Music Tracking 2018: Country
These are 2018 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
(usually taken from AMG).
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.
Option selectors:
Genre switches (no data for Indie Rock, Pop, Singer-Songwriter):
New Releases
- AHI: In Our Time (22nd Sentry) [07-13] - folk
- Jason Aldean: Rearview Town (Broken Bow) [04-13] - country
- Jimmie Allen: Mercury Lane (Stoney Creek) [10-12] - country
- American Aquarium: Things Change (New West) [06-01] - alt country [***]
- Amigo: And Friends (Schoolkids) [01-26] - folk
- Marisa Anderson: Cloud Corner (Thrill Jockey) [06-15] - folk
- Asleep at the Wheel: New Routes (Bismeaux) [09-14] - country [*]
- Banjolectric: So Below (self-released) [11-16] - folk
- Mandy Barnett: Strange Conversation (Dame Productions/Thirty Tigers) [08-17] - country [A-]
- Tucker Beathard: Nobody's Everything (Mother Tucker/Warner Music Nashville) [11-30] - country
- Laura Benitez & the Heartache: With All Its Thorns (Copperhead) - Americana
- Dierks Bentley: The Mountain (Capitol) [06-08] - country
- Birds of Chicago: Love in Wartime (Signature Sounds) - Americana
- Blue Yonder: Rough and Ready Heart (NewSong) [06-08] - country
- Jason Boland & the Stragglers: Hard Times Are Relative (Proud Souls) [05-18] - country
- The Bottle Rockets: Bit Logic (Bloodshot) [10-12] - alt country [*]
- Wade Bowen: Solid Ground (Bowen Sounds) [02-09] - country
- Jay Bragg: Honky Tonk Dream (self-released) [06-22] - country
- The Brother Brothers: Some People I Know (Compass) [10-19] - folk
- Brothers Osborne: Port Saint Joe (EMI Nashville) [04-20] - country [B]
- Kane Brown: Experiment (RCA Nashville) [11-09] - country
- Mariel Buckley: Driving in the Dark (self-released) [05-04] - folk
- Tom Buller: When a Country Boy Gets the Blues (self-released) [10-16] - country
- Darci Carlson: Darci Carlson (self-released) [04-20] - country
- Dillon Carmichael: Hell on an Angel (Riser House) [10-26] - country [*]
- Carolina Story: Lay Your Head Down (Black River Americana) [07-13] - country
- Rosanne Cash: She Remembers Everything (Blue Note) [11-02] - singer-songwriter [***]
- Caleb Caudle: Crushed Coins (Cornelius Chapel) [02-23] - country
- Kasey Chambers: Campfire (Essence Music Group) - Americana
- Kenny Chesney: Songs for the Saints (Blue Chair/Parlophone/Warner Bros) [07-27] - country
- Tyler Childers: Live on Red Barn Radio I & II (2013-14, Hickman Holler -EP) [06-29] - country [***]
- Eric Church: Desperate Man (EMI Nashville) [10-05] - country [A-]
- The Church Sisters: A Night at the Opry (Valory Music) [05-25] - country
- Brent Cobb: Providence Canyon (Low Country Sound/Elektra) [05-11] - country [**]
- Beccy Cole: Lioness (ABC) [08-24] - country
- Comanche Moon: Country Music Deathstar (Edgewater Music Group) [08-03] - country
- Ross Cooper: I Rode the Wild Horses (self-released) - Americana
- Jason Crabb: Unexpected (New Day Entertainment) [04-20] - country
- Charley Crockett: Lonesome as a Shadow (Son of Davy) [04-20] - folk
- Rodney Crowell: Acoustic Classics (RC1) [07-13] - country [*]
- Tim Culpepper: DUI (Drinkin' Under the Influence) (self-released) [05-19] - country
- Dan + Shay: Dan + Shay (Warner Nashville) [06-22] - country
