Best New Country Songs

It's time for our weekly roundup of all of this week's biggest and best new releases from the world of country and Americana, and there's no time to waste. We've got a lot of new music to get through, including big new ones from Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs and Carter Faith, plus lots more.

You can listen along to this week's Best New Country on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon and YouTube.

Happy Tyler Childers Day everyone! We're celebrating the new album from the country music King of Kentucky today in every way we can, including letting him kick off our Best New Country playlist with 'Eatin' Big Time.'

The 7x Grammy-nominated singer songwriter releases the highly anticipated, Rick Rubin produced Snipe Hunter, with critics already praising it far and wide as one of his best yet.

The 13- track project consists mostly of brand-new songs in addition to fan favourites, 'Oneida' and 'Nose on the Grindstone,' and we've got a few of them sprinkled throughout our playlist for you today.

We've got lots more about the new album on Holler today, including Alli Patton writing about 'Jersey Giant', and the Snipe Hunt: Embracing an Artist’s Growth, a snapshot of his"Universal Sound" withA Five Song Guide to Tyler Childers, our first impressions of the album and lyrics and meaning deep dives for every song on Snipe Hunt.

It's another busy week in Best New Country this week, with big new songs from Jordan Davis, Charley Crockett and Gavin Adcock. Plus, Morgan Wallen brings in the big guns, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross, for a remixed version of 'Miami' from I'm The Problem.

Wallen first tossed the idea of featuring a rapper on the Charlie Handsome produced song during his interview with Theo Von in April, stating at the time, “It seemed like it could use a rapper on there. I didn't end up using a feature… it's one of those songs where it wouldn't be surprising if we got a remix and did that once it's out.”

Elsewhere in our playlist, Cole Goodwin is kicking up a little 'Dust On The Dancefloor,' Rodell Duff 'Ain't Coming Home' and Luke Combs is getting 'Back in the Saddle' as he continues to tease new music, and it sounds like he's chomping at the bit.

"Because I’m back in the saddle like some old cowboy / Who dug his way out of his grave / Pulled up his boots, put his pistol on his hip / Climbed up and took hold of the reins," he sings on the wailing country rock out and he seems to really mean business this time. "Don’t worry where I’ve been / I’m back in the saddle again"

We've got a bunch of other brilliant collabs this week for you. Sierra Ferrell and Nikki Lane take us back to Stagecoach with a studio version of their Dottie West cover 'A Lesson in Leavin' and Drew Baldridge drafts in Emily Ann Roberts for 'Get Me Gone.'

“As soon as I wrote this song, I knew it’d be a powerful duet,” says Baldridge. “It took me a while to find the perfect voice for it, but one day I came across Emily Ann on social media and I loved her sound. So I just hopped in her DMs and asked if she’d collab with me! It’s been amazing to work with her on this song.”

“When Drew sent me the song, I knew he had something special," adds Roberts. "I was honored he wanted to include me on it. ‘Get Me Gone’ immediately makes you think of the person you love and how you don’t need anything but them to have a good time.”

Zach John King and Bayker Blankenship team up on 'Life Behind Bars.'

Zach met Bayker at C2C in Europe earlier this year – they were both touring throughout Europe at the time and really hit it off as Zach was there solo and Bayker and his team took him under their wing! Written by Zach John King, Jordan Reynolds, and Heath Warren, the new song puts a clever spin on the idea of a hometown bar. After deciding to make the song a duet, Zach knew Bayker would be the perfect artist to join him!

Watch the video for 'Life Behind Bars' below.

Jake Worthington falls for a girl on the wrong side of the river and relocates there for her in 'My Home's In Oklahoma,' Adrien Nunez is going 'WILD' about something and Ashley Anne and Eli Winders are contemplating a simple 'Fence' on their new duet. Told through striking harmonies and vivid imagery, the song explores the quiet unravelling of a love that looks perfect from the outside, perfectly capturing the heartbreak of staying in a relationship that feels familiar, even when it no longer feels right.

"It's a song that explores the not-so-perfect secrets behind a relationship that looks perfect," says Ashley Anne. "Some couples tend to cover up the truth behind a beautiful “southern living” looking home and a beautiful white fence wrapped around it. the song explores what goes on behind closed doors, or behind the white picket fence to be exact."

"Eli and I became good friends about a year and a half ago," she adds, explaining how the duet came together. "We met at a writers round where we played with Vincent Mason and Aaron Armstrong. Ali, Aaron and I alongside Ryan Kohn got in a writers room one day and I brought this idea in. Surely enough it turned into a duet and we all loved how it came out."

Elsewhere, Thelma & James are 'Canaries In A Coal Mine,' Ashley Anne wants you to 'Roll Baby' and Koe Wetzel is completely 'Surrounded.'

