Best New Country Songs

After National Morgan Wallen Week took over all our lives last week with the release of his brand new album and the inaugural Sand In My Boots festival, it's back to business as usual this Friday in our round up of all the biggest and best new songs from the world of Americana with new songs from Chris Stapleton, Kelsea Ballerini, Max McNown and Midland among others.

Listen along to our Holler Best New Country playlist on Spotify, YouTube, Amazon and Apple Music.

This week's Best New Country cover star is Lainey Wilson. Fresh from picking up four awards at the 60th Annual ACM Awards last week, including the awards for Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year, Female Artist of the Year and Artist-Songwriter of the Year, she's back at it with a brand new single, 'Somewhere Over Laredo,' this Friday.

Written by Wilson, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson and Andy Albert, the perky ballad honours the Judy Garland classic 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' and the Texas city as she looks down from an airplane and reflects on a past love and pays tribute to small towns across the country.

Wilson will perform the song live for the first time at the 2025 American Music Awards this Monday, 26thMay, where she is nominated for the Favorite Female Country Artist award.

'Somewhere Over Laredo' is taken from a deluxe version of Whirlwind which adds five new songs to the 14 track album including 'Bell Bottoms Up' due out on 22 August 2025.

Elsewhere in this week's round up, Kelsea Ballerini celebrates the 10th anniversary of The First Time by adding four new songs to her debut album, including the previously unreleased 'Boy Meets Girl,' Zach John King releases his new Slow Down EP and Jon Bellion and Luke Combs duet on 'WHY.'

We've got the long-awaited release of 'Bloodline' by Alex Warren and Jelly Roll, while Chris Stapleton is the latest artist to tease a track from the upcoming film F1 THE MOVIE, starring Brad Pitt and directed by Joseph Kosinski. The 11x Grammy Award-winning country singer songwriter officially enters the race with 'Bad I Used To Be.' Plus we've got big new songs from Tiera Kennedy, Sam Williams and Adam Doleac.

With Father’s Day just around the corner, Nate Smith delivers the hopefully titled 'Dads Don’t Die,' an unforgettably moving ballad celebrating the immortal power of love between father and child.

Written by Marc Beeson, Allen Shamblin, and Emily Weisband, the piano-led power ballad hits you in the heart with a gut punching powerhouse vocal from Nate Smith. After performing the song live, he received overwhelming support from fans, who soon clamored for an official release.

Driven by the striking piano work of Alex Wright, the song opens as Smith observes the painful aftermath of losing a loved one, ultimately bringing a little much needed hope and comfort to one of life’s most heartbreaking moments.

“You can cover him in flowers / Carve his name into a stone / Let your brother have his toolbox / And keep his number in your phone," Smith sings before delivering a few words of reassurance that “Dads don’t die / They still make you laugh / Still make you cry / Still make you mad the day it dawns / That you were wrong and he was right."

Country music just keeps on surprising us this year and if you're looking for things that probably aren't on your bingo card for 2025 then Dasha's 'Not At This Party' gets the remix treatment from David Guetta and Joe Jonas and Sierra Ferrell team up for 'Sip Your Wine,' taken from the middle Jonas brother's new album. Plus Jessie Murph collabs with Sexyy Red on a freshened up version of recent viral smash 'Blue Strips.'

Ryan Bingham releases a full band studio recording of 'Song for the Stone,' which appeared in the last season of Yellowstone and came out as an acoustic version last December and Max McNown is calculating 'The Cost of Growing Up,' announcing an additional 11 tracks for his latest album as it's given the deluxe treatment and rereleased as Night Driving (The Cost of Growing Up) in July.

His new single, 'The Cost of Growing Up,' which gives the expanded version it's title is a clear-eyed, melancholy meditation on the inevitability of pain.

“To me, the cost of growing up is an acceptance that difficult things are going to happen—from minor inconveniences to devastating loss, it’s all a part of life” says McNown. “But there’s also beauty in that because, without those hard moments, you wouldn’t be able to truly love.”

The new single is one of the 11 never-before-heard tracks featured in Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up), the drastically expanded edition of his sophomore LP.

“Even though Night Diving was the length of a full album, in my heart it never felt complete to me” reveals McNown. “All of these songs were written in the same time period, and my intention was always to have them be one body of work.”

Vincent Mason continues to build the anticipation for his debut album, set to drop later this year, with his latest track, 'Painkiller, co-written with hit makers Jessie Jo Dillon, Luke Laird, and Chase McDaniel, and Karley Scott Collins announces her debut album, Flight Risk, for September with the uproariously brilliant 'Cowboy Sh!t.'