- Ben Danaher: Still Feel Lucky (Soundly Music) [09-07] - folk
- Jesse Daniel: Jesse Daniel (Die True) [05-26] - country
- Elise Davis: Cactus (Tone Tree Music) [09-07] - folk
- Jordan Davis: Home State (EMI Nashville) [03-23] - contry
- Ward Davis: Asunder (self-released -EP) [11-23] - country
- Devin Dawson: Dark Horse (Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville) [01-19] - country
- Jesse Dayton: The Outsider (Blue Elan) [06-08] - country
- Dead Horses: My Mother the Moon (self-released) [04-06] - country
- Jerry David Decicca: Time the Teacher (Impossible Ark) [02-09] - country
- Donna the Buffalo: Dance in the Street (self-released) [11-09] - folk
- Erik Dylan: Baseball on the Moon (self-released) - country
- Jason Eady: I Travel On (Old Guitar) [08-10] - country [***]
- The Earls of Leicester: Live at the CMA Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame (New Rounder) [09-28] - bluegrass
- Ronnie Eaton: The Hand That Mocked Them and the Heart That Fed (self-released) - Americana
- Ana Egge: White Tiger (StorySound) [06-08] - folk
- El Coyote: El Coyote (self-released) [04-03] - country
- Elisapie: The Ballad of the Runaway Girl (Bronsound) [09-14] - folk
- R Finn: Collecting Trip (Heritage) - Americana
- Dom Flemons: Black Cowboys (Smithsonian Folkways) [03-23] - folk
- Folk Soul Revival: Folk Soul Revival (self-released) [08-17] - country
- For King & Country: Burn the Ships (Word Entertainment) [10-05] - CCM
- Frank Foster: 'Til I'm Gone (Lone Chief) [09-21] - country
- Jeffrey Foucault: Blood Brothers (Tone Tree Music) [06-22] - folk
- Kinky Friedman: Circus of Life (Echo Hill) [07-06] - country [*]
- Robbie Fulks/Linda Gail Lewis: Wild! Wild! Wild! (Bloodshot) [08-10] - rockabilly [A-]
- Thomas Gabriel: Long Way Home (Oxvision Media) [08-16] - country
- Mary Gauthier: Rifles & Rosary Beads (In the Black) [01-26] - folk [A-]
- Geoff Gibbons: Shadow of a Stone: Songs of Remembrance (Bluecafe Music) [11-06] - folk
- William Clark Green: Hebert Island (Bill Greease) [08-10] - country
- JP Harris: Sometimes Dogs Bark at Nothing (Free Dirt) [10-05] - country
- Courtney Hartman & Taylor Ashton: Been on Your Side (Free Dirt) [08-31] - bluegrass
- Hawktail: Unless (Padiddle) [05-11] - bluegrass
- Joshua Hedley: Mr Jukebox (Third Man) [04-20] - country [B]
- The Hellroys: Hellroys Is Real (No Soul) [01-02] - country
- Chris Hennessee: Ramble (Big Gassed) [06-22] - country
- Will Hoge: My American Dream (Thirty Tigers/EDLO -EP) [10-05] - Americana [**]
- Malcolm Holcombe: Come Hell or High Water (Gypsy Eyes Music) [09-14] - country
- Adam Hood: Somewhere in Between (Southern Songs) [10-12] - country
- John Howie Jr: Not Tonight (Suah Sounds) [09-21] - country
- I See Hawks in LA: Live and Never Learn (Western Seeds) [06-06] - country
- Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit: Live From the Ryman (Southeastern) [10-19] - country-rock
- Jillian Jacqueline: Side B (Big Loud) [09-07] - country
- The Jayhawks: Back Roads and Abandoned Motels (Legacy) [07-13] - alt country-rock [B]
- Shooter Jennings: Shooter (Elektra) [08-10] - country
- Cody Jinks: Lifers (Rounder) [07-27] - alt country [*]
- Karen Jonas: Butter (Yellow Brick) - Americana
- Kieran Kane/Rayna Gellert: The Ledges (Dead Reckoning) [02-16] - folk
