The Roots Music Report's
Top Roots Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2022

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The Future
by: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

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Label: Stax
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Play Loud
by: The Record Company

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Label: Concord
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El Mirador
by: Calexico

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Label: Anti
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Downhill from Everywhere
by: Jackson Browne

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Label: Inside
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Strictly a One-Eyed Jack
by: John Mellencamp

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Label: Republic
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Nashville Again
by: The Youngers

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Label: Let It Roll
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Established 1972
by: The Nighthawks

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Label: VizzTone
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Turn My Radio Up
by: The Coffis Brothers

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Label: Blue Rose
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Together Alone (feat. Eric Ambel)
by: Sarah Borges

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Label: Blue Corn
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Stardust and Satellites
by: Steve Poltz

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Label: Red House
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Dreamland
by: Amos Lee

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Label: Dualtone
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The Million Things That Never Happened
by: Billy Bragg

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Label: Cooking Vinyl
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Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
by: Big Thief

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Label: 4AD
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Remote Transmissions, Vol. 1
by: The Band of Heathens

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Label: BOH
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Exit Wounds
by: The Wallflowers

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Label: New West
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Late Night TV Gold
by: Shinyribs

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Label: Easy Street
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In a Roomful of Blood with a Sleeping Tiger
by: Bob Schneider

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Label: Shockorama
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Avondale Drive
by: Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers

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Label: Compass
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Not Your Little Girl
by: Abby Bryant & The Echoes

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Label: Self-Release
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What Happens Next
by: Davy Knowles

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Label: Mascot
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Lucky 13
by: Babaux and The Peacemakers

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Label: Self-Release
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Songs of the Recollection
by: Cowboy Junkies

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Label: Proper
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One Last Thing
by: Jason Lee McKinney Band

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Label: Bonfire
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Help…I'm Alive
by: The Boxmasters

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Label: Thirty Tigers
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If These Walls Could Talk
by: Luke Winslow-King

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Label: Ghost River
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Bloodline Maintenance
by: Ben Harper

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Label: Chrysali
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Paper Hearts and Broken Arrows
by: Rod Picott

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Label: Welding Rod
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Welcome 2 Club XIII
by: Drive-By Truckers

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Label: ATO
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Young Blood
by: Marcus King

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Label: American Recordings
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House to House
by: Matt Andersen

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Label: Sonic
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Blood Harmony
by: Larkin Poe

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Label: Tricki-Woo
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Ballads of the Broken
by: Jelly Roll

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Label: Stoney Creek
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Lava Lamp
by: Jonah Tolchin

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Label: Yep Roc
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Letter to You
by: Bruce Springsteen

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Label: Self-Release
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Going Places
by: Josh Rouse

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Label: Yep Roc
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Nightroamer
by: Sarah Shook & the Disarmers

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Label: Thirty Tigers
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Rich White Honky Blues
by: Hank Williams, Jr.

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Label: Easy Eye Sound
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The Lost Year Part 1
by: Delta Generators

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Label: Self-Release
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Leftover Feelings
by: John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band

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Label: New West
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Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown
by: Seth Avett

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Label: Ramseur
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Circles & the Flames
by: Anthony Arya

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Label: Self-Release
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By No Means
by: Jim Keller

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Label: Orange Mountain
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Only the Strong Survive
by: Bruce Springsteen

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Label: Columbia
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Lifetime Achievement
by: Loudon Wainwright III

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Label: StorySound
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Hair on Fire
by: Jake La Botz

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Label: Under the El
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Waiting for the Daylight
by: Erja Lyytinen

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Label: Tuohi
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The Land That Time Forgot
by: Chuck Prophet

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Label: Yep Roc
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Milky Stars
by: Michael McArthur

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Label: Transoceanic
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Normal Isn't Normal Anymore
by: Rod Abernethy

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Never Too Late to Call
by: Paul Thorn

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Label: Thirty Tigers
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The Water Street Trilogy Pt. 1: Wild As the Wild Dogs
by: The Weber Brothers

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Beware of Worthless Imitations Vol 1
by: Jeffrey Halford & the Healers

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Label: Continental Song Cit
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For the Sake of Bethel Woods
by: Midlake

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Label: ATO
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The Astronaut
by: Jana Pochop

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Label: Patient Grasshopper
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Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?
by: Tyler Childers

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Label: Sony
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Red, White and American Blues (it Couldn't Happen Here)
by: Nathan Bell

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Label: Singular
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The Other Side
by: Christian Lopez Band

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Label: Paradox
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All That You Can Dream
by: Grant Lee Phillips

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Label: Yep Roc
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I Wanna Go with You
by: Wide Mouth Mason

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Label: We Are Busy Bodies
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Alvarado
by: The Wild Feathers

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Label: New West
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Emerald Blue
by: Andrew Duhon

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Label: Self-Release
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The Misfit
by: Rhett Miller

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Label: ATO
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Teeth Marks
by: S.G. Goodman

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Label: Verve Forecast
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First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder
by: Todd Snider

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Label: Thirty Tigers
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Early Morning Rain
by: Steve Forbert

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Label: Blue Rose Music
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American Static, Vol. 1
by: Andrew Leahey & Homestead

