10. Kelsey Waldon – No Regular Dog
8. Ashley McBryde & Friends – Lindeville
7. Plains – I Walked With You A Ways
5. Hurray for the Riff Raff – Life on Earth
2. Caroline Spence – True North
1. Nikki Lane – Denim & Diamonds
Here’s a playlist of two great songs from each these albums: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6YZ1SZuuYQDg3uHANPKtDG?si=ppipx-wFS_aeGS2hUTMX1Q
Highway Queens 
Nr. 1,2,3,7,10 are also on my Top 30
10. Mariel Buckley – Everywhere I Used to Be
9. Kelsey Waldon – No Regular Dog
8. Brennen Leigh – Obsessed With The West
7. Cécile McLorin Savant – Ghost Song
6. Leyla McCalla – Breaking The Thermometer
5. Angela Autumn – My Blank Pages
4. Marina Aellen – Centrifics
3. Sir Woman – Sir Woman
2. Melissa Carper – Ramblin’ Soul
1. Tess Liautaud – Tess Liautaud
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Great blog! …too bad the Dolly Parton story has come to an end… and too bad willie nelson doesn’t fit into the concept of this blog…otherwise you could have started a new series with him 🙂
My ‘22 Queens Top Ten:
1 Hailey Whitters – Raised
2 Michelle Rivers – Chasing somewhere
3 Caroline Spence – True North
4 Bonnie Raitt – Just like that
5 Anaïs Mitchell – Anaïs Mitchell
6 Michaela Anne – Oh to be that free
7 Jamie McDell – Jamie McDell
8 Nikki Lane – Denim and diamonds
9 Ashley McBryde presents: Lindeville
10 Miranda Lambert – Palomino
Also: Courtney Marie Andrews, Molly Tuttle, Kaitlin Butts, Kelsey Waldon, Joan Shelley, Sunny Sweeney, Amy Speace, Mary Gauthier,….
Best male: Willie Nelson – A beautiful time (…of course!)
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Found your blog today while looking for reviews of Nikki Lane’s newest album. What a great site! I’m looking forward to reading the rest of it and finding some new music. Thanks for all the work that you put into this!
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