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| TOP 100 OF 2023 |
| 1 Charley Crockett -- Live From the Ryman |
| 2 Steep Canyon Rangers -- Morning Shift |
| 3 Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway -- City of Gold |
| 4 Billy Strings -- Me and Dad |
| 5 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit -- Weathervanes |
| 6 Brennen Leigh -- Ain't Through Honky-Tonkin' Yet |
| 7 Mighty Poplar -- Mighty Poplar |
| 8 Iris DeMent -- Workin' On a World |
| 9 Tyler Childers -- Rustlin' in the Rain |
| 10 Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives -- |
| 11 Lindsay Lou -- Queen of Time |
| 12 Turnpike Troubadours -- A Cat in the Rain |
| 13 Allison Russell -- The Returner |
| 14 Various Artists: More Than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith |
| 15 Nickel Creek -- Celebrants |
| 16 Margo Cilker -- From the Valley of Heart's Delight |
| 17 Bella White -- Among Other Things |
| 18 Gov't Mule -- Peace…Like a River |
| 19 Wilco -- Cousin |
| 20 Margo Price -- Strays |
| 21 Eilen Jewell -- Get Behind the Wheel |
| 22 Lucinda Williams -- Stories From a Rock N Roll Heart |
| 23 Wood Brothers -- Heart is the Hero |
| 24 Mapache -- Swinging Stars |
| 25 Esther Rose -- Safe to Run |
| 26 Cat Power -- Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert |
| 27 Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country -- Reflektor |
| 28 Dylan LeBlanc -- Coyote |
| 29 Son Volt -- Day of the Doug |
| 30 Miles Miller -- Solid Gold |
| 31 Zoe & Cloyd -- Songs of Our Grandfathers |
| 32 Darrell Scott String Band -- Old Cane Back Rocker |
| 33 Hiss Golden Messenger -- Jump For Joy |
| 34 Rhiannon Giddens -- You're the One |
| 35 Tommy Emmanuel -- Accomplice Two |
| 36 Leftover Salmon -- Grass Roots |
| 37 Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussein (w/ Rakesh Chaurasia) -- As We Speak |
| 38 Shinyribs -- Transit Damage |
| 39 Willie Nelson -- Bluegrass |
| 40 Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton -- Death Wish Blues |
| 41 Rattlesnake Milk -- Chicken Fried Snake |
| 42 Infamous Stringdusters -- Tribute to Flatt & Scruggs |
| 43 Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real -- Sticks & Stones |
| 44 Darren Nicholson -- The Wanderer |
| 45 Wednesday - Rat Saw God |
| 46 Viv & Riley -- Imaginary People |
| 47 Bettye LaVette -- LaVette! |
| 48 Pony Bradshaw -- North Georgia Rounder |
| 49 Dengue Fever -- Ting Mong |
| 50 Malcolm Holcombe -- Bits & Pieces |
| 51 Todd Snider -- Crank It, We're Doomed |
| 52 Band of Heathens -- Simple Things |
| 53 Duane Betts -- Wild & Precious Life |
| 54 Pink Stones -- You Know Who |
| 55 Songs From the Road Band -- Pay Your Dues |
| 56 Boygenius -- The Record |
| 57 Dan Tyminski Band -- God Fearing Heathen |
| 58 Colter Wall -- Little Songs |
| 59 Jon Stickley Trio -- Meantime's Up |
| 60 Joseph Houck -- Haunts & Wants |
| 61 Bamboos -- This is How We Do It |
| 62 Black Pumas -- Chronicles of a Diamond |
| 63 Willie Nelson -- I Don't Know a Thing About Love |
| 64 Queen Bee & the Honeylovers -- Live at Isis |
| 65 Cowboy Junkies -- Such Ferocious Beauty |
| 66 Neil Young with Crazy Horse -- World Record |
| 67 Michael Cleveland -- Lovin' of the Game |
| 68 Nick Shoulders -- All Bad |
| 69 Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World |
| 70 Cleverlys -- Solid Butter |
| 71 Raul Malo -- Say Less |
| 72 David Childers & the Serpents -- Melancholy Angel |
| 73 Jason Carter -- Lowdown Hoedown |
| 74 Brent Cobb -- Southern Star |
| 75 Mipso -- Book of Fools |
| 76 Joni Mitchell -- At Newport -- Featuring the Joni Jam |
| 77 Rolling Stones -- Hackney Diamonds |
| 78 Alison Brown -- On Banjo |
| 79 Kait Dunton -- Keyboards |
| 80 Buddy & Julie Miller -- In the Throes |
| 81 Goose -- Dripfield |
| 82 Van Morrison -- Accentuate the Positive |
| 83 Grace Potter -- Mother Road |
| 84 Fruit Bats -- A River Running to Your Heart |
| 85 Rodney Crowell -- The Chicago Sessions |
| 86 Old Crow Medicine Show -- Jubilee |
| 87 John R. Miller -- Heat Comes Down |
| 88 Get Right Band -- iTopia |
| 89 Count Basie Orchestra -- Basie Sings the Blues |
| 90 Joshua Ray Walker -- What Is It Even? |
| 91 Kendra Morris -- I Am What I'm Waiting For |
| 92 War & Treaty -- Lover's Game |
| 93 Eddie 9Volt -- Capricorn |
| 94 Various Artists: I Am a Pilgrim: Doc Watson at 100 |
| 95 Jim Lauderdale & Po' Ramblin' Boys -- Long & Lonesome Letting Go |
| 96 Special Consensus -- Great Blue North |
| 97 Tim O'Brien -- Cup of Sugar |
| 98 Travis Book -- Love and Other Strange Emotions |
| 99 Budos Band -- Frontier's Edge |
| 100 Cordovas -- The Rose of Aces |