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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#13 mandolin
#13mandolin
#22new england americana
#25progressive bluegrass
#27instrumental bluegrass
#27modern old-time
#49bluegrass fiddle
#49old-time
#60banjo
#62neo-traditional bluegrass
#72bluegrass
#74clawhammer banjo
#84string band
#95north carolina roots
2023 in Mandolin   playlist
#trackscore
1Nick Dumas "Bozeman"524
2April Verch "Horse and Buggy-O"511
3Bill Evans "Along Came Sonny"455
4Michael Cleveland "Thousand Dollar Holler"427
5Sami Braman "Barnimal"427
6Chandler Beavers "Wind Tunnel"407
7Andy Hall "Up in Bigfoot Country"397
8Joe K. Walsh "Palmer"370
9Special Consensus "Pretty Kate And The Rabbit"366
10Tray Wellington "Moon in Motion 1"319
11Mighty Poplar "Grey Eagle"317
12firekid "Chemical Plant Zone"299
13Ethan Setiawan "Golden"296
14David Brimer "Marigold Hair"289
15East Nash Grass "Railroadin' & Gamblin'"283
16Ben Krakauer "Brushy"259
17Rick Faris "Don't Hold Back"241
18Cory Walker "Far Away Again"228
19Daniel Grindstaff "Three Arrows"228
20Darren Nicholson "Dillsboro Blues"227
21Balsam Range "Snake Charmer"226
22Tim Stafford "Old Forge"225
23Audie Blaylock And Redline "Red Rover"223
24Larry Sparks "Gotta Move"219
25Alison Brown "Foggy Morning Breaking"218
26Caroline Owens "Heartbreak Train"216
27Gary Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers "Foggy Mountain Top-Lonesome Road Blues (1899 Martin 0-28 Herringbone)"210
28The OK Factor "Bluegrass Ben"203
29Erik Hill "Stay Cruisin'"195
30Lonesome Ace Stringband "Crossing the Junction / Deer River"193
31Water Tower "My Little Girl in Tennessee - Live"192
32Carley Arrowood "Tsali's Run"188
33Blue Highway "Lonesome State Of Mind"185
34Missy Raines "These Ole Blues"183
35Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers "Let Time Ride"180
36Benson "Icy Cold"178
37Waterhouse "Petite Fleur"178
38Zoe & Cloyd "We'll Meet Again Sweetheart"178
39Boone & Foster "Uncle Pen"178
40The Infamous Stringdusters "Will You Be Lonesome Too"177
41Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass "What Crosses Your Mind"175
42Grant Gordy "Elegy for Tony Rice"175
43Lost and Found "Put It Off Until Tomorrow"175
44Mile Twelve "Take Me as I Am"172
45Billy Droze "It's Ok To Be Ok"170
46Hammertowne "Next to Nothing"169
47Billy Swinson "Greener Grass"168
48The Del McCoury Band "Sally Jo"163
49Bertolf "Team Hoover"161
50Connor Jay Liess "The Train"160
51The Gina Furtado Project "True Life Blues"160
52Béla Bartók "44 Duets for Two Violins, Sz. 98: Book IV: No. 43, Pizzicato"158
53Lonesome River Band "Near Mrs."156
54Arkansauce "My Home in Arkansas"154
55The Kody Norris Show "I Call Her Sunshine"150
56Nothin' Fancy "Crash and Burn"150
57Lindley Creek "Fare Thee Well"146
58Wilson Harwood "A Prayer For Peace"145
59David Marshall "He Had Me On His Mind"145
60Trey Holiday "Hometown Roots"145
61Volume Five "The Bible"144
62Danny Roberts "My Brown Eyed Darling"142
63Sister Sadie "Well"141
64Jeff Picker "Pitter Panther Patter"140
65The Chigger Hill Boys & Terri "My Path was Paved by the Blood of the Lamb"140
66Dan Tyminski "Keep Your Eye On Kentucky"139
67Chris Jones & The Night Drivers "The Price of Falling"139
68Tim O'Brien "Little Lamb Little Lamb"138
69Pretend Friend "Temperance Reel / Kentucky Mandolin"136
70Danny Burns "Come to Jesus"134
71Dalton Harper "Highway of Love"133
72Caitlin Canty "Odds of Getting Even"132
73Ben Garnett "Open Your Books"130
74Russ Carson "Awesome Sauce"130
75Mark Grundhoefer "The Trailblazer"130
76Cup O’Joe "Azazel's Escape"128
77John DeFaria "Sunbelt"128
78Tim Raybon Band "I Could Get Used to This"127
79Parker Hastings "Runaway"126
80Wicker Suite "Ghost Train"120
81Leftover Salmon "Simple Twist Of Fate"120
82Daryl Mosley "A Life Well Lived"115
83Steep Canyon Rangers "Deep End"113
84Michael Fix "Dalveen"112
85Fireside Collective "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"112
86Andy Lowe "Boatman Stomp"111
87Nickel Creek "Stone's Throw"111
88Dale Ann Bradley "Love Train"104
89Addie Levy "Blue Mountain"104
90Authentic Unlimited "Fall In Tennessee (feat. Jerry Douglas)"104
91Chosen Road "Awake My Soul"104
92Gary Nichols "Fire in the Dark"103
93Molly Tuttle "San Joaquin"102
94Junior Sisk "Long Hard Road (The Share Cropper's Dream)"102
95Mark Stoffel "Curious Times"101
96Della Mae "Can't Let Go"101
97High Fidelity "The Mighty Name of Jesus"101
98Ely Jaffe "Drink or Two"99
99The Barefoot Movement "Penny Lane"98
100The Bombadils "Dangling Like Keys"98



















 
 
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.)