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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lists
#11 midwest americana
#11midwest americana
#12modern old-time
#13western americana
#17canadian americana
#18traditional folk
#22new orleans americana
#27old-time
#30new england americana
#38string band
#43clawhammer banjo
#47appalachian folk
#49nashville americana
#49old-time fiddle
#59kentucky roots
#65alternative americana
#75progressive bluegrass
#75queer country
#78north carolina roots
#83deathgrass
#85austin americana
#94neo-traditional bluegrass
2023 in Midwest Americana   playlist
#trackscore
1Them Coulee Boys "Sign of the Times"40
2Texas Toast "Wild & Free"38
3One Way Traffic "Voodoo Mama"30
4Pert Near Sandstone "Believe"30
5The Last Revel "Engine Trouble - Live"28
6James Steinle "Fisherman's Haul"24
7Erik Hill "Freighter"24
8Jackson Pines "Wheel"23
9Wood Belly "Play Me Out"23
10Songs From The Road Band "Hill Country Queen"22
11Two Runner "Wild Dream"20
12Mile Twelve "Take Me as I Am"19
13Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs "Hold On"19
14The Dust Collectors "Murder, I Wrote"19
15Just Above Snakes "March On"19
16Chicken Wire Empire "Sugaree"18
17The People Brothers Band "Runnin' Around"18
18Boys Club For Girls "Bad Luck Baby"18
19Max Tyler "It's True"17
20Forest Sun "At the End of Everything"17
21Willy Tea Taylor "National Treasure"17
22Jonathan Terrell "Falling Snow in Santa Fe"17
23The River Arkansas "Green Bridge"16
24Rachel Baiman "Old Songs Never Die"15
25Ely Jaffe "Drink or Two"15
26The Foxgloves "Maybelle"15
27Low Key Trampoline "All the Way (remix)"15
28Elijah Ocean "Praises Be"15
29Mama Said String Band "The Person You Get"15
30Amanda Anne Platt & the Honeycutters "Miracles"14
31Arkansauce "Up on the Shelf"14
32John R. Miller "Nobody Has To Know Your Mind"14
33Jerry Fiess "Not Gonna Be (Your Option)"14
34The Spine Stealers "Waffle House"14
35David Childers "Kiss Me Like Judas"14
36Nate Fredrick "Shortcut to Waco"14
37Jack Barksdale "Dreamer"13
38Del Barber "Flash In The Pan"13
39Jim Lauderdale "Last Resort"13
40Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards "Three By Three"13
41Tori Miller "There is a Time"13
42Jonathan Tyler "Old Friend - 388 Demo"13
43Elis Moore "I Love the Vibe"13
44The Bombadils "Dangling Like Keys"13
45Kassi Valazza "Early Morning Rising"13
46Nathan Kalish "Girl from the North Country"13
47Barbaro "Gardens"12
48Jaimee Harris "Boomerang Town"12
49Caitlin Canty "Odds of Getting Even"12
50Dylan Earl "Buddy"12
51East Nash Grass "Railroadin' & Gamblin'"12
52Conrad Moore "No Room"12
53Meredith Moon "Constellations"12
54Ben Garnett "Open Your Books"12
55Vanessa Dee & The Brightsides "A Little Too Long"12
56Mighty Poplar "Up on the Divide"12
57Jason Dea West "Out on the Range"12
58Big Backyard "Dixie"11
59Hotspur Johnny "Sleepy Time"11
60Ashley Harding "To The Light"11
61Madeleine Kelson "You Don't Know How Lucky You Are"11
62The Watson Twins "Never Be Another You"11
63Cup O’Joe "Weathered and Worn"11
64Logan Ledger "Ripple"11
65Brit Taylor "Ain't a Hard Livin'"11
66Miles Miller "Solid Gold"11
67The Pink Stones "Roses & Poppies"11
68Victoria Bailey "Forever, You & I"11
69Slaid Cleaves "Next Heartbreak"11
70The Shootouts "I'll Never Need Anyone More (feat. Raul Malo)"11
71Palmyra "Happy Pills"11
72The Brothers Comatose "Stickshifts and Safetybelts"11
73Ben Chapman & Co. "Georgia Dreamin'"11
74The Lil Smokies "Shadow"11
75Carolina Story "It's a Drag"11
76Steep Canyon Rangers "Recommend Me"11
77Katie Jo "Tequila & Forgiveness"11
78Dark Moon Hollow "Final Notice"10
79Ollella "Tea Kettle Tea"10
80Leon Majcen "Separate Ways"10
81Michael Cleveland "One Horse Town"10
82Beth Bombara "Everything I Wanted"10
83The Apalachicola Sound "Devils Cloak"10
84Parker Millsap "Wilderness Within You (feat. Gillian Welch)"10
85Turn Turn Turn "Schisandra"10
86Brennen Leigh "Running Out Of Hope, Arkansas - Acoustic"10
87Croy and the Boys "I Know About No Money"10
88The Infamous Stringdusters "I'd Rather Be Alone"10
89Evan & James "Play The Game Again"10
90Yarn "Something's Gotta Change - Live"10
91Ben de la Cour "Numbers Game"10
92Kitchen Dwellers "Whitewater - Live"10
93Emily Rose and the Rounders "The Drifter"10
94Dallas Burrow "River Town"10


















 
 
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.)