My music listening grew in direct proportion to how much my book reading and television watching shrunk. This was a hard list to whittle down. There were some GREAT albums released in 2021. Here were my favorites:

10. Famous Friends by Chris Young.

9. Glasshouse Children by Sam Williams

8. Wary + Strange by Amythyst Kiah

7. The Marfa Tapes by Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall, and Jack Ingram

6. Heart & Soul by Eric Church

5. Little Oblivions by Julien Baker

4. Georgia Blue by Jason Isbell and Others

3. In These Silent Days by Brandi Carlile

2. Old Believers by Brian Douglas Phillips

1. Reckless by Morgan Wade