Fresh off a pair of home state stadium dates in Texas with Morgan Wallen and in the midst of a high-energy run of summer festival dates amid Jim Bob World Tour legs with HARDY, Koe Wetzel returns with a song that has become a fixture in Wetzel’s live set.

“‘Surrounded’ felt like the right way to kick off this next chapter,” shares Wetzel of the hard-driving track that delves into the feeling of being trapped by a memory you can’t outrun. “The way fans locked into it live from the jump has been wild, so we’re fired up to finally let the full thing loose this week.”

Carter Faith gives us another sneak preview of her forthcoming album, Cherry Valley, ahead of its release in October with 'Bar Star.'

“‘Bar Star’ is a fun song about a lovable honky-tonk man” says Carter. “In simple terms, he’s the star of the bar—for better or for worse—but damnit, she loves him.”

Julia DiGrazia is going offline on the brilliant 'Highlight Reel' and Sophia Scott is firing it up on 'Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em.'

Watch the video for 'Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em' below

All that and lots more with songs from Jonah Kagen, Antonio Larosa, The Droptines, Rodney Crowell, Walker Hayes, Old Dominion, Kashena Sampson, Jack Wharff Band and Cody Jinks. Also, big shout out to Billy Strings for featuring as a guest on two of this week's biggest bluegrass bangers from Asleep at the Wheel and Greensky Bluegrass. You're doing the Lord's work, Billy.

As well as Tyler Childers we've got songs from big new albums from Patty Griffin and Cody Jinks in our playlist today, plus Hudson Westbrook releases his debut album, Texas Forever. Co-written entirely by Westbrook and infused with Texas-bred charm, the 17-song debut is a captivating, easygoing tribute to growing up in Texas, offering a full-bodied introduction to his peculiar take on Boyfriend Country.

Abbie Callahan releases her new 7-track EP, Grossly Aware, and it's already one of our favourite projects of the year. Produced by Oscar Charles, the EP is a striking showcase of Abbie’s unique songwriting voice - especially on the three tracks she wrote solo, highlighting her emotional depth, lyrical wit, and melodic instinct.

“I can’t wait to hear what Grossly Aware means to everyone, because I know what it means to me,” said Abbie. “Staring down the truth of who I am, who I’m not, and everything I’ve yet to understand. Chasing this dream meant letting go of the familiar to go after something I believed in. It showed me how much our relationships shape us, and it asked me to face myself honestly - to confront patterns, to choose growth over comfort. Every track carries a piece of my heart. To me, this record is a map of self-discovery, whatever that might look like for you. I hope these songs can walk with you on your own journey.”

Elsewhere we've got new extended players from Jay Webb, Clayton Mullen and Callum Kerr.

Every week we turn on Holler spotlight up to full brightness and shine it on a song that we feel deserves a little extra attention and this week we're showing some love for 'Old News,' the brilliant new single from Stephen Day.

Taken from an upcoming companion EP to last year’s Gold Mine, due out in September, 'Old News' finds Day firmly stepping into the role of classic country crooner as he sings about lost love over a softly sighing pedal steel and lightly plucked guitar and comes swinging out the other side with a creamy country classic that sounds like Midland at their most swoonworthy.

“While writing my album Gold Mine, I was constantly listening to old soul and country records and wanted to blend the two worlds in my own way,” shares Day about the song. “Not long after releasing the record, I was reflecting on it with some friends and realized the album felt like it was missing that one sad lonesome cowboy tune. We messed around on some guitars for a bit and out came ‘Old News.’ Maybe one of the quickest songs that’s ever come out of me. It was like we were just trying to play catch up!”

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

1. 1.

   Eatin' Big Time

   Tyler Childers

2. 2.

   Back in the Saddle

   Luke Combs

3. 3.

   Bar Star

   Carter Faith

4. 4.

   Lie To Me (feat. Mackenzie Carpenter)

   Hudson Westbrook

5. 5.

   If I Can't Have You

   Gavin Adcock

6. 6.

   Surrounded

   Koe Wetzel

7. 7.

   A Lesson in Leavin'

   Sierra Ferrell and Nikki Lane

8. 8.

   Miami (feat. Lil Wayne & Rick Ross)

   Morgan Wallen

9. 9.

   All Around Cowboy

   Charley Crockett

10. 10.

    Strawberry, California

    Abbie Callahan

11. 11.

    Turn This Truck Around

    Jordan Davis

12. 12.

    My Home's In Oklahoma

    Jake Worthington

13. 13.

    Miss You Man

    Old Dominion

14. 14.

    17 Year Old Problems

    Walker Hayes

15. 15.

    Life Behind Bars

    Zach John King and Bayker Blankenship

16. 16.

    Old News

    Stephen Day

17. 17.

