Metacritic Aggregate: 2022 New Music: Country/Americana/Folk

Notes

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. Sarah Shook & the Disarmers: Nightroamer (Abeyance) {8}: AM:*, LW:*, NN:*, PM:*, SC:*; scm:* -- A:(82/6), TH:**
  2. Maren Morris: Humble Quest (Columbia Nashville) {7}: AM:*, EW:*, Pf:*, YF:* -- A:(81/5), TH:***
  3. Dolly Parton: Run Rose Run (Butterfly) {7}: Cl:*, Ev:*, I:*, SMH:*, T:* -- A:(72/11), TH:**
  4. Ray Wylie Hubbard: Co-Starring Too (Big Machine) {5}: AS:* -- A:(80/1), TH:A-
  5. Carson McHone: Still Life (Merge) {4}: AM:*, Mj:*, NT:*, U:* -- A:(81/4)
  6. Brent Cobb: And Now, Let's Turn to Page . . . (Ol' Buddy) {3}: AM:*, Mj:*, U:* -- A:(74/5)
  7. Pinegrove: 11:11 (Rough Trade) {2}: AM:*, NT:* -- A:(71/11)
  8. Punch Brothers: Hell on Church Street (Nonesuch) {2}: Mj:*, PM:* -- A:(75/5)
  9. Charlie Sutton: Trout Takes (Chuckwagon -EP) {2}: scm:* -- TH:*
  10. Priscilla Block: Welcome to the Block Party (InDent/Mercury Nashville) {1}: PO:*
  11. Matt Castillo: How the River Flows (Texace) {1}: scm:*
  12. Walker Hayes: Country Stuff: The Album (Monument) {1}: AM:* -- A:(80/1), TH:B
  13. Mike Kuster: Better Late Than Never (self-released) {1}: scm:*
  14. Tony Logue: Jericho () {1}: scm:*
  15. Matt Maverick: American Dream () {1}: scm:*
  16. Aaron McDonnell: Too Many Days Like Saturday Night () {1}: scm:*
  17. Muscadine Bloodline: Dispatch to 16th Ave (Stancaster Music) {1}: scm:*
  18. Willie Nelson: A Beautiful Time (Legacy) {1}: U:* -- A:(80/1)
  19. Jenny Tolman: Married in a Honky Tonk (Old Sol) {1}: scm:*
  20. The Wooks: Flyin' High (Gnar Vector) {1}: scm:*