Music Tracking 2025

These are 2025 releases that I've taken note of, listed alphabetically by artist, with VA comps at the bottom. My grades, where available, are in brackets at the end of the line (stars in B+ range). Lines in blue indicate that I have a physical copy (albeit sometimes just a promo CDR); in green are records that I graded based on a Rhapsody stream or other such source. Most records have release dates and a brief generic note.

Unheard records are prioritized 0-3 (graded records are 4-5). The priotization is based subjectively on personal interests, reviews I've noticed, reviewers I particularly respect, what I know about the artists, etc. Roughly speaking: 0 is something I have no reason to consider (default page omits 0); 1 has been noted as having some cred somewhere; 2 is something I have some specific reason to search out; 3 is something I'll listen to ASAP.

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New Releases

  • Colby Acuff: Enjoy the Ride () - country
  • Gavin Adcock: Own Worst Enemy () - country
  • The AMs: Here Comes That Broken Heart () - country
  • Willow Avalon: Southern Belle Raisin' Hell (Assemble Sound/Atlantic) [01-17] - country [**]
  • Blaine Bailey: Indian Country () - country
  • Hayden Baker: Alive & Well () - country
  • Kelsea Ballerini: Mount Pleasant (Black River -EP) [11-14] - country pop
  • William Beckmann: Whiskey Lies & Allibis () - country
  • Jack Blocker: The Land on Most High () - country
  • Jason Boland & the Stragglers: The Last Kings of Babylon () - country
  • Kane Brown: The High Road (RCA Nashville) [01-24] - country
  • Caitlin Cannon: Love Addict (self-released) [05-09] - country [*]
  • Melissa Carper: A Very Carper Christmas () - country
  • Willi Carlisle: Winged Victory (Signature Sounds) [06-27] - country [***]
  • Hayes Carll: We're Only Human (Hwy 87) [08-08] - country [A-]
  • Mackenzie Carpenter: Hey Country Queen (Valory Music) [05-07] - country [*]
  • The Castellows: Homecoming (Warner Music Nashville) [05-30] - country [**]
  • Chaparelle: Western Pleasure () - country
  • Cole Chaney: In the Shadow of the Mountain () - country
  • Tyler Childers: Snipe Hunter (Hickman Holler/RCA) [07-25] - country [A-]
  • Eric Church: Evangeline vs. the Machine (UMG Nashville) [05-02] - country [*]
  • Cat Clyde: Live at Rare Bird Farm: A Benefit Album for Western North Carolina (Socan Canada) [02-19] - country [**]
  • Brent Cobb: Ain't Rocked in a While () - country
  • Haley Heynderickx/Max García Conover: What of Our Nature (Fat Possum) [11-21] - folk [***]
  • Country Honk: Bad Decision () - country
  • Charley Crockett: Lonesome Drifter (Lone Star Rider/Island) [03-14] - country [**]
  • Charley Crockett: Dollar a Day (Lone Star Rider/Island) [08-08] - country [***]
  • Helene Cronin: Maybe New Mexico (self-released) [03-07] - country [A-]
  • Rodney Crowell: Airline Highway (New West) [08-29] - country [***]
  • Jesse Daniel: Son of the San Lorenzo (Lightning Rod) [06-06] - country [**]
  • Matt Daniel: The Poet (self-released) - country [**]
  • The Delines: Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom (Decor) [02-14] - country soul [**]
  • Grey DeLisle & Friends: It's All Her Fault: A Tribute to Cindy Walker (Brooklyn Basement) [10-10] - country [***]
  • The Devil Makes Three: Spirits (New West) [02-28] - alt-country [*]
  • Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country: Horizons () - country
  • The Doohickeys: All Hat No Cattle () - country
  • Chandler Dozier: Bakersfield East ( -EP) [08-29] - country [***]
  • Chris Eckman: The Land We Knew the Best (Glitterhouse) [01-24] - alt-country
  • Beau Edmondson: The the End () - country
  • Kathleen Edwards: Billionaire (Dualtone) [08-22] - Americana [**]
  • Myron Elkins: Nostalgia for Sale () - country
  • Joe Ely: Love & Freedom (Rack 'Em) [02-07] - country [***]
  • Jeff Evans Porkestra: When Pigs Dance (self-relesed -EP) [03-14] - country [**]
  • Carter Faith: Cherry Valley (MCA Nashville) [10-03] - country [**]
  • Florry: Sounds Like . . . (Dear Life) [05-23] - alt-country
  • Friendship: Caveman Wakes Up (Merge) [05-16] - alt-country
  • From the Dirt: Colored Edge of Memory (Partial Lyrics) [06-27] - Americana [***]
  • Robbie Fulks: Now Then (Compass) [09-05] - folk [B]
