Pillbox Patti unleashes her debut mini-album, Florida, which has all the hallmarks of something a little different in the country music world.

Plains is the combined talents of Jess Williamson and Katie Crutchfield. Both shifting their styles into the country music landscape produces an almost perfect first album.

A quick return and even more quality from Miko Marks. Building on Our Country and then Race Records EP, Feel Like Going Home is a terrific album.

Charley Crockett’s The Man From Waco is a spellbinding trip through the great and the amazing of styles that country music has to offer.

Five years. Not the Bowie song but the time since Sunny Sweeney’s last new record. Married Alone is worth the wait.

The New Faith, the new album from Jake Blount is a journey through a future world using updated and reimagined “traditional Black spirituals” and is fascinating and brilliant.

Sam Burchfield’s Scoundrel is an epic guitar-led walk through Americana blues of old, writ new for 2022.

The second album from King Margo is a terrific mix of country, folk, and Americana. The songs are great, the musicians are excellent.

Mariel Buckley’s second album this a thing of beauty. By turns soft and coarse, Everything I Used To Be is excellent.

The Local Honeys self-titled album is great, superb storytelling combined with great music, everything to love.

Kelsey Waldon’s No Regular dog is no regular record. It’s a winding road of stories, told authentically and brilliantly.

Tami Neilson’s fifth album is her best yet. Building on the huge promise of 2020’s CHICKABOOM, Kingmaker is full of great songs, big vocals, and evocative lyrics.

Jonah Tolchin’s new album Lava Lamp is part rock, park roots, and all terrific.

Amanda Shires’ Take It Like A Man is her best yet, full of personal writing and creative music.