The Musical Divide

This is merely an archival post for albums released in 2018 that originally appeared on the Album Release Schedule page.

January 2018:

1st

• Urban Pioneers – Hillbilly Swing Music
• Shea Abshier and the Nighthowlers – Potluck

5th

• Ronnie Eaton – The Hand That Mocked Them and The Heart That Fed
• Jeremy McCombs – Troublemaker (Live)
• Ghostwriter – String Noise & Dust
• Kimberly Dunn – New Smoke Show

12th

• Anderson East – Encore
• Sonia Leigh – Mad Hatter
• Walker McGuire – s/t EP
• The Wide Open – Long Road Home
• Mickey Lamantia – Every Bad Habit
• Brooks Dixon – White Roses EP
• Hold Your Horses – Broken Bones And Shattered Dreams
• Robert Ray – Run Away With You
• The World Famous Grassholes – The Outlaw Janey Jenkins
• The Time Burners – The Girl Can Cook
• Bob Livingston – Up The Flatland Stairs
• Meghan Patrick – Country Music Made Me Do It
• Eleven Hundred Springs – The Finer Things In Life
• Caney Creek – Cool Kentucky Rain
• The Delta Bombers – Pressure and Time
• Wylie and the Wild West – 2000 Miles From Nashville

19th

• Devin Dawson – Dark Horse
• First Aid Kit – Ruins
• Lanco – Hallelujah Nights
• Caitlyn Smith – Starfire
• Kristy Cox – Ricochet
• Ugly Valley Boys – Iron Mine
• R. Finn – Collecting Trip
• John Gorka – True In Time
• Moon Taxi – Let The Record Play
• Glenn Hansard – Between Two Shores
• Ben Miller Band – Choke Cherry Tree
• Bahamas – Earthtones
• Johnny Dango – Dear Everybody, I Love You

20th

• Charlie McNeal – Runaway Train

26th

• The Steep Canyon Rangers – Out In The Open
• Calexico- The Thread That Keeps Us
• Dusty Rust – Stolen Horse
• Mary Gauthier – Rifles and Rosary Beads
• Laura Benitez & The Heartache – With All Its Thorns
• Ben Miller Band – Choke Cherry Tree
• Amber Rubarth & Joe Purdy – American Folk Soundtrack
• Sara Morgan – Average Jane
• Marie/Lepanto – Tenkiller
• Jeffrey Gaines – Alright

February 2018:

2nd

• Montgomery Gentry – Here’s To You
• Mike and The Moonpies – Steak Night At The Prairie Rose
• Wood Brothers – One Drop Of Truth
• John Oates – Arkansas
• Sunny War – With The Sun
• Fruition – Watching It All Fall Apart
• Pearl Charles – Sleepless Dreamer
• James Hunter Six – Whatever It Takes

3rd

• Corey Nolen (w/ Ashley Spurling) – Not All Roses

9th

• Wade Bowen – Solid Ground
• Ruby Boots – Don’t Talk About It
• Brandon Jenkins – Taillights In a Boomtown

10th

• Countryside Ride – I Hope He Breaks Your Heart

16th

• I’m With Her – See You Around
• Brandi Carlile – By The Way, I Forgive You
• JD Wilkes – Fire Dream
• Marlon Williams – Make Way For Love
• Courtney Patton – What It’s Like To Fly Alone
• Craig Gerdes – Smokin’, Drinkim’, Gamblin’
• Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert – The Ledges
• Raven & Red – We Rise Up
• Darling West – While I Was Asleep
• Bonnie Montgomery – Forever
• Erica Blinn – Softer Side

23rd

• Caleb Caudle – Crushed Coins
• Caroline Rose – LONER
• 3HatTrio – Lord Of The Desert
• Shawn Colvin – The Starlighter
• Jeff Hyde – Norman Rockwell World
• Grant-Lee Phillips – Widdershins
• Janiva Magness – Love Is An Army
• The Low Anthem – The Salt Doll Went To Measure The Depth Of The Sea

28th

• Ervin Stellar – My Way

March 2018:

2nd

• Dallas Moore – Mr. Honky-Tonk
• Vivian Leva – Time Is Everything
• Whiskey Wolves Of The West – Country Roots
• Buffalo Tom – Quiet And Peace
• Michelle Malone – Slings And Arrows
• Jonathan Wilson – Rare Birds
• Chris Smithers – Call Me Lucky
• Josh Grider – Good People
• Pedigo’s Magic Pilsner – s/t

9th

• 6 String Drag – Top Of The World
• Ross Cooper – I Rode The Wild Horses
• Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Tearing At The Seams
• The Fratellis – In Your Own Sweet Time
• Dinnerbell Road – s/t EP
• Parsonsfield – WE