  • Fust: Big Ugly (Dear Life) [03-07] - alt-country [*]
  • Alex G: Headlights (RCA) [07-18] - RCA [B-]
  • Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson: What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow (Nonesuch) [04-18] - folk [***]
  • Vince Gill: 50 Years From Home () - country
  • Charles Wesley Godwin: Lonely Mountain Town () - country
  • S.G. Goodman: Planting by the Signs (Slough Water/Thirty Tigers) [06-20] - alt-country [**]
  • Patty Griffin: Crown of Roses (PGM/Thirty Tigers) [07-25] - Americana
  • Waylon Hanel: When Waylon Came to Nashville () - country
  • Wesley Hanna: Magnolia () - country
  • Kat Hasty: Time of Your Life (Jackie Java/Thirty Tigers) [03-14] - country [**]
  • Tyler Hatley/Justin Clyde Williams: The Dick and Tammy Show () - country
  • Joshua Hedley: All Hat (New West) [10-24] - country [**]
  • Weldon Henson: Stone Cold Country Gold () - country
  • Jason Isbell: Foxes in the Snow (Southeastern) [03-07] - Americana [A-]
  • Nicholas Jamerson: The Narrow Way (Cloverdale) [09-12] - country [**]
  • Cody Jinks: In My Blood (Late August) [07-25] - country [*]
  • Jess Jocoy: Cul-de-Sac Kid (self-released) - country [**]
  • Pug Johnson: El Cabron () - country
  • Diane King: Sky (self-released) [09-19] - country
  • The Marcus King Band: Darling Blue () - country
  • Lola Kirke: Trailblazer (One Riot) [03-21] - country [***]
  • Alison Krauss & Union Station: Arcadia (Down the Road) [03-28] - bluegrass [**]
  • Bryce Leatherwood: Bryce Leatherwood () - country
  • Kathryn Legendre: Here's Your Honky Tonk () - country
  • Brennen Leigh: Don't You Ever Give Up on Love (Signature Sounds) [10-03] - country [A-]
  • Dan Lepien: The Honky Tonk Traditional () - country
  • Olivia Ellen Lloyd: Do It Myself (self-released) [03-21] - country [***]
  • Tony Logue: Dark Horse (Jenny Ridge Productions) [02-21] - country [***]
  • Jesse Lovelock: & the Velvet Voices () - country
  • Loveseat: Our Way (Reckless Pedestrian) [04-25] - Americana [A-]
  • Leon Majcen: Making a Livin' (Not a Killin') (Cloverdale) - country
  • Parker McCollum: Parker McCollum (MCA Nashville) [06-27] - country
  • Juliet McConkey: Southern Front (Soggy Anvil) [02-21] - country
  • Carson McHone: Pentimento (Merge) [09-12] - Americana
  • James McMurtry: The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy (New West) [06-30] - country [A-]
  • Pitney Meyer: Cherokee Pioneer () - country
  • Drake Milligan: Tumbleweed () - country
  • Colin Miller: Losin' (Mtn Laurel) [04-25] - alt-country
  • Minor Gold: Way to the Sun () [07-25] - Americana
  • Miss Tess: Cher Rêve () - country
  • Ashley Monroe: Tennessee Lightning (Mountainrose Sparrow) [08-08] - country [*]
  • Monteverdi Choir & Jonathan Sells: Bruckner & Gesualdo: Motets (Soli Deo Gloria) [04-18] - choral
  • The Moran Tripp Band: Jumpers Hole () - country
  • Whitey Morgan and the 78's: Live From Bandit Town USA () - country
  • Maren Morris: Dreamsicle (Columbia) [05-09] - country [***]
  • Gurf Morlix: A Taste of Ashes (Rootball) [04-01] - Americana [**]
  • Gurf Morlix: Bristlecone (Rootball) [10-07] - Americana [A-]
  • Sam Moss: Swimming (self-released) [02-07] - Americana
  • Kristina Murray: Little Blue () - country
  • Muscadine Bloodline: And What Was Left Behind (Stancaster/Thirty Tigers) - country
  • Ty Myers: The Select (Columbia) [01-24] - country
  • Tami Neilson: Neon Cowgirl () - country
  • Lukas Nelson: American Romance () - country
  • Willie Nelson: Oh What a Beautiful World (Legacy) [04-25] - country [A-]
  • Willie Nelson: Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle (Legacy) [11-07] - country [A-]
  • Elizabeth Nichols: Tough Love (Pulse -EP) [06-20] - country [**]
  • Case Oats: Last Missouri Exit (Merge) [08-22] - alt-country
  • Oldstar: Of the Highway () [03-07] - alt-country
  • Jake Owen: Dreams to Dream (Good Company) [11-07] - country [**]
  • Brad Paisley: Snow Globe Town () - country
  • Jon Pardi: Honkytonk Hollywood (Capitol Nashville) [04-11] - country
  • Cam Pierce: A Thousand Lonely Horses (self-released) [01-12] - country [A-]
  • Paige Plaisance: Louisiana Lonely () - country
  • Ken Pomeroy: Cruel Joke (Rounder) [05-16] - country [***]
  • Margo Price: Hard Headed Woman (Loma Vista) [08-29] - country [A-]
  • Makenzie Rae & Buckshot Moon: Lonesome and Free () - country