    Sinking Slow

    Kade Hoffman

18. 18.

    Fence

    Ashley Anne and Eli Winders

19. 19.

    Get Me Gone

    Drew Baldridge and Emily Ann Roberts

20. 20.

    Canaries in a Coal Mine

    Thelma & James

21. 21.

    Moonshine Man

    The Jack Wharff Band

22. 22.

    Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em

    Sophia Scott

23. 23.

    Highlight Reel

    Julia DiGrazia

24. 24.

    In My Blood

    Cody Jinks and Charlie Starr

25. 25.

    BAD NIGHT - KARMA

    Graham Barham

26. 26.

    Watching Windmills

    Max Alan

27. 27.

    The Unsatisfied

    Cole Chaney

28. 28.

    Roll Baby

    Ashley Ryan

29. 29.

    Fight For It

    Ashley Monroe

30. 30.

    Dust On The Dancefloor

    Cole Goodwin

31. 31.

    Curtain

    Evan Honer

32. 32.

    You Again

    Jonah Kagen

33. 33.

    Nora

    Case Oats

34. 34.

    Turn Me Loose

    Antonio Larosa

35. 35.

    be a bitch

    Maren Morris

36. 36.

    You Ain't

    Jacob Hackworth

37. 37.

    WILD

    Adrien Nunez

38. 38.

    Strangers

    Erin Kinsey

39. 39.

    Thick n Country

    KIRBY

40. 40.

    Rearview Mirror

    Kasheena Sampson

41. 41.

    Last Day I Knew What To Do

    Tift Merritt

42. 42.

    All The Way Home

    Patty Griffin

43. 43.

    Riding High in Texas (feat. Billy Strings)

    Asleep at the Wheel

44. 44.

    Reverend (feat. Billy Strings)

    Greensky Bluegrass

45. 45.

    Dale Dickens (RIP)

    Cooper Alan

46. 46.

    Where To Find Me

    Jay Webb

47. 47.

    Ain't Coming Home

    Rodell Duff

48. 48.

    See You On The Other Side

    Sheryl Crow

49. 49.

    The Twenty-One Song Salute (Owed to G.G. Shinn and Cléoma Falcon)

    Rodney Crowell and Tyler Bryant

50. 50.

    Make It

    Logan Michael

51. 51.

    NOT SO FAST

    Nick Nash

52. 52.

    AMMO

    Drew Green

53. 53.

    Ain't Yours Tonight

    Eddie And The Getaway

54. 54.

    Snipe Hunt

    Tyler Childers

55. 55.

    wasn't gonna cry

    Seaforth

56. 56.

    Take Too Much

    The Droptines

57. 57.

    One Of Us

    James Barker Band

58. 58.

    Dominoes

    Kyle Clark

59. 59.

    Crashing This Party

    Anella

60. 60.

    Rose Colored Glasses

    Shantaia

61. 61.

    Varsity Blues

    Clayton Mullen

62. 62.

    It's You

    Will Moseley

63. 63.

    Mountain On Fire

    Payton Smith

64. 64.

    Used To Love This Town

    Callum Kerr

65. 65.

    Mountain Of A Man

    Mae Estes

66. 66.

    I'll Be Right Here

    Carson Wallace

67. 67.

    Losing You

    Will Terry

68. 68.

    Cherry Pickin'

    Hannah Jane Lewis

69. 69.

    We Should Drive

    Pip Marsh

70. 70.

    You Look Confused

    Jenna DeVries

71. 71.

    Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong

    C.J. Lewandowski, Bobby Osborne and Molly Tuttle

72. 72.

    Grip It and Rip It

    Derek Brambles

73. 73.

    I Said, She Said

    Dipper

74. 74.

    What Am I?

    Kaylin Roberson

75. 75.

    Seaside

    Derek James

76. 76.

    I Don't Have Exes

    Savannah Jade

77. 77.

    Jane Doe

    Mandi Sagal

78. 78.

    Let Alone My Heart

    Raquel Cole

79. 79.

    When She Calls Me Cowboy

    Spencer Hatcher

80. 80.

    Last Rodeo

    Adam Mac

81. 81.

    We Should Do This More Often

    Hayden Baker

82. 82.

    Haters Dream

    Savannah Rae

83. 83.

    Bury Me

    Give It To 'Em FLORABELLE

84. 84.

    White Goose

    Anna Tivel

85. 85.

    EURO-COUNTRY

    CMAT

86. 86.

    Slow Down

    Jessy Taylor

87. 87.

    The Cliff

    Anna May

88. 88.

    Song for Barbara Ann

    Pete Droge

89. 89.

    Better Than Ever

    Cole Stephens

90. 90.

    Cuttin' Teeth

    Tyler Childers

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