- Kaia Kater: Grenades (Smithsonian Folkways) [10-26] - folk
- Randall King: Randall King (self-released) [04-27] - country
- Jimmy LaFave: Peace Town (Music Road) [07-13] - country
- Owen Lake & the Tragic Loves: The Best of Your Lies (Carrier) [11-30] - country
- Mickey Lamantia: Every Bad Habit (self-released) [01-12] - country
- Lanco: Hallelujah Nights (Arista Nashville) [01-19] - country
- Dawn Landes: Meet Me at the River (Yep Roc) [08-10] - country
- Greg Laswell: Next Time (Leg Graswell) [09-21] - folk
- Jim Lauderdale: Time Flies (Yep Roc) [08-03] - country
- Jim Lauderdale/Roland White: Jim Lauderdale & Roland White (Yep Roc) [07-20] - country
- Left Arm Tan: El Camino (self-released) [09-27] - country
- Vivian Leva: Time Is Everything (Free Dirt) [03-02] - bluegrass
- Sam Lewis: Loversity (Tone Tree Music) [05-04] - folk
- Loretta Lynn: Wouldn't It Be Great (Legacy) [09-28] - country [**]
- The Magic City Trio: Amerikana Arkana (Kailua) [04-20] - country
- The Mammals: Sunshiner (Humble Abode Music) [04-20] - folk
- Ashley McBryde: Girl Going Nowhere (Warner Nashville) [03-30] - country [**]
- The Del McCoury Band: Del McCoury Still Sings Bluegrass (McCoury Music) [05-25] - bluegrass
- HC McEntire: Lionheart (Merge) [01-26] - country
- Carson McHone: Carousel (Loose Music) [10-26] - country
- Buck Meek: Buck Meek (Keeled Scales) [05-18] - folk
- Mike and the Moonpies: Steak Night at the Prairie Rose (self-released) [02-02] - country
- John R Miller and the Engine Lights: The Trouble You Follow (Emperor) [08-31] - country
- Parker Millsap: Other Arrangements (Okrahoma) [05-04] - country [*]
- Ashley Monroe: Sparrow (Warner Nashville) [04-20] - country [B-]
- Dallas Moore: Mr Honky Tonk (SOL) [ 03-02] - country
- Drew Moreland: Drew Moreland (self-released) [08-01] - country
- Whitey Morgan and the 78's: Hard Times and White Lines (Whitey Morgan Music) [10-26] - country [*]
- Laura Morrow: Laura Morrow (self-released -EP) - country
- Sam Moss: Neon (Lost Honey) [03-02] - folk
- Kristina Murray: Southern Ambrosia (Loud Magnolia) [09-21] - country
- Kacey Musgraves: Golden Hour (MCA Nashville) [03-30] - country [B]
- Israel Nash: Lifted (Loose) [07-27] - Americana
- Tami Neilson: Sassafrass! (Outside Music) [06-01] - country [**]
- Willie Nelson: Last Man Standing (Legacy) [04-27] - country [A-]
- Willie Nelson: My Way (Legacy) [09-14] - country [**]
- Frank Newsome: Gone Away With a Friend (Free Dirt) [06-29] - gospel
- The Northern Belle: Blinding Blue Neon (Vestkyst) [10-12] - country
- Oak Ridge Boys: 17th Avenue Revival (Lightning Rod) [03-16] - country
- John Oates: Arkansas (Thirty Tigers) [01-26] - country
- Old Crow Medicine Show: Volunteer (Columbia Nashville) [04-20] - Americana [*]
- Lindi Ortega: Liberty (Shadowbox) [03-30] - americana
- Dolly Parton: Dumplin' [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Dolly/RCA Nashville) [11-30] - country
- Courtney Patton: What It's Like to Fly Alone (self-released) [02-16] - country
- Grant Peeples and the Peeples Republik: Settling Scores Vol II (Gatorbone) [01-30] - country [**]
- Larry Peninsula: Country Music Only (Ramasound) [02-23] - country
- Gretchen Peters: Dancing With the Beast (Scarlet Letter) [05-18] - Americana
