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Sidereal Days (Day 1) jumps from # 170 to # 23 on the Alt-Country Specialty Chart this week!

by Hub Sligchers

1. Luke Bell - The King Is Back
2. Mavis Staples - Sad and Beautiful
3. West Texas Exile - 8000 Days
4. Shinglers - Hit the Head
5. Rodney Crowell Airline Highway
6. Ron Sexsmith - Hangover Terrace
7. Sloan - Based on the Best Seller
8. Bill Scorzari - Sidereal Days
9. Grayson Jenkins - Country Parables
10. Slow Motion Cowboys - Wolf of St. Elmo

Original Dutch:"Zitten nog het meest in mijn geheugen." 
English translation: "They are still the most vivid in my memory."

Sounds - 10 Best of 2025 - Hub Sligchers

by Hugo Vogel

“…musically, I definitely got my money's worth this year. I attended some great concerts and played many beautiful records. It helped me cope with the misery in the world. ...My 2025 soundtrack is below.

…2. Jesse Welles: Middle
The surprise of 2025. Protest singer who reached an audience of millions through YouTube and TikTok. With Middle , he also convinced me: what songs! On Middle , they're also performed in a band setting, which makes them even more powerful. Not that this album is much better than Pilgrim , released later this year , but I didn't want to include two albums by the same artist in my list.

3. Bill Scorzari: Sidereal Days (Day 1)
I'm not really a fan of these kinds of singer-songwriter albums, but Bill Scorzari always manages to move me in one way or another. I already thought The Crosswinds Of Kansas from 1922 was beautiful. And this first part of a diptych (Day 2 will be released next year) is phenomenal. It's a bit baffling that Scorzari isn't being picked up here, while comparable artists like Malcolm Holcombe and Sam Baker were.

4....”

                                                                               Full Alt Country NL - Favorites 2025 List

 "...there is a definite balance in this End of Year assessment of what was good in Tracks over the last 12 months – all the way back to December 2024.  The recap below offers my favourite song from any given month, and does a compare and contrast with what actually got the most listens.  Mostly we differ – and we can rejoice in our differences, how dull it would be if we all agreed on everything Americana – but sometimes we agree, and that’s interesting too.  What does it all mean?  It means that of the 300 or so songs we’ve run across the 12 months, there’s been some darn good ones. ...

July 2025 Bill Scorzari produced a searing indictment of competitive ego’s pulling down a relationship on ‘And So (Deep Into The Dark)‘.

                                                                                          Full Americana UK List

"2025 has been one of the best years for new music. There have been so many revolutionary and exciting releases dropping consistently. ...many people were deeply impacted by music this year. To do what we do, you must be inspired by art. It goes beyond having a critical eye with these LPs. It’s all about the records that resonated with us on a profound and emotional level. 

...We value the album medium, so we’ll be highlighting new full lengths only. ...Those being the only rules, our list spans across multiple genres and sounds. ...
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Jeff Burger – Staff Writer and Columnist
1. Tracks II: The Lost Albums by Bruce Springsteen (Legacy)
2. Remembering Now by Van Morrison (Virgin)
3. Sidereal Days (Day 1) by Bill Scorzari (self-released) ...
10. True Hearted Kind by Jamie Granger (Y&T)"

Top Albums of 2025 - ‘The Aquarian’ - All Staff Top 10 Picks