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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#1 instrumental bluegrass
#1instrumental bluegrass
#1mandolin
#2bluegrass fiddle
#19old-time
#23progressive bluegrass
#24banjo
#36bluegrass
#42clawhammer banjo
#46modern old-time
#49neo-traditional bluegrass
#52string band
#65old-time fiddle
#71bluegrass gospel
#86appalachian folk
#96traditional bluegrass
2023 in Instrumental Bluegrass   playlist
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1Nick Dumas "Bozeman"588
2April Verch "Horse and Buggy-O"571
3Bill Evans "Along Came Sonny"568
4Michael Cleveland "Thousand Dollar Holler"508
5Sami Braman "Barnimal"480
6Andy Hall "Up in Bigfoot Country"463
7Chandler Beavers "Once in a Thousand"429
8Special Consensus "Pretty Kate And The Rabbit"412
9Mighty Poplar "Grey Eagle"360
10Tray Wellington "Moon in Motion 1"344
11Rick Faris "Don't Hold Back"336
12firekid "Chemical Plant Zone"322
13Joe K. Walsh "Palmer"309
14East Nash Grass "Railroadin' & Gamblin'"287
15David Brimer "Marigold Hair"285
16Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers "Let Time Ride"281
17Audie Blaylock And Redline "Red Rover"278
18Darren Nicholson "Arkansas Without You"275
19Lost and Found "Put It Off Until Tomorrow"270
20Cory Walker "Far Away Again"268
21Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass "What Crosses Your Mind"268
22Alison Brown "Foggy Morning Breaking"267
23Boone & Foster "Uncle Pen"267
24Zoe & Cloyd "We'll Meet Again Sweetheart"259
25Balsam Range "Snake Charmer"256
26Daniel Grindstaff "Three Arrows"253
27Ethan Setiawan "Golden"253
28Benson "Icy Cold"248
29Tim Stafford "Old Forge"245
30Blue Highway "Lonesome State Of Mind"242
31Caroline Owens "Heartbreak Train"239
32Billy Swinson "Greener Grass"237
33The Gina Furtado Project "True Life Blues"234
34The Kody Norris Show "I Call Her Sunshine"224
35Nothin' Fancy "Crash and Burn"224
36Billy Droze "It's Ok To Be Ok"219
37Ben Krakauer "Brushy"215
38Larry Sparks "Just a Closer Walk With Thee"214
39Lonesome River Band "Near Mrs."206
40Erik Hill "Stay Cruisin'"196
41Missy Raines "These Ole Blues"194
42Gary Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers "Foggy Mountain Top-Lonesome Road Blues (1899 Martin 0-28 Herringbone)"193
43Carley Arrowood "Tsali's Run"192
44Danny Roberts "My Brown Eyed Darling"182
45Waterhouse "Petite Fleur"182
46Volume Five "Restless Heart and a Rambler's Soul"180
47Hammertowne "Next to Nothing"178
48The OK Factor "Bluegrass Ben"178
49Trey Holiday "Hometown Roots"175
50The Del McCoury Band "Sally Jo"175
51Russ Carson "Awesome Sauce"174
52Daryl Mosley "A Life Well Lived"172
53Connor Jay Liess "The Train"162
54Bertolf "Team Hoover"160
55Lonesome Ace Stringband "Crossing the Junction / Deer River"159
56Termosa Zartholomew "Hell In The Years"158
57Water Tower "My Little Girl in Tennessee - Live"156
58Sister Sadie "Well"153
59Dan Tyminski "Keep Your Eye On Kentucky"151
60The Infamous Stringdusters "Down the Road"151
61Wilson Harwood "A Prayer For Peace"147
62Béla Bartók "44 Duets for Two Violins, Sz. 98: Book IV: No. 43, Pizzicato"146
63Grant Gordy "Elegy for Tony Rice"141
64Chris Jones & The Night Drivers "The Price of Falling"140
65Robbie Fulks "Lonely Ain't Hardly Alive"140
66David Marshall "Hammer And Nail"133
67The Chigger Hill Boys & Terri "My Path was Paved by the Blood of the Lamb"132
68Pretend Friend "Temperance Reel / Kentucky Mandolin"128
69Jeff Picker "Pitter Panther Patter"126
70Arkansauce "My Home in Arkansas"125
71Junior Sisk "Long Hard Road (The Share Cropper's Dream)"125
72Tim Raybon Band "Can't Get Away from This Broken Heart"123
73Mile Twelve "Take Me as I Am"120
74Don Reno "I Couldn't Win"120
75Lindley Creek "Fare Thee Well"120
76Don Rigsby "Cold Ashes"117
77Tim O'Brien "Little Lamb Little Lamb"117
78John DeFaria "Sunbelt"116
79Benny Bleu "Winder Slide"113
80Parker Hastings "Runaway"111
81Authentic Unlimited "Fall In Tennessee (feat. Jerry Douglas)"110
82Caitlin Canty "Odds of Getting Even"110
83Dalton Harper "Highway of Love"109
84Mark Grundhoefer "The Trailblazer"108
85The Charla Freeland Band "Ol’ Missouri"107
86Molly Tuttle "San Joaquin"106
87Danny Burns "Come to Jesus"105
88Darin and Brooke Aldridge "Jordan"105
89Leftover Salmon "Simple Twist Of Fate"105
90Nickel Creek "Going Out…"103
91Cup O’Joe "Azazel's Escape"103
92Tommy Emmanuel "White Freight Liner Blues (feat. Molly Tuttle)"102
93Michael Fix "Dalveen"95
94Dale Ann Bradley "Love Train"94
95High Fidelity "The Mighty Name of Jesus"93
96Wicker Suite "Ghost Train"92
97Steep Canyon Rangers "Deep End"91
98Andy Lowe "Barbry Allen"89
99Gary Nichols "Fire in the Dark"88
100Alex Graf "Back Up and Push"86



















 
 
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.)