost Dry

9. Hailey Whitters - Raised

10. Yelawolf / Shooter Jennings - Sometimes Y

11. Sarah Shook and the Disarmers - Nightroamer

12. The Whitmore Sisters - Ghost Stories

13. Jamestown Revival - Young Man

14. Tony Logue - Jericho

15. William Clark Green - Baker Hotel

16. Brent Cobb - And Now Turn to Page…

17. Ray Wylie Hubbard - Co-Starring Too

18. Pinegrove - 11:11

19. Lost Dog Street Band - Glory

20. Alma Russ - Fool’s Gold