2023 Album Release Directory

Reviews to Read 

This list are albums that arrived in the inbox largely in advance of release date and generated positive interest when time was available to write something.

Grey DeLisle - Borrowed 

Peach and Quiet - Beautiful Thing 

Ben Bedford - Valley of Stars 

Annie Capps - How Can I Say This? 

Jarrod Dickenson - Big Talk 

Kirsten Adamson - Landing Place 

Mary Elizabeth Remington - In Embudo 

The Bear and the Bison - The Bear and the Bison 

Jenny Colquitt - Lost Animals 

Will Pound & Jenn Butterworth - Volume 1 

New Earth Farmers - The Good Ones Got Away 

Karen Jonas - The Restless 

Brigid O'Neill - The Truth & Other Stories 

Steve Dawson - Eyes Closed, Dreaming 

Tapestri - Tell Me World

Angela Perley - Turn Me Loose 

Mighty Poplar - Mighty Poplar 

Lauren Morrow - People Talk 

Carter Sampson - Gold

Angelina Rockne - The Rose Society

Katie Callahan - Extraordinary

Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors - Strangers No More 

Hannah Aldridge - Dream of America 

Ags Connolly - Siempre

Lukas Nelson + POTR - Sticks and Stones

Fanny Lumsden - Hey Dawn

Beth Bombara - It All Goes Up

Stylusboy - Back in the Day EP

Ninebarrow - The Colour of Night 

Christina Martin - Storm 

Viv & Riley - Imaginery People           

Rachel Sermanni - Dreamer Awake     

Van Plating - Orange Blossom Child     

Track Dogs - Blind Summits & Hidden Dips 

Ward Knutur Townes Unanswered 

Ben de la Cour - Sweet Anhedonia 

Rod Picott - Starlight Tour

The Heart Collectors - The Space Between 

Anton O’Donnell - Tomber Sur PRW 

Jaime Wyatt - Feel Good 

Hannah White - Sweet Revolution 

Heather Lynne Horton - Get Me to a Nunnery 

Honey and the Bear - Away Beyond the Fret

Dean Owens - Pictures 

Wayne Brererton - The Robin’s Call 

Lee Gallagher and The Hallelujah - The Falcon Ate The Flower 

The Deadly Winters - ever onwards

Jim Mitchell - Repeat Offender 

Paul Lush - Six Ways From Sunday 

Jared Dustin Griffin - Battle Cry Mercy

Afton Wolfe - The Harvest 

Show of Hands - Roots 2 The Best of Show of Hands


Releases to Check Out 

This list are a mixture of promotional albums with merit that landed in the inbox when there was insufficient time to write a review and albums that have been enjoyed through purchase or stream.

Margo Price - Strays

Ash Gray and the Burners - Live 55

H.C. McEntire - Every Acre

Cat Clyde - Down Rounder

Jaimee Harris - Boomerang Town

Anton Fermhede - Big North

Rura - Dusk Moon 

Megson - What Are We Trying to Say?

One Adam One – Where Do I Begin 

Jill Rogers and Crying Time - Many Worlds Theory 

Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy - Canvas 

Lynn Miles - TumbleWeedyWorld 

The Young 'Uns - Tiny Notes 

Bennett Wilson Poole - I Saw A Star Behind Your Eyes, Don't Let It Die Away

Ben Bostick - The Rascal is Back 

The Bluest Sky - The Bluest Sky 

Tim Grimm - The Little In-Between 

Phil Hooley - Provenance 

Old Spot - Old Spot

Forty Elephant Gang - The Time We Lost

Meredith Moon - Constellations 

Trapper Schoepp - Siren Songs 

Imar - Awakening 

Taj Mahal - Savoy 

Afton Wolfe - Twenty-Three 

The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony 

Gnoss - Stretching Skyward 

Bruce Cockburn - O Sun O Moon 

Michael Jerome Brown - Gettin’ Together 

St. Catherines Child - Every Generation EP 

Kassi Valazza - Knows Nothing  

Ellis Paul - 55 

Bob Bradshaw - The Art of Feeling Blue 

Anna Elizabeth Laube - Wild Outside 

Dallahan - Speak of the Devil 

Riders of the Canyon - Riders of the Canyon 

Malcolm Holcombe - Bits & Pieces 

Andrew Hawkey - Hindsight 

Sara Petite - The Empress

The Pawn Shop Saints - Weeds

Joshua Burnell - Glass Knight 

Water Tower - Live from Los Angeles 

Maia Sharp - Reckless Thoughts 

The Waymores - Greener Pastures 

Rupert Wates - Elegies

Annie Keating - Hard Frost

Margo Cilker - Valley of Heart's Delight

Brandy Clark - Brandy Clark

Ashley McBryde - The Devil I Know

Jerry Joseph - Baby, You’re The Man Who Would Be King (King)

Jeff Plankenhorn - Alone at Sea

Terra Lightfoot - Healing Power

Sully Bright - Darling, Wake Up

Michele Stodart - Invitation

Robert Rex Waller Jr. - See The Big Man Cry 

Jon Byrd - All Your Mistakes 

Jack Rutter - This is Something Constant 

Israel Nash - Ozarker

Julian Taylor - Anthology Vol. 1

Leon Rosselson - Chronicling the Times

Jeffrey Martin - Thank God We Left the Garden

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Weathervanes

Jess Williamson - Time Ain't Accidental

Dylan LeBlanc - Coyote

Frankie Archer - Never So Red

Thea Gilmore - Thea Gilmore

That's your album wrap for 2023. The final month of the year is listening only to catch a breath before the wheels start rolling again in 2024.