16th

• Scotty McCreery – Seasons Change
• The Oak Ridge Boys – The Boys Are Back
• Dorothy – 28 Days In The Valley (iTunes has it as Country so hey … )

23th

• Courtney Marie Andrews – May Your Kindness Remain
• Jordan Davis – Home State
• Leslie Tom – Ain’t It Something, Hank Williams

30th

• Red Shahan – Culberson County
• Kim Richey – Edgeland
• The Lonely Biscuits – The Universe In You
• Ashley McBryde – Girl Goin’ Nowhere
• Lindi Ortega – Liberty
• Mary Chapin Carpenter – Sometimes Just The Sky
• Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
• Sam Morrow – Concrete And Mud
• Shotgun Rider – Palo Duro
• Caitlin Canty – Motel Bouquet
• Great Peacock – Gran Pauo Real
• Jesse Terry – Natural

April 2018:

6th

• Michael McDermott – Out From Under
• Blackberry Smoke – Find A Light
• Western Centuries – Songs From the Deluge
• Pat Reedy – That’s All There Is
• Sarah Shook & The Disarmers – Years
• David Lee Murphy – No Zip Code
• Johnny Cash – Forever Words
• Red Marlow – Country As Cornbread
• Mipso – Edges Run
• Pat Reedy – That’s All There Is (And There Ain’t No More)

13th

• Jason Aldean – Rearview Town
• John Prine – The Tree Of Forgiveness
• Riders In The Sky – 40 Years The Cowboy Way
• Laura Veirs – The Lookout

20th

• Old Crow Medicine Show – Volunteer
• Brothers Osborne – Port Saint Joe
• Joshua Hedley – Mr. Jukebox
• Ashley Monroe – Sparrow
• The Shires – Accidentally On Purpose
• Charley Crockett – Lonesome As A Shadow
• Charlie Overbey – Broken Arrow

21st

• John Carter Cash – We Must Believe In Magic

27th

• Willie Nelson – Last Man Standing
• Randall King – self-titled
• Kasey Chambers – The Campfire Song
• Morgan Wallen – If I Know Me
• Keith Urban – Graffiti U
• Don Gallardo – Still Here

May 2018:

4th

• Josh Ward – More Than I Deserve
• Parker Millsap – Other Arrangements
• Trampled By Turtles – Life Is Good On The Open Road
• The Last Bandoleros – San Antonio (Germany release)
• Lake Street Dive – Free Yourself Up
• Leon Bridges – Good Thing
• Traveller – Western Movies
• Hellbound Glory – Streets of Aberdeen
• Erik Dylan – Baseball On the Moon
• Drake White – Pieces
• Kayla Ray – Yesterday & Me

11th

• Brandy Zdan – Secretear
• Brent Cobb – Providence Canyon
• Luke Winslow-King – Blue Mesa
• Ashley Campbell – The Lonely One

18th

• Gretchen Peters – Dancing With The Beast
• John Calvin Albney – Coyote
• Ray LaMontagne – Part Of The Light
• Jason Boland and the Stragglers – Hard Times Are Relative
• Trent Harmon – You Got ‘Em All
• Kelly Willis – Back Being Blue

June 2018:

1st

• Neko Case – Hell-On
• American Aquarium – Things Change
• Tami Neilson – SASSAFRASS
• Thompson Square – Masterpiece
• Karen Jonas – Butter
• Michael Ray – Amos
• Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer
• Kyle Park – Don’t Forget Where You Come From

8th

• Erin Rae – Putting Out Airs
• Sugarland – Bigger
• Jesse Dayton – The Outsider
• Dierks Bentley – The Mountain
• Coco O’Connor – This Ol’ War
• mmhmm – self-titled

15th

• Steve Moakler – Born Ready

22nd

• Paul Cauthen – Have Mercy (EP)
• Dan + Shay – self-titled
• Rhyan Sinclair – Barnstormer
• Dawes – Passwords

29th

• The Milk Carton Kids – All The Things That I Did And All The Things That I Didn’t Do
• The Wild Feathers – Greetings From The Neon Frontier
• Cody Canada and the Departed – 3
• Tyler Childers – Live on Red Barn Radio I & II
• Charles Lloyd & The Marvels + Lucinda Williams – Vanished Gardens

July 2018:

3rd

• Kinky Friedman – Circus of Life

6th

• DevilDriver Tribute – Outlaws ‘Til The End

13th

• Rayland Baxter – Wide Awake
• AHI – In Our Time
• Rodney Crowell – Acoustic Classics
• Chris Lane – Laps Around The Sun