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Label: Mule Kick
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In the Game
by: Mick Flannery

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Label: Chart Room Media
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
by: Willie Nile

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Label: River House
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Love Songs for Losers
by: The Lone Bellow

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Label: Dualtone
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How Many Miles
by: Bo Ramsey

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Label: 3527670
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Calling Cadence
by: Calling Cadence

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Label: hi-res
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For Work or Love
by: The Commonheart

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Label: Jullian
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Nation of Heat Revisited
by: Joe pug

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Label: Nation Head
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On the Blind Side
by: Ray Bonneville

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Label: Self-Release
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At Home with Southern Culture on the Skids
by: Southern Culture On The Skids

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Label: Kudzu
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Thirsty
by: Desert Hollow

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2020 Vision
by: Martin Sexton

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Label: Kitchen Table
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For Free
by: David Crosby

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Label: Three Blind Mice
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Still Got the Jacket
by: Jr. Gone Wild

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Label: Weewerk
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You Reap What You Sow
by: The Weeping Willows

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Label: Compass Bros
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Red Beets & Horseradish
by: The Little Wretches

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Label: Self-Release
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Caveman
by: Gurf Morlix

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Label: Rootball
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Times Have Changed
by: Charlie Mars

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Label: Foxgate
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Autumn
by: Kelly Pardekooper

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Outside Spectrum
by: The Empty Pockets

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Label: MT Pockets
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Clues of My Existence
by: Dave Desmelik

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Label: Self-Release
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Hot off the Line
by: Yeah Buddy! Band

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Label: Self-Release
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Life Street Closed
by: Noise Floor Delirium

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Label: Self-Release
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Keeper
by: Elliott Brood

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Label: Six Shooter
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Interlude
by: Travel Horse

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Label: Self-Release
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Nightmares
by: Gasoline Lollipops

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Label: Self-Release
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Wild Flower
by: Tyler T.

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Tricks of the Trade
by: Malcolm Holcombe

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Label: Gypsy Eyes
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Back on the Road to You
by: Freedy Johnston

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Label: Forty Below
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Human Question
by: The Yawpers

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Label: Bloodshot
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Liberté
by: The Doobie Brothers

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Label: Island
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Live at the Fillmore, 1997
by: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

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Label: Warner
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Deadstock: Uncollected Recordings 2005 – 2020
by: Jeffrey Foucault

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Label: Blueblade
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Heart in a Hurry
by: Christine Sweeney

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Waiting on a Miracle
by: Tim Flannery

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Label: Whalebone
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Can't Stop Time
by: Eric Hisaw Band

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Label: Self-Release
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That and Change
by: Kelly Fitzgerald

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Depending on the Distance
by: Jimmy Lafave

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Label: Music Road Records
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Highways & Rocketships
by: Florence Dore

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Label: Propeller Sound
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Angels & Queens
by: Gabriels

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Label: Atlas Artists
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Always Smilin'
by: Oliver Wood

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Label: Honey Jar
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The Third Gleam
by: The Avett Brothers

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Label: Loma Vista
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Wrong Me
by: Kate Dulcich

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Label: Self-Release
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Something More Than Love
by: Lera Lynn

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By Request
by: A.J. Croce

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Label: Compass
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Words & Music, May 1965
by: Lou Reed

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Label: Light in the Attic
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Into the Wild Mystic Mountain
by: Charlie Treat

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Label: Self-Release
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EP3
by: Ringo Starr

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Label: UME
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All We Have
by: Taylor Scott Band

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Label: Self-Release
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Paint the Roses (Live in Concert)
by: Larkin Poe & Nu Deco Ensemble

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Label: Tricki-Woo
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Maverick Thinker
by: William The Conqueror

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Label: Chrysalis
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The United States of the Broken Hearted
by: Jeb Loy Nichols

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Label: On-U Sound
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Turn off the News (Build a Garden)
by: Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real

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Label: Fantasy
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Honest Lies
by: Justin Saladino Band

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Label: Self-Release
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Austin to Houston
by: Marina Rocks

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Label: Two-Fisted Pixie
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Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!
by: Aaron Lee Tasjan

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Label: New West
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And It’s Still Alright
by: Nathaniel Rateliff

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Label: Stax
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Western Stars
by: Bruce Springsteen

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Label: Columbia
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The Walk
by: Bonnie Bishop

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Label: Plan BB
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Cheers to Solitude
by: The Two Tracks

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Label: The Two Tracks
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Mercy Rising
by: Maia Sharp

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Label: Crooked Crown
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Palomino
by: First Aid Kit

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Label: Columbia
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Wrote a Song for Everyone
by: John Fogerty

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Label: Vanguard
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Intentions and Interpretations
by: Jason Lee McKinney Band

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Label: Bonfire
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Closer
by: A.J. Fullerton

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Label: Color Red
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Double Funeral, Vol. 1
by: Last Call Romance

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Full Circle & then Some
by: Trigger Hippy

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Label: Turkey Grass
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Lickskillet
by: The Subdudes

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Label: Self-Release
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Love Hope Trust
by: Roger Street Friedman

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