Top Ten Albums of 2021

At the risk of missing any December latecomers, I thought it was the right time to put together my list of top ten albums of 2021.

Right off the bat, I'm going to make it clear that this is just a list of ten albums. If I tried to rank these from one to ten, I think I'd be here until this time next year.

In the process of putting together this list, I'd made a note of several albums that I could have sworn had come out in 2021. They were however 2020 albums which just goes to show my concept of what happened and when in the last couple of years has been knocked off kilter. 

It has felt at times like one day has merged into the next and in some ways it is music that has helped me get through it. Whether it has been music releases, online streams or the tentative return of live music, it has all given me hope that better things are to come in 2022.

Anyway, with all that said, on with the list....

Claudia Combs Carty - Phases (EP)

Margo Cilker - Pohorylle

Jenny Colquitt - Something Beautiful

ELY - Black Smoke (EP)

Sierra Ferrell - Long Time Coming

Jackson & Sellers - Breaking Point

Charlie Marie - Ramble On

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raise The Roof

Emily Scott Robinson - American Siren

Morgan Wade - Reckless 

Honourable mentions:
Leah Blevins - First Time Feeling
Ashland Craft - Travelin' Kind
Katie Jo - Pawn Shop Queen
Lainey Wilson - Sayin' What I'm Thinkin'

As strange a year as 2021 has been, it's been a great one in my opinion for new music releases. Perhaps enforced lockdowns on and off managed to get the creative juices flowing but there have been some brilliant new albums and EPs released in the last twelve months.

I look forward to more great music coming out in 2022!