2023 Around the World   country sampler   genre sampler  
The new or newly released music that defined, united and distinguished fan communities of place and interest around the world in 2023.
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#6 north carolina roots
#6north carolina roots
#8new england americana
#10progressive bluegrass
#11ectofolk
#11nashville singer-songwriter
#19canadian americana
#21women's music
#28alternative americana
#41boston folk
#46nashville americana
#53new americana
#74canadian singer-songwriter
#77banjo
#82bluegrass
#90modern old-time
#90roots rock
#93uk americana
#97jamgrass
2023 in North Carolina Roots   playlist
#trackscore
1Lawson Hull "Time Zones"167
2Aoife O'Donovan "IOWA"152
3Jonathan Terrell "Falling Snow in Santa Fe"146
4Fruit Bats "We Used to Live Here"138
5Jess Williamson "Chasing Spirits"134
6I'm With Her "Wake Me When It's Over"121
7William Prince "When You Miss Someone"121
8Angelo De Augustine "The Ballad of Betty and Barney Hill"120
9Mipso "Carolina Rolling By"120
10Mighty Poplar "Up on the Divide"119
11Craig Stickland "Colorblind"112
12Hiss Golden Messenger "Nu-Grape"105
13Leith Ross "Ask First"101
14Ruston Kelly "Mending Song"98
15The Wood Brothers "Heart is the Hero"97
16Matt Holubowski "My Burrow"95
17Molly Tuttle "El Dorado"95
18Bella White "Flowers On My Bedside"94
19Caitlin Canty "Pull the Moon"93
20Rhiannon Giddens "You're the One"92
21Robert Ellis "On The Run"91
22Sumbuck "Hey Honey"90
23Helena Deland "Bright Green Vibrant Gray"89
24Meg McRee "Mary Jane & Chardonnay"87
25Cat Clyde "Everywhere I Go"86
26Forest Sun "All the Mornings Have an Echo"86
27The Milk Carton Kids "When You're Gone"85
28Rachel Baiman "Annie"85
29Down Like Silver "First Light"84
30Gregory Alan Isakov "Appaloosa Bones"84
31Josh Ritter "Strong Swimmer"82
32Abigail Lapell "Blinding Lights"82
33M. Ward "too young to die"82
34Langhorne Slim "Sundown"79
35Feist "Hiding Out In The Open"79
36Birdtalker "Wake Up Child"79
37Sophia James "Clockwork"78
38S.G. Goodman "Take It Away - Pt. B"78
39Old Crow Medicine Show "Miles Away"77
40Nickel Creek "Holding Pattern"77
41SYML "Tragic Magic"76
42Sam Fender "Little Bull Of Blithe"76
43Bonny Light Horseman "Once on Another Day"75
44Skylar Gudasz "Supposed to Make You Happy"75
45Nathaniel Rateliff "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"75
46Bryan Andrews "Love Me Today"74
47The Paper Kites "Hurts So Good"73
48Esmé Patterson "Circles"73
49Joe K. Walsh "Palmer"72
50Josiah and the Bonnevilles "I Am Appalachia"71
51Sunny War "Whole"70
52Oliver Hazard "Saratoga"69
53Edwin Raphael "Homesick for the Place I Don't Even Know (feat. Sam Valdez)"68
54Mile Twelve "Take Me as I Am"68
55Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats "Slow Pace Of Time [Feat. Charlie Gabriel]"68
56Sami Braman "Weevils in the Grits"67
57The Ballroom Thieves "Saint Monica - Undone"67
58Brett Dennen "This Is Going To Be The Year"66
59Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors "Free (Not Afraid to Die)"63
60Juniper "Paint Me"63
61Stu Larsen "You're My Winter"62
62Meredith Moon "Constellations"59
63Gabe Lee "Drink The River"58
64Susto "My Entire Life"58
65Allison Russell "The Returner"58
66Caroline Spence "There's Always Room - Alternate Version"58
67Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit "Middle Of The Morning"57
68Briscoe "The Well"57
69Bonny Doon "Let There Be Music"57
70Mary Elizabeth Remington "Dresser Hill"56
71Ken Yates "Fairweather"56
72Briston Maroney "Sink;Swim"56
73Dean Johnson "Faraway Skies"56
74Rosemary & Garlic "Summer"55
75Margo Price "Change Of Heart [Feat. Sierra Ferrell]"55
76Darlingside "Eliza I See"54
77Sierra Ferrell "Seven Spanish Angels (Recorded at Luck Reunion) - Spotify Singles"53
78Two Runner "Wild Dream"53
79Lonesome Ace Stringband "Crossing the Junction / Deer River"53
80Kassi Valazza "Early Morning Rising"52
81H.C. McEntire "Shadows"52
82Tommy Prine "This Far South"52
83Ben Garnett "Open Your Books"52
84Julia Pratt "A Little Love"51
85Pony Bradshaw "Go Down, Appalachia"51
86Northwest Stories "Douglas Fir"51
87Joy Oladokun "Taking Things For Granted"51
88Margo Cilker "Lowland Trail"50
89Charley Crockett "July Jackson - Billy Horton Sessions"50
90Parker Millsap "Magic"50
91Tori Miller "There is a Time"50
92Chandler Beavers "Commencement"50
93Marc Scibilia "Young Wild Free"49
94Purr "The Natural"49
95Ethan Setiawan "Golden"49
96Peter One "Cherie Vico"49
97The Bones of J.R. Jones "The Good Life"49
98Andrea von Kampen "Juniper"49
99Justin Vernon "hazelton"48
100Whose Rules "I Don't Care"48



















 
 
alchemy by glenn mcdonald / @everynoise for Spotify, listening by the world
 
These lists compile the collective 2023 new-music listening of music fans in every country where people use Spotify, and in the fan communities for 6000+ genres and other genre-shaped distinctions. The songs in each list are scored and ranked by a combined weighting of a) their absolute popularity with those fans and b) the share of the song's global listening that those fans account for. (And then filtered to one song per artist.) This means, for example, that The Sound of Ukraine 2023 is the music that defines, unites and distinguishes Ukrainian fans, whether that music comes from Ukraine or not. Likewise, 2023 in Drift Phonk is the music that fans of Drift Phonk loved, whether it's Drift or Phonk or not. To be eligible, a song must have been released on or after 2022-12-01, as best our data can tell, so that's why no "Cruel Summer".
 
In addition to exploring by country or metagenre, you can click any artist to see all the lists on which they appear.
 
You are allowed to fall in love with things you did not know even existed until now. It is not too late.
 
It is never too late.
 
 
(PS: It's not even too late for 2022, 2021, 2020 or 2019.)