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Featured Artist: Blake Shelton

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Featured Artist: Blake Shelton

March 14, 2025 6:02 am GMT

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It's time for another of our weekly roundups of all the biggest and best new releases from the world of country and Americana. In this week's playlist we've got new ones from Charley Crockett, Carly Pearce, Brett Eldredge and much more.

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

Best New Country Cover Star of The Week

This week's Best New Country cover star sees the return of a bona fide country legend. Blake Shelton has announced his first new album in four years for May!

"It’s been a long time since I’ve had a new album out so I’m thrilled to share that “For Recreational Use Only” will be out May 9th!!!!" Shelton wrote on his socials. "PLUS, listen to my new song “Let Him In Anyway” off the record now. I have been working on this music for years, and I’m beyond excited to finally share it with y’all!!"

If the first single from it is anything to go by then it's going to be classic Blake. 'Let Him In Anyway' is a powerful, emotional heavyweight of a ballad about the loss of loved one who didn't always colour inside the lines while he was on earth as Blake pleads with the man upstairs to let his best friend in.

We can imagine it forevermore being sung to bouncers at the doors of nightclubs by drunken lads whose friend has accidentally turned up in trainers.

New Country and Americana Singles

Our playlist doesn't hold back on the heavy hitting emotions this week as Jon Pardi gives us another taste of his forthcoming new album, Honkytonk Hollywood, with a song that will have you reaching for the Kleenex. 'She Drives Away" poignantly captures the emotional journey of a father watching his daughter grow up and letting her go out into the world.

"‘She Drives Away’ is a song that I knew I was going to record immediately,” says Pardi. “I think most dads of daughters will relate to it, but it reminded me so much of Summer and my journey. From when we started dating, to asking her dad for her hand in marriage, and then having our daughters. Now, I’ll go through it from the other side with my daughters. It’s a special song, and I’m really excited for people to hear it."

You might want to hold onto that box of Kleenex for a little while longer. Country sister trio The Castellows release their new single, 'You Don't Even Know Who I Am,' and it doesn't pull any emotional punches as a husband and wife come to the same sad conclusion about the state of their marriage at the same time.

"She left the car in the driveway / She left the key in the door / She left the kids at her mama's and the laundry piled up on the floor," they sing, before seeing the same sad story from the husband's perspective.

Chappell Roan finally releases her country single, 'The Giver,' and you can read all about it in our Holler lyrics and meaning piece.

We've got big new songs from Morgan Wade, Restless Road and Grace Tyler, while Rascal Flatts get together with Kelly Clarkson on 'I'm Movin' On.' Plus, Jordana Bryant releases her new Right Key, Wrong Porch EP and we've got 'Turns Out' on our playlist today.

"Turns Out" was inspired by the idea that no matter what happens, life goes on and even when it doesn’t feel like it, everything turns out all right," she says. "One of the most powerful lessons I've learned in the last few years is that life’s detours often lead us to the most beautiful destinations, and to exactly where we’re meant to be. This track is all about finding faith in the unexpected, all while embracing challenges and heartbreaks. Writing and recording “Turns Out" was truly such a fun experience, and I feel like the song really encapsulates the message I want to share with this project."

Kat Hasty releases a full band version of one of our favourite songs, 'The Family Business,' previously released as a stripped back version on Treehouse Sessions as she announces her new album, The Time of Your Life, for May.

Elsewhere we've got new ones from Alli Walker, Dylan Gossett, Gabrielle Hope, Dylan Marlowe, Thelma & James, Mitchell Tenpenny, Jake Worthington and Kayley Green. Plus, Dierks Bentley teams up with our old buddy Stephen Wilson Jr. for some clever wordplay on 'Cold Beer Can.'

Watch the video for 'Cold Beer Can' below

New Country and Americana Albums

A couple of last year's big country albums get the deluxe treatment this week. Carly Pearce adds three never-before-heard songs, as well as two new live versions of 'Oklahoma' and 'Things I Don't Chase' for hummingbird: no rain, no flowers, and Warren Zeiders doubles the length of his album from last year with Relapse, Lies, & Betryal. The two-part, 20-track album is an introspection of heartbreak, personal growth and emotional healing through Zeiders’ signature gritty vocals and storytelling that strikes like a musical gut-punch. We've got 'Love In Letting Go' featuring our Holler bestie Lanie Gardner in the playlist today.

Elsewhere we've got new songs from new albums by Jason Boland & The Stragglers, The Wilder Blue, Grace Tyler and Brett Eldredge, while Charley Crockett releases his Island Records debut, Lonesome Drifter.

Spotlight Song of the Week

Every week we try to spotlight a song that we feel especially deserves having a little extra bright light shining on it and this week we've turning it onto 'Scratching Out a Living,' the brilliant new single from Emily Ann Roberts. Her second single release since her debut album Can't Hide Country.

Every day is International Women's Day here at Holler, and after being out on the road with this week's Best New Country cover star Blake Shelton’s Friends and Heroes Tour, Emily Ann Roberts shares her playful honky tonk anthem that celebrates the hardworking women who hustle every day to make a living.

"Boss keeps a screaming /The phone won’t stop a ringing / Working like a farm truck / But nothings ever good enough," she sings as she ponders the "double burden" that a lot of women are expected to take on, going out to work as well as doing more than an equal amount of unpaid domestic labour and childcare.

Produced by the legendary Mac McAnally, 'Scratching Out a Living' puts a modern pop twist on bluegrass as she reflects on her own journey, inspired by the lessons she learned from her parents about the value of hard work.