“I’ve experienced so much over the past few years, in relationships and just in growing up and coming into my own as an artist,” Collins shares about the 15-track album. “There was a time where I was running just to feel safe, but now, if I’m running, it’s only from things that I know aren’t meant for me. If I run from something now, I’m doing it because I know who I am and what I want, and I know where the exits are when I need to leave a place - or a person - that isn’t right for me.”

We'll be rolling on through til Saturday morning as Midland provide us with the perfect soundtrack for both ends of a night out on the town with their new song 'Glass Half Empty.' Written by band members Jess Carson and Cameron Duddy alongside Jeff Hyde and Ryan Tyndell, it's a song that will immediately transport you to the dancefloor of a raucous honky tonk for an all night rager with the Gator Boys.

Shaylen's got 'Daddy Issues' and Mae Estes is looking for her 'Mr. Fix It,' while Ana Cristina Cash is lining up 'Cheap Margaritas' to get over her ex.

Micah Fletcher releases 'More Like Jesus.' Nathan Applegate is going Over the Western Ridgeon his new EP and Evan Bartels is in the mood To Make You Cry with his stunning new six-song set featuring the previously released title track and the seminal 'Lula.'

If Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman's 'Right Back to It' was one of your songs of the year last year then you'll love Wednesday's 'Elderberry Wine,' plus one of this month's 10 Artists You Need To Know, Kaylee Rose releases the brilliant 'Your Problem' and Alexandra Kay is hoping her latest love is her last on her new single.

All that and more with new songs from Treaty Oak Revival, David Morris, The Wood Brothers, Zach Russell, Blake Whiten and lots more. Including Elizabeth Nichols, who goes all Goldilocks and the Three Bears and wonders who's been sitting in her chair on the intriguingly titled 'Somebody Cooked Here.'

Watch the video for the song below.

It's a quieter week for albums this week, but we've still got new songs from fresh projects from Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo', Garrett Bradford, The Steeldrivers, Katy Hurt, Nathan Applegate and Florry this week, along with the debut full length from another one of this month's Holler 10 New Artists You Need To Know.

Sam Stoane's Tales from the Dark West is already an early contender for album of the year with 13 songs that channel the spirit of the American West shaped by her California roots. We've got the lively 'Calico Coal' in our playlist today, but this is an album you'll want to go in deep on and fall completely in love with.

“Every song tells a part of who I am," Stoane says. "Not just as a musician, but as a woman shaped by the West.”

Every week we turn the Holler spotlight on a song that we worry might be getting overlooked elsewhere and that we think deserves having a little extra light shining on it. This week's Holler Spotlight Song of the Week comes from critically acclaimed indie folk trio Lone Bellow.

The song was written by ACM and GRAMMY Award-winning writer and musician Aaron Raitiere and Will Guidara, the bestselling author and co-produce of the hit show, The Bear, during the first season of Aaron's new podcast You Wrote a Song with Aaron Raitiere, which is set to debut this summer.

It was produced by The Lone Bellow’s own Brian Elmquist and also marks the first time the band has ever cut an outside song.

“We’ve never cut somebody else’s song like this before," Zach Williams from the band shared. "But when we heard all the love and friendship in the track, we just knew we had to record it.”

The song itself is a tender reflection on the sacredness of everyday things like a kitchen table where stories are shared and memories are made.

“In my upcoming podcast I sit down with people who aren’t songwriters and we write a song…with audio and video rolling and a crew watching,” stated Raitiere. “Out of all the people in the world qualified to write a song about a table, I’d argue Will Guidara is one of the most. And that day we rid ourselves of any inner critics and wrote a song about that table specific to Will’s story. It was a pleasure and honor to help him craft this song and a privilege to watch it come to life through The Lone Bellow. I’m so thankful for bands like The Lone Bellow that are willing to take a risk on songwriters. Especially songwriters like Will, who until now had never written a song.”

“‘That Table’ is a celebration of what happens at the intersection of creativity, collaboration, and connection,” said Guidara. “Writing my first song with my favorite songwriter - and having it cut by my favorite band - is surreal. But what means the most is that it honors something I care deeply about. My hope is that this song inspires people to put down their phones, set aside their differences, and rediscover the kind of connection and community that only happens around the table.”

The Lone Bellow also just announced fall tour dates, which will culminate in a hometown show in Nashville at Ryman Auditorium in November.

Check out this week's new country and americana song releases and listen to the full playlist below:

1. 1.

   Somewhere Over Laredo

   Lainey Wilson

2. 2.

   Bad As I Used To Be

   Chris Stapleton

3. 3.

   Boy Meets Girl

   Kelsea Ballerini

4. 4.

   Dad's Don't Die

   Nate Smith

5. 5.

   WHY (feat. Luke Combs)

   Jon Bellion

6. 6.

