Waxahatchee on a country music list, love that lol I've heard about half of these, will have to go through the rest
Man, those Strays tix were impossible to get. I got up at 3:45am 3 days in row and came up empty. Fuck scalpers to hell.
Saw him open for Brent Cobb and have been looking forward to this since he played America's Sweetheart that night
This is my favorite live album this year, it came out way back at the beginning of January. Sharing bc I figure somebody else around here might enjoy it and just bc it didn’t get nearly the love it should have. RIYL Blaze Foley, James McMurtry, Sturgill Simpson and his band
I listened to way more country this year than just about anything else, so I thought I'd share my top 12. JBS easily took the top spot and RCS/Muscadine/Billy were the others on constant rotation. Any favorites that I missed and need to check out?
I think that 49 Winchester album might be my favorite album of the year at the moment. Might drop to number 2, but I have it at 1 right now.
My list is always very county/folk heavy. I’ll share it below with the albums you mentioned as well as non country stuff removed. Hope you find something you like! 1. Willie Watson - Willie Watson 2. Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings - Woodland 3. The Deslondes - Roll It Out 5. Shawn Hess - Wild Onion 6. The Lostines - Meet The Lostines 8. John Moreland - Visitor 9. Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive 10. Pat Reedy - Make It Back Home 12. Chris Acker - Famous Lunch 13. Waxahtchee - Tigers Blood 16. Jennifer Castle - Camelot 21. Phosphorescent - Revelator 22. JP Harris - Is A Trash Fire 23. Desiree Cannnon - Radio Heat 24. Hunter Hicks - Maple Syrup Jar 26. Scott Ballew - Rio Bravo 28. Sentimental Family Band - Sweethearts Only 31. Amigo The Devil - Yours Until The War Is Over 33. Charley Crocket - $10 Cowboy/Visions of Dallas 35. Melissa Carper - Borned in Ya 46. Jamey Johnson - Midnight Gasoline 47. Steel Saddle - Steel Saddle 48. Kiki Cavazos - Early Morning Songs 49. Austin Leonard Jones - Famous Times 50. Abby Webster - Livin By The Water Also recommend the new one by Leon Majcen
Here’s my favorites of 2024 that are either country or adjacent enough that most people in this thread like. Sasha Alex Sloan - Me Again Madi Diaz - Weird Faith Kelsea Ballerini - Patterns Maggie Antone - Rhinestoned Medium Build - Country Katie Pruitt - Mantras Donovan Woods - Things Were Never Good If They’re Not Good Now Lizzy McAlpine - Older Megan Moroney - Am I Okay? Stephanie Lambring - Hypocrite Bess Atwell - Light Sleeper also a shoutout to the piano version of Lydia Loveless’ 2014 “somewhere else”
Country-adjacent faves: Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well Waxahatchee - Tiger's Blood Wyatt Flores - Welcome To The Plains Sierra Ferrell - Trail of Flowers Madi Diaz - Weird Faith Zach Brian - The Great American Bar Scene Joy Oladokun - Observations From A Crowded Room
You and me both, though pleasantly so. It got a number 1 vote and a number 2 vote and was on a third list, and that was enough to take it to the top. We’re a pretty small team of contributors at this point, keep in mind.
First great album I've heard in 2025 is Nolan Taylor's self-titled record. I think it might appeal to people in this thread.