The Musical Divide

Nothing to be alarmed about – just my yearly tradition of archiving last year’s album releases by copying and pasting them over before starting fresh for the new year. Now let’s see if I can actually do a competent job maintaining this year’s releases…

January 2022

7th

• Tony Logue – Jericho
• Steele Creek – A Long Way From Home

14th

• Jamestown Revival – Young Man
• The Lumineers – Brightside
• Punch Brothers – Hell on Church Street
• Noah Guthrie – Blue Wall
• Jacob Bryant – Barstool Preacher
• Eliza Gilkyson – Songs From the River Wind

21st

• Lost Dog Street Band – Glory
• Walker Hayes – Country Stuff: The Album
• Greensky Bluegrass – Stress Dreams
• Aoife O’Donovan – Age of Apathy
• The Whitmore Sisters – Ghost Stories
• Keb’ Mo’ – Good to Be
• Anna Ash – Sleeper
• Janis Ian – The Light At the End of the Line
• Texas Hill – Heaven Down Here

24th

• The Cripple Creek Band – Last of a Dying Breed

28th

• Ryan Culwell – Run Like a Bull
• Brent Cobb – And Now, Let’s Turn to Page…
• Tracy Lawrence – Hindsight 2020, Vol. 3: Angelina
• Grady Spencer & the Work – Wait
• Maddie & Tae – Through the Madness, Vol. 1 (EP)
• John Mayall – The Sun is Shining Down
• Rod + Rose – Rod + Rose

February 2022

4th

• Erin Rae – Lighten Up
• Muscadine Bloodline – Dispatch to 16th Ave

11th

• Joe Nichols – Good Day For Living
• The Cactus Blossoms – One Day
• Jason Scott and the High Heat – Castle Rock
• Dustin Lynch – Blue in the Sky
• Priscilla Block – Welcome to the Block Party

18th

• Sarah Shook and the Disarmers – Nightroamer
• Shovels & Rope – Manticore
• Del McCoury Band – Almost Proud
• Infamous Stringdusters – Toward the Fray
• Hurray For the Riff Raff – Life on Earth
• Lavender Country – Blackberry Rose

25th

• Yonder Mountain String Band – Get Yourself Outside
• The Wooks – Flyin’ High
• Band of Heathens – Remote Transmissions Vol. 1
• Amanda Anne Platt & the Honeycutters – The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

March 2022

4th

• Matt Castillo – How the River Flows
• Dolly Parton – Run, Rose, Run
• Jenny Tolman – Married in a Honky Tonk
• Danielle Bradbery – In Between: The Collection
• Blackberry Smoke – Stoned

11th

• Ned LeDoux – Buckskin
• Sometimes Y (Shooter Jennings and Yelawolf) – Make Me a Believer
• Drake White – Optimystic
• ERNEST – Flower Shops

18th

• Hailey Whitters – Raised
• Randall King – Shot Glass
• Ray Wylie Hubbard – Co-Starring Too
• Jesper Lindell – Twilights

25th

• Maren Morris – Humble Quest
• Ian Noe – River Fools & Mountain Saints
• The Wilder Blue – The Wilder Blue
• William Clark Green – Baker Hotel
• Casey Donahew – Built Different
• Reba McEntire – My Chains Are Gone

April 2022

1st

• Thomas Rhett – Where We Started
• Paul Cauthen – Country Coming Down
• Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway – Crooked Tree

8th

• Cole Swindell – Stereotype
• Orville Peck – BRONCO
• Caitlyn Smith – High

15th

• Kaitlin Butts – What Else Can She Do
• Wheeler Walker Jr. – Sex, Drugs, and Country Music
• Chayce Beckham – Doin’ It Right

22nd

• Old Crow Medicine Show – Paint This Town
• Jason Aldean – Georgia
• Bonnie Raitt – Just Like That
• Joshua Hedley – Neon Blue
• Charley Crockett – Lil’ G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley
• Tenille Townes – Masquerades

29th

• Corb Lund – Songs My Friends Wrote
• Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time
• Caroline Spence – True North
• Chris Janson – All In
• Miranda Lambert – Palomino
• The Red Clay Strays – Moment of Truth

May 2022:

6th

• Brennen Leigh – Obsessed With the West
• Midland – The Last Resort: Greetings From
• Aaron Raitiere – Single Wide Dreamer
• Dusty Rust – Secret Desert
• Leyla McCalla – Breaking the Thermometer

12th

• Joseph Huber – The Downtowner

13th

• 49 Winchester – Fortune Favors the Bold
• Lyle Lovett – 12th of June

20th

• Zach Bryan – American Heartbreak
• High Valley – Way Back
• Left Arm Tan – Undefeated
• Banditos – Right On
• Laney Jones – Stories Up High

27th

• Steve Earle – JERRY JEFF

• Wilco – Cruel Country
• Matt Moran – Heartache Kid

June 2022:

3rd

• Mary Gauthier – Dark Enough to See the Stars
• Drive-By Truckers – Welcome 2 Club XIII
• Eli Young Band – Love Talking

10th

• Michaela Anne – Oh to Be That Free
• Carrie Underwood – Denim and Rhinestones
• American Aquarium – Chicamacomico
• Ray Fulcher – Spray Painted Line
• Bill Anderson – As Far As I Can See: The Best Of
• Jillian Jacqueline – Honestly
• Michael Martin Murphey and Ryan Murphey – Road Beyond the View

17th

• IV And The Strange Band – Southern Circus
• Hank Williams Jr. – Rich White Honky Blues
• The Damn Quails – Clouding Up Your City
• Drew Kennedy – Marathon
• Aaron Watson – Unwanted Man
• Brett Eldredge – Songs About You

