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George Graham's Best of 2023 Albums List

These albums were selected by Mixed host George Graham from hundreds of albums and EPs featured during the year on the New Releases segments presented daily on Mixed Bag. The Mixed Bag musical styles include rock, folk, blues, reggae, world music, Celtic, electronic, and other varieties presented on the program. The emphasis is on records that received little or no attention in the commercial media. Selection criteria include originality, uniqueness of sound, and quality of musicianship.

The list is arranged chronologically.

* designates Homegrown Music Artists.
Recordings featured on the Mixed Bag Weekly Album Review (Wednesdays at 9:00 PM) are linked to the review on this website.

Laura Zucker

Lifeline

independent

01/09/23

Matthew and the Mainstream

Rom Core

independent

01/10/23

The Ruta Beggars

Ever-Changing

independent

01/10/23

Clarence Bucaro *

Hardest Parts

2020 Records

01/13/23

The Burnt Pines

Don’t Look Down

independent

01/17/23

Anna Tivel

Outsiders

Mama Bird

01/17/23

Volume Five

Karma

Mountain Fever

01/18/23

Benny Lee

Chickens Are a Gateway Drug

independent

01/24/23

David Cullen *

Revival

independent

01/24/23

Bog Bodies

Reclaim the Ritual

Invocation

01/27/23

Joe Louis Walker

Weight of the World

Forty Below

02/03/23

Electric Beethoven

Hear No Evil

Color Red

02/03/23

Last Charge of the Light Horse

Octet

independent EP

02/10/23

Sunny War

Anarchist Gospel

New West

02/13/23

Tim Stafford & Thomm Jutz

Lost Voices

Mountain Fever

02/14/23

Damon Fowler & Friends

Live at the Palladium

Landslide

02/16/23

Aberdeen

Held Together

independent

02/20/23

Phil Pilorz

Happytown

independent

02/27/23

Karan Casey

Nine Apples of Gold

Crow Valley

02/28/23

The Zombies

Difrerent Now

Cooking Vinyl

03/01/23

Kingsley Durant

Convertible

independent

03/02/23

Alice Howe

Circumstance

independent

03/03/23

Eric Bibb

Ridin’

Stony Plain

03/06/23

Rhythm Krewe

Unfinished Business

Rhombus

03/13/23

King Tuff

Smalltown Stardust

Sub Pop

03/14/23

James Houlihan

Beyond the Borders

independent

03/16/23

Mike Miz *

Only Human

independent

03/17/23

Nickel Creek

Celebrants

independent

03/28/23

Professor Louie and the Crowmatix *

Rockin’ Legacy Vol. 1

Woodstock

03/29/23

Van Morrison

Moving on Skiffle

Exile/Virgin

03/31/23

Air Traffic Controller

Dash

independent

03/31/23

Greg Greenway

Between Hello and Goodbye

Sheen of Heat

04/03/23

Bruce Katz Band

Connections

Dancing Rooster

04/05/23

Williams Tyler & the Impossible Truth

Secret Stratosphere

Merge

04/06/23

Alice Howe

Circumstance

Know Howe

04/10/23

Joe Krown

Tribute

Sledgehammer Blues

04/10/23

The Drawbars

One Finger Only

Color Red

04/11/23

Ana Popovic

Power

ArtisteXclusive

04/12/23

Robbie Fulks

Bluegrass Vacation

Compass

04/18/23

Lynn Miles

Toumbleweedy World

independent

04/18/23

Fruit Bats

A River Running to Your Heart

Merge

04/27/23

Jimmy Bennett

Sunday Morning Sessions

Junkyard Dog

04/28/23

Tim O’Brien

Cup of Sugar

Howdy Skies

05/01/23

Zuco 103

Telenova

Six Degrees

05/02/23

Morgan Heritage

The Homeland

CTBC

05/02/23

Vance Gilbert

The Mother of Trouble

Disismye

05/03/23

Cosmic American Derelicts *

Bergenfield Blues

independent

05/04/23

Peter Case

Doctor Moan

Sunset Blvd.

05/08/23

Brooklyn Funk Essentials

Intuition

Dorado

05/08/23

Michael Whalen

Our April Tigers

independent

05/09/23

The Album Leaf

Future Falling

independent

05/09/23

Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius *

Behind the Curtain – Live at Progstock

independent

05/10/23

Leftover Salmon

Grass Roots

Compass

05/11/23

Betty LaVette

LaVette!