“My mom and dad used to always say they were scratching out a living when we were growing up," she says. "They worked so hard to provide for me and my sister and taught me that if you want something you have to work for it. I’ve learned that lesson in a big way the past 10 years pursuing my dreams in country music. When I wrote this song with Shane Minor I wanted it to feel like the to-do list of all the things you have to check off throughout a work day. I later wrote the chorus with two of my band members, Torey Harding and Jordan Larsen, while we were on the road. Mac McAnally produced the fire out of this track and brought the song to life in such a cool way. I know the hard working folks will relate to it!”

Watch the official visualizer for 'Scratching Out a Living' below.

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

  1. 1.

    Let Him In Anyway

    Blake Shelton

  2. 2.

    You Don't Even Know Who I Am

    The Castellows

  3. 3.

    She Drives Away

    Jon Pardi

  4. 4.

    Night Rider

    Charley Crockett

  5. 5.

    if looks could kill

    Carly Pearce

  6. 6.

    Cold Beer Can (feat. Stephen Wilson Jr.)

    Dierks Bentley

  7. 7.

    The Giver

    Chappell Roan

  8. 8.

    Love In Letting Go

    Warren Zeiders and Lanie Gardner

  9. 9.

    Like I Do

    Dylan Gossett

  10. 10.

    Ride It Out

    Alli Walker

  11. 11.

    Picture Perfect

    Dylan Marlowe

  12. 12.

    Family Business

    Kat Hasty

  13. 13.

    Scratching Out a Living

    Emily Ann Roberts

  14. 14.

    First Love

    Thelma & James

  15. 15.

    East Coast

    Morgan Wade

  16. 16.

    Lonestar Lovers

    Brett Eldredge

  17. 17.

    I Don't Love Here Anymore

    Miranda Lambert

  18. 18.

    Bar Named Jesus (feat. Thomas Rhett)

    Adam Doleac

  19. 19.

    Turns Out

    Jordana Bryant

  20. 20.

    I Don't Wanna Know

    Grace Tyler

  21. 21.

    I'm Movin' On

    Rascal Flatts and Kelly Clarkson

  22. 22.

    Goin' Out Like That

    Restless Road

  23. 23.

    Numbers On A Mailbox

    Preston Cooper

  24. 24.

    Buffalo Return to the Plains

    Jason Boland and The Stragglers

  25. 25.

    Put the Whiskey Down

    Cody Jinks and Edward Spear

  26. 26.

    the hummingbird's nest

    gabrielle hope

  27. 27.

    Burn It All Down

    CHASE WRIGHT

  28. 28.

    Whiskey River

    Jay Webb

  29. 29.

    Hot Chicken

    Drew Green

  30. 30.

    Bad Guy

    Blake Whiten

  31. 31.

    Broken Heart

    Kayley Green

  32. 32.

    Look What You Made Me Do

    Don Louis

  33. 33.

    Cowboy Shit

    Country Night and Julia DiGrazia

  34. 34.

    Love And A Heartbreak

    Hayden Coffman

  35. 35.

    My Mind is a Radio

    Drayton Farley

  36. 36.

    Dancin' With Him

    Hayden Blount

  37. 37.

    How Do You Miss Me (feat. Alexandra Kay)

    Dallas Smith

  38. 38.

    17

    Logan Crosby

  39. 39.

    Tease

    Kelsey Lamb

  40. 40.

    Modern Man (Mountain Heart)

    The Wilder Blue

  41. 41.

    I'm the One (feat. Marty Stuart)

    Jake Worthington

  42. 42.

    Video Games

    Ashley Cone

  43. 43.

    Under My Skin

    Kolby Cooper

  44. 44.

    Oh What A Beautiful World (with Rodney Crowell)

    Willie Nelson

  45. 45.

    On a Budget

    Jenna Davis

  46. 46.

    The Light

    Moonshine Bandits

  47. 47.

    TUNED OUT

    Nick Nash

  48. 48.

    Doin' What She Does

    Tyler Joe Miller

  49. 49.

    Learning Lonely (feat. Cole Goodwin)

    Erin Kirby

  50. 50.

    Shenandoah

    Bryce Leatherwood

  51. 51.

    I'm a Boxer

    Brad Cox

  52. 52.

    James Alley Blues

    Jack Browning

  53. 53.

    It Won't Be Long

    Leon Majcen

  54. 54.

    Last Damn Thing

    George Pippen

  55. 55.

    Honky Tonk Blue

    William Beckmann

  56. 56.

    Wine and Whiskey

    Grace Lear

  57. 57.

    Beer Drinkin' Night

    Colby Lee Swift

  58. 58.

    First Rodeo

    Onoleigh

  59. 59.

    If Only I Could Wait

    Bon Iver and Danielle Haim

  60. 60.

    Who Wants

    Jade Bird

  61. 61.

    Same Moon

    Mitchell Tenpenny

  62. 62.

    BETTER PLACES

    Emma Grace Glover

  63. 63.

    Over and Over

    Trousdale

  64. 64.

    Just One Night

    Micah Fletcher

  65. 65.

    Hey Baby

    Florry

  66. 66.

    Back Together

    Brandon Wisham

  67. 67.

    Sip Sip Hooray

    Danny Kensy and Barefoot Joe

  68. 68.

    Left My Heart In Texas

    Sammy Arriaga

  69. 69.

    Rent Free

    Nate Good

  70. 70.

    Elegy

    Anna May

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