  • Cleo Reed: Cuntry (self-released) [07-17] - alt-country [*]
  • Juliana Riolino: Echo in the Dust () [10-24] - country-rock
  • Lance Roark: Bad Reputation () - country
  • Role Model: Kansas Anymore (The Longest Goodbye) (Interscope) [02-14] - country
  • Rose City Band: Sol Y Sombra (Thrill Jockey) [01-24] - country rock
  • Rags Rosenberg: Song of the Bricoleur (Coyote Gulch) [09-19] - Americana
  • Christopher Seymore: King of Nothing () - country
  • Blake Shelton: For Recreational Use Only (Wheelhouse) [05-09] - country
  • Shinglers: Hit the Head () - country
  • Amanda Shires: Nobody's Girl (ATO) [09-26] - singer-songwriter [A-]
  • Kalie Shorr: My Type (Pound It Out Loud -EP) [08-01] - country [***]
  • Nick Shoulders: Refugia Blues (Gar Hole) [10-31] - country [**]
  • Sister Sadie: All Will Be Well () - country
  • Slow Motion Cowboys: Wolf of St. Elmo () [04-17] - Americana
  • The Soda Crackers: The Soda Crackers () - country
  • Joe Stamm Band: Little Crosses () - country
  • Ringo Starr: Look Up (Roccabella/Lost Highway) [01-10] - country
  • Steel Saddle: Steel Saddle () - country
  • James Steinle: Heat of Morning (Soggy Anvil) [11-07] - country
  • Sam Stoane: Tales of the Dark West (Cloverdale) [05-23] - country [A-]
  • Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives: Space Junk (Snakefarm) - bluegrass
  • Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives: Space Junk: 20 Superlative Instrumentals (Snakefarm) [04-25] - bluegrass
  • Sunny Sweeney: Rhinestone Requiem (Aunt Daddy) [08-01] - country [A-]
  • Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter: Forever, I've Been Being Born () - country
  • Tennessee Jet: Ranchero () - country
  • Ross Thorn: Ross Thorn Tries Fitting In (Casa De Copas) [08-08] - bluegrass [***]
  • The Third Mind: Live Mind (Yep Roc) [02-14] - Americana [**]
  • The Third Mind: Right Now! (Yep Roc) [09-19] - Americana [***]
  • Ross Thorn: Fitting In () [08-08] - Americana
  • Tobacco City: Horses (Scissor Tail Editions) [03-07] - country rock
  • Zach Top: Ain't in It for My Health (Leo33) [08-29] - country [**]
  • Turnpike Troubadours: The Price of Admission (Bossier City) [04-11] - country [*]
  • Molly Tuttle: So Long Little Miss Sunshine (Nonesuch) [08-15] - bluegrass [**]
  • Mason Via: Mason Via () - country
  • Morgan Wade: The Party Is Over (Recovered) (Ladylike/Sony) [08-01] - country [***]
  • Kelsey Waldon: Every Ghost (Oh Boy) [06-20] - country [***]
  • Joshua Ray Walker: Tropicana (Thirty Tigers) [06-13] - country
  • Colter Wall: Memories and Empties (La Honda) [11-14] - country [**]
  • Morgan Wallen: I'm the Problem (Big Loud/Republic/Mercury) [05-16] - country
  • Sunny War: Armageddon in a Summer Dress (New West) [02-21] - alt-country [*]
  • The War and Treaty: Plus One (Mercury/UMG Nashville) [02-14] - country [B-]
  • Josh Ward: Same Ol' Cowboy, Different Rodeo () - country
  • Chasen Wayne: Corpus () - country
  • Justin Wells: Cynthiana () - country
  • Tucker Wetmore: What Not To (UMG Nashville) [04-25] - country
  • Dee White: Heart Talkin' () - country
  • Hailey Whitters: Corn Queen (Pigasus/Big Loud) [06-06] - country [A-]
  • The Wilder Blue: Still in the Runnin' () - country
  • Wynn Williams: Country Therapy () - country
  • Jake Worthington: When I Write the Song () - country
  • Big City Brian Wright: Sky Trucker () - country
  • Trisha Yearwood: The Mirror () - country
  • Jubal Lee Young: Squirrels (Reconstruction) [08-15] - alt-country [A-]
  • Warren Zeiders: Relapse, Lies & Betrayal (Warner) [03-14] - country
  • Bailey Zimmerman: Different Night Same Rodeo () - country

Reissues, Etc.

  • Luke Bell: The King Is Back (2013-16, All Blue/Thirty Tigers) [11-07] - alt-country [A-]
  • Waylon Jennings: Songbird () - country
  • Corb Lund: Five Dollar Bill (2003, New West) [08-01] - country
  • Corb Lund: Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer (2005, New West) [09-12] - country
  • Grace Potter: Medicine (2008, Hollywood) [05-30] - country [***]
  • Those Poor Bastards: Songs of Desperation [20th Anniversary Edition] (2005, Tribulation) - country [*]
  • Barnyard Beehive (Numero Group) [02-14] - country pop

Priority Counts

  • Priority 1: 99
  • Priority 2: 1
  • Priority 3: 0
  • Priority 4: 76
  • Priority 5: 0

Total: 176