20th

• Lori McKenna – The Tree
• The Punch Brothers – All Ashore
• Sarah Ross – Nervous Breakdown

27th

• Catherine McGrath – This Town
• Kenny Chesney – Songs For The Saints
• Cody Jinks – Lifers

August 2018:

1st

• Drew Moreland – s/t

3rd

• Amanda Shires – To The Sunset
• Lucero – Among The Ghosts
• Jim Lauderdale – Time Flies + Jim Lauderdale and Roland White
• Riley Clemmons – self-titled
• Phil Wickham – Living Hope
• Dustin Collins – It’s Been Awhile

10th

• Shooter Jennings – Shooter
• Jason Eady – I Travel On
• Robbie Fulks and Linda Gail – Wild! Wild! Wild!
• William Clark Green – Hebert Island
• The War And Treaty – Healing Tide
• Liz Cooper & The Stampede – Window Flowers
• William Shatner and Jeff Cook – Why Not Me

17th

• Cole Swindell – All Of It
• Buck Owens – Country Singers’ Prayer
• Austin Lucas – Immortal Americans
• Joe Ely – The Lubbock Tapes: Full Circle

24th

• Lucie Silvas – E.G.O.
• Devil Makes Three – Chains Are Broken
• Ryan Culwell – The Last American
• Aaron Watson – Live at The World’s Biggest Rodeo Show
• Dee White – Southern Gentleman EP

31st

• Aaron Lee Tasjan – Karma For Cheap
• Various Artists – Roger Miller Tribute Album ‘King Of The Road’

September 2018:

7th

• Ruston Kelly – Dying Star
• Kathy Mattea – Pretty Bird
• Mike Farris – Silver & Stone
• Lauren Daigle – Look Up Child
• Larry Stewart – Shifting Gears
• Cheryl Deseree – Dreamy Too
• Abby Anderson – I’m Good (EP)
• Runaway June – s/t (EP)
• James Carothers – Still Country, Still King: A Tribute to George Jones
• William Elliott Whitmore – Kilonova
• David Ball – Come See Me

14th

• Carrie Underwood – Cry Pretty
• David Nail and the Well Ravens – Only This and Nothing More EP
• Asleep At The Wheel – New Routes
• Willie Nelson – My Way (Frank Sinatra tribute album)
• The Jaydees – Dandelions
• Bill Anderson – Anderson

21st

• Amy Helm – This Too Shall Light
• Maggie Rose – Change The Whole Thing
• John Howie Jr. – Not Tonight
• Kristina Murray – Southern Ambrosia
• Bri Bagwell – In My Defense

28th

• Mandy Barnett – Strange Conversation
• The Black Lillies – Stranger To Me
• Loretta Lynn – Wouldn’t It Be Great
• The Louvin Brothers – Love & Wealth: The Lost Recordings
• Jimmy Rankin – Moving East

October 2018:

5th

• Eric Church – Desperate Man
• Will Hoge – My American Dream
• For King & Country – Burn The Ships
• JP Harris – Sometimes Dogs Bark At Nothing
• Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Poor Until Payday
• Michael Martin Murphey – Austinology: Alleys Of Austin
• Heather Morgan – Borrowed Heart
• Waylon Jennings – Live 75
• Highwaymen – On The Road Again: Aberdeen Broadcast 1992
• Aaron Watson – An Aaron Watson Family Christmas

12th

• Colter Wall – Songs Of The Plains
• Adam Hood – Somewhere In Between
• Various Artists – Volunteer Jam XX: A Tribute To Charlie Daniels (Live)
• Elvis Costello – Look Now
• Jimmie Allen – Mercury Lane
• Morgan Evans – Things That We Drink To

14th

• Terri Clark – Raising The Bar

19th

• The Brother Brothers – Some People I Know
• Jason Isbell – Live at the Ryman

26th

• Jamie Lin Wilson – Jumping Over Rocks
• Whitey Morgan – Hard Times and White Lines
• Dillon Carmichael – Hell On An Angel
• Blackberry Smoke – Southern Ground Sessions EP
• Josh Turner – I Serve A Savior
• Charlie Daniels – Beau Weevils – Songs in the Key of E
• Nick Dittmeier and the Sawdusters – All Damn Day

November 2018:

2nd

• Rosanne Cash – She Remembers Everything
• The Mavericks – Hey! Merry Christmas!
• The Pistol Annies – Interstate Gospel

9th

• Kane Brown – Experiment

20th

• Garth Brooks – The Anthology Part III Live

30th

• Wheeler Walker Jr. – WW III

December 2018:

7th

• Brett Young – Ticket to L.A.

14th

• Mitchell Tenpenny – Telling All My Secrets