There are 203 songs in my released-in-2017+4-stars-or-better playlist. Twelve hours of music, mostly in the Country genre. Here is a selection of the 17 best, ruthlessly paired down from another list of the 30 best…

1. Deep is Love – Band of Heathens – Duende
2. Broken Halos – Chris Stapleton – From A Room – Vol 1
3. Friendship – Chris Stapleton – From A Room, Vol. 1
4. Millionaire – Chris Stapleton – From A Room – Vol 2
5. Wishing Well – Jaime Wyatt – Felony Blues
6. Giving Back the Best of Me – Jaime Wyatt – Felony Blues
7. Stone Hotel – Jaime Wyatt – Felony Blues
8. Tupelo  – Jason Isbell – The Nashville Sound
9. Hope the High Road – Jason Isbell – The Nashville Sound
10. Female – Keith Urban – Single
11. Bottom of the Barrel – Lee Ann Womack – The Lonely, the Lonesome and the Gone
12. Wash Me Clean – Lillie Mae –Forever and Then Some
13. Happy People – Little Big Town – The Breaker
14. We Went to the Beach – Little Big Town – The Breaker
15. This Town Still Talks About You – Natalie Hemby – Puxico
16. The Colour of a Cloudy Day – Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer –Not Dark Yet
17. Heartache is an Uphill Climb – Tift Merritt – Stitch of the Word