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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#5 modern old-time
#5modern old-time
#7bluegrass fiddle
#7string band
#8old-time
#13appalachian folk
#14clawhammer banjo
#16traditional folk
#17old-time fiddle
#22mandolin
#29instrumental bluegrass
#73banjo
#75traditional bluegrass
#86neo-traditional bluegrass
#92jig and reel
2023 in Modern Old-Time   playlist
#trackscore
1Sami Braman "Honeycutt"387
2Trey Holiday "Hometown Roots"331
3Lonesome Ace Stringband "Lonesome Ace #1"286
4Meredith Moon "Needlecase/ Blue Goose"274
5Tim Stafford "Old Forge"221
6George Jackson "Hartford's Bend"218
7Nora Brown "Gone So Long"212
8Natalie Padilla "Farewell Princeton"193
9Joe K. Walsh "If Not Now, Who?"188
10Mile Twelve "Take Me as I Am"184
11April Verch "Dear Brother"178
12Two Runner "Shakin’ Down the Acorns"178
13Rachel Baiman "Old Songs Never Die"175
14Ely Jaffe "Drink or Two"175
15Ben Garnett "Open Your Books"173
16Mighty Poplar "Little Joe"171
17The Bombadils "Dangling Like Keys"168
18Mild Goose Chase "Cindy / Rat Cheese Under the Hill"162
19Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards "Three By Three"160
20Benny Bleu "Five Miles from Town"158
21Chandler Beavers "Wind Tunnel"151
22Chris Coole "Old Dog"150
23Cup O’Joe "Hope"149
24Ollella "Tea Kettle Tea"149
25Low Key Trampoline "All the Way (remix)"143
26Jonny Miller "1849 Overture - Instrumental Version"137
27Ethan Setiawan "Golden"132
28East Nash Grass "Railroadin' & Gamblin'"125
29Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs "Hold On"120
30Erik Hill "Freighter"117
31Hotspur Johnny "Sleepy Time"114
32Arkansauce "Up on the Shelf"109
33Anthony Simpkins "Beneath the Willows (GemsOnVHS Field Recording)"109
34Alex Graf "Memory Bank"107
35Special Consensus "Pretty Kate And The Rabbit"106
36Caitlin Canty "Odds of Getting Even"105
37Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves "Sunnyside"102
38Termosa Zartholomew "Hell In The Years"102
39Viv & Riley "The Blackest Crow"100
40JD Pinkus "Afterlifer"92
41Maura Shawn Scanlin "We've Got Our Friends"91
42Cory Walker "Far Away Again"90
43Béla Bartók "44 Duets for Two Violins, Sz. 98: Book IV: No. 43, Pizzicato"89
44Tori Miller "There is a Time"88
45Hannah Read "Stinkhorn"87
46Nick Dumas "Bozeman"86
47Bill Evans "Along Came Sonny"84
48Head for the Hills "Bring on the Day"83
49Caroline Owens "Heartbreak Train"83
50Tim O'Brien "Little Lamb Little Lamb"83
51Songs From The Road Band "Someday When"82
52Barbaro "Gardens"82
53Ben Krakauer "Brushy"82
54Brennen Leigh "Running Out Of Hope, Arkansas - Acoustic"81
55Forest Sun "At Last You Find"80
56Andrew Montana "Ochre"80
57Jason Dea West "Out on the Range"80
58The Lil Smokies "Shadow"78
59Michael Cleveland "Thousand Dollar Holler"78
60Peter Groppe "Sleeptalking"77
61Audie Blaylock And Redline "Red Rover"76
62Stone & Sue "Alto Waltz"76
63Zachary Brown "Neef"75
64Andy Hall "Up in Bigfoot Country"75
65Natalie Haas "Free Space / Reel for Dennis"74
66Missy Raines "These Ole Blues"74
67The Riverside "Prelude: An Elemental Search"74
68Bella White "Among Other Things"73
69Lindley Creek "Fare Thee Well"73
70Kendl Winter "Humming Mantra"72
71Matt Heckler "I Tried - GemsOnVHS field recording"72
72Larry Sparks "Gotta Move"72
73Balsam Range "Snake Charmer"71
74The Del McCoury Band "Sally Jo"71
75Sarah Kate Morgan "Muddy Creek"71
76Zoe & Cloyd "We'll Meet Again Sweetheart"71
77Water Tower "My Little Girl in Tennessee - Live"70
78Victoria Bailey "Forever, You & I"69
79Alison Brown "Foggy Morning Breaking"68
80The Wild Bills "Fellowship of the Strings"65
81Molly Tuttle "Next Rodeo"65
82Malingo "Lost But Not Forgotten"64
83Sister Sadie "Well"63
84Darren Nicholson "Dillsboro Blues"59
85The Infamous Stringdusters "Down the Road"59
86Dalton Harper "Highway of Love"59
87Natalie MacMaster "Woman of the House"58
88Sierra Ferrell "The Sea - Alternative Version"58
89Beau Cheval "Mort Dans Le Fossé"57
90I'm With Her "Wake Me When It's Over"55
91Leftover Salmon "Simple Twist Of Fate"55
92Tray Wellington "Moon in Motion 1"55
93Willi Carlisle "All of the Redheaded Stranger"54
94ALL ABOARD "Winder Slide / Hawk Is a Mule"53
95Gary Nichols "Fire in the Dark"52
96Jody Stecher "The Weight Of The Years"51
97Sam Shackleton "Freedom Come All Ye"49
98Grant-Lee Phillips "Red River"48
99Dom Flemons "Tough Luck"47
100Kassi Valazza "Early Morning Rising"47



















 
 
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.)