Jay-Vee

05/11/23

Bruce Cockburn

O Sun O Moon

independent

05/15/23

Keturah

Keturah

independent

05/16/23

Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain, Rakesh Chariasia

As We Speak

independent

05/17/23

Nick Waterhouse

The Fooler

Pres

05/18/23

Graham Nash

Now

BMG

05/19/23

Positive Vibrations

Country Goes Reggae

independent

05/23/23

Rick Hornyak *

Dandelion

independent

05/30/23

Braids

Euphonic Recall

independent

05/30/23

Marc Ciprut

Blue House

independent

06/01/23

Ellis Paul

55

Rosella

06/02/23

Joanna Connor

Best of Me

Gulf Coast

06/02/23

Mike Gouldin and Rollin’ & Tumblin’ *

The Franklin Sessions

Blue Heart

06/05/23

Arlen Roth and Jerry Jemmott

Super Soul Session

Blue Heart

06/05/23

American Beauties

Sound of Mind

independent

06/06/23

Ben Harper

Wide Open Light

Chrysalis

06/08/23

Mishell Ndegeocello

The Omnichord Real Book

Blue Note

06/09/23

Cowboy Junkies

Such Ferocious Beauty

Cooking Vinyl

06/12/23

Great Lake Swimmers

Uncertain Country

Harbor Songs.Fontana

06/12/23

Dren McDonald

Pterous

Appearing

06/16/23

Ben Folds

What Matters Most

New West

06/26/23

Hammertowne

You Can Learn a Lot from a Song

Mountain Fever

06/29/23

TAUK Moore

TAUK Moore

independent

07/03/23

Bombadils, The

Dear Friend

independent

07/06/23

David Gelman *

Dusty Highway

independent

07/07/23

Steeltown Horns

5 Years of Funk

Alley Time

07/14/23

Last Charge of the Light Horse

Vestiges (EP)

independent

07/14/23

Floki Sessions (feat. George Porter)

Boots in Place

Color Red

07/17/23

Michael Whalen

Walk in Beauty, Like the Night

independent

07/19/23

Rachel Garlin

The Ballad of Madelyn & Therese

independent

07/21/23

Duane Betts Band

Wild & Precious Life

Royal Potato Family

07/24/23

Rachael Sage

The Other Side

Mpress

07/28/23

Andy Lowe

Nervous Energy

Mountain Fever

07/31/23

Alan Munde

Excelsior!

Patuxent

07/31/23

Darlingside

Everything Is Alive

Thirty Tigers

08/07/23

Minor Gold

Minor Gold

independent

08/14/23

Kiltro

Kiltro

independent

08/14/23

Maia Sharp

Reckless Thoughts

Crooked Crown

08/17/23

The Blues Project

Evolution

independent

08/18/23

Guitar Jack Wargo *

The New Normal

Wargod

08/24/23

Bobby Rush

All My Love for You

Deep Rush/Thirty Tigers

09/01/23

Ringo Starr

Rewind Forward (EP)

independent

09/05/23

Hiss Golden Messenger

Jump for Joy

Merge

09/11/23

The Kennedys

Headwinds

independent

09/12/23

Nellie McKay

Hey Guys Watch This

Hungry Mouse

09/14/23

Willie Nelson

Bluegrass

Sony

09/15/23

EG Kight *

Sticks and Strings

Blue South

09/15/23

The Furious Seasons

Every Morning at Five

independent

09/18/23

Paper Kites

At the Roadhouse

independent

09/18/23

Organ Fairchild

Leisure Suit

Organ Fairchild

09/21/23

Joan Osborne

Nobody Owns Me

Womanly Hips

09/21/23

Cory Walter

School Project

Mountain Fever

09/25/23

Nothin’ Fancy

Here We Go Again

Mountain Fever

09/25/23

Joyann Parker

Roots

Hopeless Romantics

09/29/23

Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon

Together

folkmusic.com

10/02/23

The Mommyheads *

Coney Island Kid

independent

10/05/23

Stephen Marley

Old Soul

independent

10/09/23

Krasno Moore Project

Book of Queens

Concord

10/12/23

Sufjan Stevens

Javelin

Acthmatic Kitty

10/13/23

The Pretenders

Relentless

Barcoom

10/13/23

various artists

A Song for Leon

Primary Wave

10/17/23

Teenage Fanclub

Nothing Lasts Forever

Merge

10/19/23

The Lowlies

The Lowlies

Airloom

10/23/23

Shred Kelly

Blurry Vision

independent

10/27/23

Van Wagner

Government Man

independent

10/30/23

Marcus Rezak

Guitar Head

independent

11/16/23

Van Morrison

Accentuate the Positive

Exile

11/20/23

Barbaro

About the Winter

independent

12/04/23

Anton du Preez

Songs of Feeling

Black Labs

12/04/23

Mountain Goats, The

Jenny from Thebes

Merge

12/07/23


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