- Pistol Annies: Interstate Gospel (RCA Nashville) [11-02] - country [A-]
- Punch Brothers: All Ashore (Nonesuch) [07-20] - progressive bluegrass
- Amy Ray: Holler (Compass) [09-28] - folk
- The Rising: Moving On (Renegade Maverick) [08-03] - country
- Rebekah Rolland: Seed & Silo (self-released) [07-20] - folk
- Peter Rowan: Carter Stanley's Eyes (Rebel) [04-20] - bluegrass
- Amber Rubarth/Joe Purdy: American Folk [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (American Folks) [01-26] - folk
- Carter Sampson: Lucky (Horton) [05-25] - country
- Red Shahan: Culberson County (7013) [03-30] - country
- Amanda Shires: To the Sunset (Silver Knife) [08-03] - country [***]
- Sarah Shook & the Disarmers: Years (Bloodshot) [04-06] - alt-country [*]
- Sarah Shook & the Disarmers: On Audiotree Live (Audiotree -EP) [05-24] - alt-country [*]
- Shotgun Rider: Palo Duro (Torrez Music Group) [03-30] - country
- Nick Shoulders: Lonely Like Me (self-released) [08-27] - country
- Rhyan Sinclair: Barstormer (Little Haunted Girl Music) [06-22] - country
- Slocan Ramblers: Queen City Jubilee (Slomusic) [06-15] - country
- Scott Southworth: Hey Hillbilly Singer (Scott Likes Pie Music) [05-14] - country
- James Steinle: South Texas Homecoming (self-released) [08-17] - country
- The Stray Birds: Let It Pass (Yep Roc) [09-07] - folk
- The Stryker Brothers: Burn Band (Scriptorium Rex) [09-07] - country
- Sugarland: Bigger (Big Machine) [06-08] - country pop
- Cole Swindell: All of It (Warner Nashville) [08-17] - country
- Aaron Lee Tasjan: Karma for Cheap (New West) [08-31] - alt/indie
- Ugly Valley Boys: Iron Mine (self-released) [01-18] - country
- Carrie Underwood: Cry Pretty (Capitol Nashville) [09-14] - country pop
- Keith Urban: Graffiti U (Hit Red/Capitol Nashville) [04-27] - country pop
- Urban Pioneers: Hilbilly Swing Music (UpRooted) [01-01] - country
- Colter Wall: Songs of the Plains (Young Mary's) [10-12] - country [**]
- The War and Treaty: Healing Tide (Strong World Entertainment) [08-10] - folk
- Josh Ward: More Than I Deserve (self-released) [05-04] - country
- Becky Warren: Undesirable (self-released) [10-19] - country [A-]
- We Banjo 3: Haven (self-released) [07-27] - folk
- Kevin Welch: Dust Devil (Dead Reckoning) [10-15] - folk
- Darling West: While I Was Asleep (Jansen) [02-16] - country
- Western Centuries: Songs From the Deluge (Free Dirt) [04-06] - country
- Cliff Westfall: Baby You Win (self-released) [07-13] - country
- Dee White: Southern Gentleman (Easy Eye Sound/Warner Music Nashville -18) [08-24-2018] - country [**]
- Roland White & Friends: Tribute to the Kentucky Colonels (Crossroads) [10-26] - country
- The Wild Feathers: Greetings From the Neon Frontier (Reprise) [06-29] - country
- Kelly Willis: Back Being Blue (Premium) [05-18] - country [*]
- Jamie Lin Wilson: Jumping Over Rocks (self-released) [10-26] - country [**]
- The Wood Brothers: One Drop of Truth (Thirty Tigers) [02-02] - country
- Wes Youssi and the County Champs: Down Low (self-released) [01-29] - country
Reissues, Etc.
Priority Counts
- Priority 1: 141
- Priority 2: 16
- Priority 3: 0
- Priority 4: 42
- Priority 5: 0
Total: 199
Grade Counts
- A- : 7
- *** : 6
- ** : 12
- * : 12
- B : 4
- B- : 1
Total: 42
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