Bitter Southerner Top 25 Southern Albums

I always like this list because the narrow focus on music from the South generates artists that don't appear on every other stinking year end list.
Full article here.

25. Future: “Dirty Sprite 2”
24. Ruby Amanfu: “Standing Still”
23. Sam Gleaves: “Ain’t We Brothers”
22. Ashley Monroe: “The Blade”
21. Jon Latham: “Real Bad News”
20. Lilly Hiatt: “Royal Blue”
19. Iris Dement: “The Trackless Woods”
18. Bryson Tiller: “T R A P S O U L”
17. Raury: “All We Need”
16. Leo “Bud” Welch: “I Don’t Prefer No Blues”
15. Algiers: “Algiers”
14. Jimbo Mathus: “Blue Healer”
13. Rhiannon Giddens: “Tomorrow Is My Turn”
12. James McMurtry: “Complicated Game”
11. Deerhunter: “Fading Frontier”
10. Natalie Prass: “Natalie Prass”
09. Kacey Musgraves: “Pageant Material”
08. Jason Isbell: “Something More Than Free”
07. Scotty ATL “The Cooligan”
06. Torres: “Sprinter”
05. Chris Stapleton: “Traveller”
04. John Moreland: “High on Tulsa Heat”
03. Andrew Bryant: “This Is the Life”
02. Leon Bridges: “Coming Home”
01. Alabama Shakes: “Sound & Color”

Random thoughts:
I'm thrilled to see Andrew Bryant from the Water Liars ranked so high. Ditto on John Moreland. I've had the pleasure of seeing both of these guys live several times over the last couple of years.

Jon Latham will be making his way into my rotation. I've never heard of this guy, and I'm really digging this album. I'd not heard Scotty ATL before. That has now been remedied. Good.

I didn't even realize that Iris Dement put out a new album this year. I guess I don't follow certain genres like I used to. There was a time when we'd travel 100 miles to see her in concert and did quite a few times.

From the writeup, I'm looking forward to listening to the Torres album. Not sure why it hadn't crossed my radar before.