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Chip’s Best of 2025

Saturday, January 03, 2026 By Chip Frazier

As seems to be the case every year, selecting a top 25 was difficult task for 2025. There are so many good albums not on the list, that I liked almost as much as what was included. However, selecting the top album was not hard this year. Wednesday – Bleeds was an obvious choice to […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Best of Year, Bluegrass, Country, Editors' Pick, Folk, Indie, Indie Rock, Rock, Roots, Videos Tagged With: Brent Cobb, Caamp, Charley Crockett, Clover County, Colter Wall, Daniel Donato, Fust, Hayes Carll, James McMurtry, Jeff Tweedy, Larkin Poe, Margo Price, Mickelson, My Morning Jacket, Palmyra, Paul Thorn, Sierra Hull, Snocaps, Sunny Sweeney, The Shootouts, Turnpike Troubadours, Tyler Childers, Wednesday, West Texas Exiles

Readers’ Pick: Turnpike Troubadours – Price of Admission

Friday, April 18, 2025 By Tom Osborne

Turnpike Troubadours – Price of Admission (cover art)

You picked Turnpike Troubadours – Price of Admission as your favorite new release for the week of April 11, 2025.

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Turnpike Troubadours

Chip’s Best of 2023

Wednesday, January 03, 2024 By Chip Frazier

Jason Isbell - Weathervanes (cover art)

I had the same problem with my year end rankings as always. There were at least 35 albums worthy of the top 25. As you can see that math only works for congressmen and poker hustlers. I focused the top 25 on Americana and Roots music. To have included Indie and Alternative would have been […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Americana, Bluegrass, Blues, Country, Outlaw Country, Reviews, Rock, Roots Tagged With: Drayton Farley, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Margo Price, Slaid Cleaves, Turnpike Troubadours

Todd’s Tops of 2021

Wednesday, January 05, 2022 By Todd Mathis

1. James McMurtry/The Horses and theHounds2. Jose Gonzalez/Local Valley 3. Isla, Josh Rouse/The Mediterranean Gardner4. The War on Drugs/I Don’t Live Here Anymore5. Charley Crockett/10 For Slim6. Todd Snider/First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder7. The Hold Steady/Open Door Policy 8. Neil Young and Crazy Horse/Barn9. The Felice Brothers/From Dreams to Dust10. Nell Smith, The […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Indie Rock, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: Caleb Stine, Charley Crockett, Daniel Lanois, Felice Brothers, Henhouse Prowlers, Isla, James McMurtry, Jose Gonzalez, Josh Rouse, Lucy Daucus, Marisa Anderson, Marty Stuart, My Morning Jacket, Neil Young, Nell Smith, Purple Mountains, Steve Earle, The Flaming Lips, The Hold Steady, The Old Earthquake, The Runout, The War on Drugs, Todd Snider, Turnpike Troubadours, Western Centuries, William Tyler

Readers’ Pick: A Long Way From Your Heart by Turnpike Troubadours

Friday, October 27, 2017 By Tom Osborne

Turnpike Troubadours - cover art

You picked A Long Way From Your Heart by Oklahoma-based americana band, Turnpike Troubadours, as your favorite new release for the week of October 20, 2017. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Summer 2017 […]

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Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of May 29?

  • Joshua Ray Walker – Ain’t Dead Yet (21%, 9 Votes)
  • Nathan Evans Fox – Heirloom (12%, 5 Votes)
  • Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan – Where the Willow and Dogwood Grow (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Willie Nelson – Dream Chaser (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Paul McCartney – The Boys of Dungeon Lane (10%, 4 Votes)
  • SUSTO – Susto Stringband (Volume 2) (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Kurt Vile – Philadelphia’s been good to me (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Alexis Harte – Thirsty (7%, 3 Votes)
  • David Serby – Broken Heart In A Honky Tonk (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Lone Piñon – Hot Carne Seca (2%, 1 Votes)
  • JP Soars – Gypsy Blue Revue (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Joey Quiñones – Inna Soul Steady Situation (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Clay DuBose – Father Time & Mother Nature (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Leeroy Stagger – Pilgrimage (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Jesse and Noah – The Sunshine Shop (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Benson – Double Dose (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Amani Burhnam – Roots & Wings (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Robin Ganz – Hypnos (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Guided by Voices – Crawlspace Of The Pantheon (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Renée Fleming & Béla Fleck – The Fiddle and the Drum (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Gipsy Kings – Historia (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 42

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