24th

• Jimmie Allen – Tulip Drive
• Luke Combs – Growin’ Up
• Blackhawk – Blue Highway
• Madeline Edwards – Madeline Edwards

July 2022:

1st

• Cole Allen – Dry County Culture
• Teddy and the Rough Riders – Teddy and the Rough Riders
• Cody Canada and the Departed – Soul Gravy (Redux)

8th

• The Deslondes – Ways & Means
• Michelle Rivers – Chasing Somewhere
• Kimberly Kelly – I’ll Tell You What’s Gonna Happen

15th

• Willie Carlisle – Peculiar, Missouri
• Arlo McKinley – This Mess We’re In
• Tami Neilson – Kingmaker
• Nick Dittmeier & the Sawdusters – Heavy Denim
• Ty Herndon – Jacob
• Abby Anderson – Sugar Spice
• Zach Bryan – Summertime Blues EP
• The Broken Spokes – Where I Went Wrong

22nd

• John Moreland – Birds in the Ceiling
• Nicolle Galyon – firstborn

29th

• Whiskey Myers – Tornillo
• Ronnie Dunn – 100 Proof Neon
• Amanda Shires – Take It Like a Man
• Brooke Eden – Choosing You

August 2022:

5th

• Dylan Scott – Livin’ My Best Life
• Various Artists – Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson
• John Calvin Abney – Tourist

12th

• Kelsey Waldon – Regular Dog
• Wade Bowen – Somewhere Between the Secret and the Truth
• The Vandoliers – The Vandoliers
• Mariel Buckley – Everywhere I Used to Be
• Hawktail – Place of Growth

19th

• Eric Church – & (public release)
• Taylor Alexander – Hymns of a Hollow Earth
• Kolby Cooper – Boy From Anderson County to the Moon
• Gretchen Peters – The Show: Live From the UK

26th

• Marcus King – Young Blood
• Ingrid Andress – Good Person
• Bri Bagwell – Corazón y Cabeza
• Will Hoge – Wings On My Shoes
• Kameron Marlowe – We Were Cowboys
• Michelle Wright – Milestone
• Jim Lauderdale – Game Changer
• Lilly Winwood – Talking Walls

September 2022:

2nd

• Jon Pardi – Mr. Saturday Night
• King Margo – Water Rise
• Martha Spencer – Wonderland
• Drayton Farley – Walk Home EP

9th

• Breland – Cross Country
• Laura Benitez and The Heartache – California Centuries
• Charley Crockett – The Man From Waco
• Kane Brown – Different Man
• Damn Tall Buildings – Sleeping Dogs

15th

• Drake Milligan – Dallas/Fort Worth

16th

• LeAnn Rimes – God’s Work
• Little Big Town – Mr. Sun
• Dailey & Vincent – Let’s Sing Some Country!
• Gene Watson – Outside the Box
• Marcus Mumford – Marcus Mumford
• Adam Hood – Bad Days Better
• Koe Wetzel – Hell Paso

23rd

• Nikki Lane – Denim & Diamonds
• Sunny Sweeney – Married Alone
• Kendell Marvel – Come On Sunshine
• Benjamin Tod – Songs I Swore I’d Never Sing
• Maddie & Tae – Through the Madness Vol. 2
• Kelsea Ballerini – Subject to Change
• James and the Shame – Human Overboard
• Todd Snider – Return of the Storyteller (Live)

30th

• John Fullbright – Liar
• Mary Bragg – Mary Bragg
• Hellbound Glory – The Immortal Hellbound Glory: Nobody Knows You
• Tyler Childers – Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?
• Ashley McBryde – Lindeville

October 2022:

7th

• Courtney Marie Andrews – Loose Future
• Joey McGee – The Acoustic Highway: Love, Loss, and Other Stories
• Caleb Caudle – Forsythia
• Courtney Patton – Electrostatic
• Town Mountain – Lines in the Levee
• The Panhandlers – West Texas is the Best Texas EP

14th

• Callista Clark – Real to Me: The Way I Feel
• Mightmare (Sarah Shook) – Cruel Liars
• Randy Rogers Band – Homecoming
• Miko Marks and the Resurrectors – Feel Like Going Home
• Bailey Zimmerman – Leave the Light On
• Austin Meade – Abstract Art of An Unstable Mind

21st

• Alex Williams – Waging Peace
• Will Payne Harrison – Tioga Titan
• Joe Ely – Flatland Lullaby
• Garrett T. Capps & NASA Country – People Are Beautiful

28th

• Trampled by Turtles – Alpenglow
• Dustbowl Revival – Set Me Free
• Lainey Wilson – Bell Bottom Country
• The Great Divide – Providence
• Gabe Lee – Hometown Kid
• Giovannie and The Hired Guns – Tejano Punk Boyz
• Julie Roberts – Ain’t in No Hurry
• Emily Scott Robinson – Built on Bones
• Flatland Cavalry – Songs to Keep You Warm
• Teague Brothers Band – Love and War

November 2022:

4th

• First Aid Kit – Palomino
• Madeline Edwards – Crashlanded
• Erin Enderlin – Barroom Mirrors
• Kaitlin Butts – Sad Yeehaw Sessions

9th

• The War & Treaty – Blank Page

10th

• Brantley Gilbert – So Help Me God

11th

• Randy Houser – Note to Self
• Various Artists – Live Forever: A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver

12th

• The Foreign Landers – Travelers Rest

18th

• Caitlin Rose – CAZIMI
• Dolly Parton – Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection
• Billy Strings – Me/and/Dad
• Melissa Carper – Ramblin’ Soul

25th

• The Williams Brothers – Memories to Burn

December 2022:

2nd

• Adeem the Artist – White Trash Revelry
• Cody Johnson – Cody Johnson and the Rocking CJB Live