   Calico Coal

   Sam Stoane

7. 7.

   That Table

   The Lone Bellow

8. 8.

   Somebody Cooked Here

   Elizabeth Nichols

9. 9.

   The Cost of Growing Up

   Max McNown

10. 10.

    Bloodline (feat. Jelly Roll)

    Alex Warren

11. 11.

    Glass Half Empty

    Midland

12. 12.

    Painkiller

    Vincent Mason

13. 13.

    Death Of A Good Man

    Evan Bartels

14. 14.

    Sip Your Wine (with Sierra Ferrell)

    Joe Jonas

15. 15.

    A Song For The Stone

    Ryan Bingham

16. 16.

    Elderberry Wine

    Wednesday

17. 17.

    Lose You

    Zach John King

18. 18.

    Sailing Away

    James McMurtry

19. 19.

    Your Problem

    Kaylee Rose

20. 20.

    Name (Talco Tapes Version)

    Treaty Oak Revival

21. 21.

    Cowboy Sh!t

    Karley Scott Collins

22. 22.

    This Flag

    Chris Janson

23. 23.

    Somebody Like You

    Tiera Kennedy

24. 24.

    King of the Heartland

    David Morris

25. 25.

    Not At This Party (David Guetta Remix)

    Dasha

26. 26.

    Blue Strips (feat. Sexyy Red) Remix

    Jessie Murph

27. 27.

    The Last

    Alexandra Kay

28. 28.

    Pray God Listens

    The Wood Brothers

29. 29.

    Jericho's Walls

    Zach Russell

30. 30.

    Beer Pressure

    Afton Prater

31. 31.

    Turquoise Cowboy

    Ink

32. 32.

    Payday Loans

    Rebecca Porter

33. 33.

    Two Hands

    Pat Green and Corey Kent

34. 34.

    Realize (feat. Mitchell Tenpenny)

    Colbie Caillat

35. 35.

    Carolina

    Blake Whiten

36. 36.

    I Dream You

    Faith Schueler and Eric Paslay

37. 37.

    Mr. Fix It

    Mae Estes

38. 38.

    Lose You Too

    Sam Williams

39. 39.

    I Know

    Sheryl Crow

40. 40.

    Dream I Never Had

    Cory Asbury

41. 41.

    Daddy Issues

    Shaylen

42. 42.

    Playin' Catch

    Adam Doleac

43. 43.

    More Like Jesus

    Micah Fletcher

44. 44.

    Black Celica (feat. Ashley Monroe)

    Cyndi Thomson

45. 45.

    Single Mama

    Demps

46. 46.

    Better Than Ever (feat. Wendy Moten)

    Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo'

47. 47.

    Watching You 2.0

    Rodney Atkins and Elijah Atkins

48. 48.

    Never Drinking Again

    The Reklaws

49. 49.

    Sippin Country

    Lil Man J

50. 50.

    On My Way

    The Steeldrivers

51. 51.

    Country Boys

    Kyle Clark

52. 52.

    BACK IN THE DAY

    James Johnston

53. 53.

    Rodeo Desperado

    Austin Tolliver

54. 54.

    Sorry State

    Bottomland

55. 55.

    Selena

    Sammy Arriaga

56. 56.

    Past a Beatin' Heart

    Sam Grow

57. 57.

    Drinkin' Hand

    Aaron Goodvin

58. 58.

    I'd Love To (feat. Tayler Holder)

    ROTUNDO

59. 59.

    You and Me

    Annika Catharina

60. 60.

    Here's To You

    2 Lane Summer

61. 61.

    COWBOYS + ANGELS

    Ashley Wells

62. 62.

    What Have I Done?

    Logan Crosby

63. 63.

    You Are Real

    Dixie Darling

64. 64.

    Issues

    Danielle Ryan

65. 65.

    No Time

    Jonathan Peyton and Abigail Peyton

66. 66.

    Single of the Year

    Maddye Trew

67. 67.

    One Two Step

    Garret Bradford

68. 68.

    Sexy

    Florry

69. 69.

    Dreamers

    Katy Hurt

70. 70.

    Been There, Miss That

    Nathan Applegate

71. 71.

    Buddy

    Ryan Charles and Struggle Jennings

72. 72.

    Boots On Fire

    Young Foolie

73. 73.

    Can't Turn Off My Mind

    Hillary Reynolds

74. 74.

    Cowgirls Ride

    Tori Martin

75. 75.

    Closer Tonight

    Grant-Lee Phillips

76. 76.

    Nicotine Daydream

    Blake Smeltz

77. 77.

    Territory Town

    Joe Stamm Band

78. 78.

    Dancing on a Razor's Edge

    Kai Crowe-Getty

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