Music Tracking 2024

These are 2024 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.

Option selectors:

• Include priority 0, exclude rated.
• Just priority 2+, exclude rated.
• Rated only.
• Unrated only.
• Default (priority 1+ and rated).

Genre switches (selection not implemented yet):

• Blues
• Classical
• Country
• Electronica
• Hip-Hop
• Jazz
• Metal
• All

New Releases

• 49 Winchester: Leavin' This Holler () - country
• Adeem the Artist: Anniversary (Four Quarters) [05-03] - country [**]
• Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore: TexiCali (Yep Roc) [06-21] - country [A-]
• American Aquarium: The Fear of Standing Still () - country
• Kelsea Ballerini: Patterns (Black River) [10-25] - country
• Ashtyn Barbaree: Sent Through the Ceiling (Artists 3 60) [10-25] - Americana [***]
• Brown Horse: Reservoir (Loose Music) [01-19] - alt-country
• Zach Bryan: The Great American Bar Scene (Belting Bronco/Warner) [07/04] - country [**]
• Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams: All This Time (Royal Potato Family) [04-05] - Americana
• Willi Carlisle: Critterland (Signature Sounds) [01-26] - country [**]
• Melissa Carper: Borned in Ya (Mae Music) [07-19] - country [A-]
• The Castellows: A Little Goes a Long Way (Warner Music Nashville -EP) [02-09] - country [**]
• Matt Castillo: Pushing Borders () - country
• Charley Crockett: $10 Cowboy (Son of Davy) [04-26] - country [**]
• Charley Crockett: $10 Cowboy Chapter II: Visions of Dallas (Son of Davy) [07-22] - country [***]
• Jeff Crosby: Another Petal Falls Off of the Rose () - country
• The Dead South: Chains & Stakes (Six Shooter/DevilDuck) [02-09] - bluegrass
• George Dearborne: Lotta Honky Tonkin' Left in Me (Wingate) [07-12] - country [**]
• Ernest: Nashville, Tennessee () [04-12] - country
• Alejandro Escovedo: Echo Dancing (Yep Roc) [03-29] - folk
• Jeff Evans Porkestra: Willow Pillow (self-releaed -EP) [04-19] - country [***]
• Sierra Ferrell: Trail of Flowers (Rounder) [03-22] - bluegrass [***]
• Jake Xerxes Fussell: When I'm Called (Fat Possum) [07-12] - Americana
• Claudia Gibson: The Fields of Chazy (self-released) [03-01] - folk [**]
• The Gringo Pistoleros: The Rise and . . . Subsequent Fall of the Texas Alien (self-released) [05-31] - country [**]
• Jason Isbell: Live From the Ryman Vol. 2 (Southeastern) [10-04] - country-rock
• Johnny Blue Skies [Sturgill Simpson]: Passage Du Desir (High Top Mountain) [07-12] - country [**]
• Karen Jonas: The Rise and Fall of American Kitsch (self-released) [08-08] - country [*]
• Lola Kirke: Country Curious (One Riot -EP) [04-20] - country [*]
• Miranda Lambert: Postcards From Texas (Republic Nashville) [09-13] - country [A-]
• Jim Lauderdale: My Favorite Place (Sky Crunch) [06-21] - country
• Merce Lemon: Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild (Darling) [09-27] - alt-country
• Old Man Luedecke: She Told Me Where to Go (Outside) [05-24] - country [B]
• Corb Lund: El Viejo (New West) [02-23] - country [***]
• Brady Lux: Ain't Gone So Far (6483357 Records DK) [01-27] - country [***]
• Shelby Lynne: Consequences of the Crown (Monument) [08-16] - country [B]
• Post Malone: F-1 Trillion (Mercury/Republic) [08-16] - country
• The Mavericks: Moon & Stars () [05-17] - Americana
• Scotty McCreery: Rise & Fall (Triple Tigers) [05-10] - country
• Gurf Morlix: In Love at Zero Degrees (Rootball) [10-08] - Americana [**]
• Megan Moroney: Am I Okay? (Columbia Nashville) [07-12] - country [***]
• John Moreland: Visitor (Old Omens/Thirty Tigers) [04-05] - country [***]
• Kacey Musgraves: Deeper Well (MCA Nashville) [03-15] - country [A-]
• Willie Nelson: The Border (Legacy) [05-31] - country [A-]
• Willie Nelson: Last Leaf on the Tree (Legacy) [11-01] - country [**]
• Sam Outlaw: Terra Cotta (Black Hills) [03-07] - country [*]
• Carly Pearce: Hummingbird (Big Machine) [06-07] - country [***]
• Orville Peck: Stampede (Warner) [08-02] - country
• Katie Pruitt: Mantras (Rounder) [04-05] - country [**]
• Red Clay Strays: Made by These Moments () - country
• Daniel Romano & Outfit: Too Hot to Sleep (You've Changed) [03-01] - country
• Shaboozey: Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going (Republic/Empire) [05-31] - country [*]
• Sarah Shook & the Disarmers: Revelations (Abeyance) [03-29] - country [**]
• Connie Smith: Love, Prison, Wisdom and Heartaches (Fat Possum) [04-11] - country [**]
• Chris Smither: All About the Bones (Signature Sounds) [05-03] - folk [A-]
• Brittney Spencer: My Stupid Life (Elektra) [01-19] - country
• Leslie Stevens: Leslie Stevens (Lyricland) [02-23] - country
• Billy Strings: Highway Prayers (Reprise) [09-27] - bluegrass
• Swamp Dogg: Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St (Oh Boy) [05-31] - bluegrass [***]
• Zach Top: Cold Beer & Country Music (Leo33) [05-07] - country [**]
• Morgan Wade: Obsessed (Ladylike/RCA Nashville) [08-16] - country [A-]
• Kelsey Waldon: There's Always a Song (Oh Boy) [05-10] - country [***]
• Alice Wallace: Here I Am () - country
• Gillian Welch/David Rawlings: Woodland (Acony) [08-23] - folk [***]
• Jesse Welles: Hells Welles () - country
• Cecily Wilborn: Kuntry Gurl Playplist (self-released) - country [*]
• Kelly Willis/Melissa Carper/Brennen Leigh: Wonder Women of Country (Brooklyn Basement -EP) [03-15] - country [**]
• Lainey Wilson: Whirlwind (BBR) [08-23] - country [***]

Reissues, Etc.

• Johnny Cash: Songwriter (1993, Mercury Nashville) [06-28] - country
• My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall (Oh Boy) [04-12] - country

Priority Counts

• Priority 1: 26
• Priority 2: 1
• Priority 3: 0
• Priority 4: 42
• Priority 5: 1

Total: 70