Best New Country Songs

It's been another crazy old week in the world of country music! Dolly Parton has been reassuring us all that she isn't going anywhere yet after cancelling her Las Vegas residency, Alan Jackson has announced his final show at Nashville's Nissan Stadium next June and Zach Bryan has upset Gavin Adcock and Nate Smith and even the Department of Homeland Security by posting a clip of his new song, 'Bad News.'

Thankfully things are a little less crazy in our round up of all the biggest and best new releases from the world of country and americana. We've got big new songs from Ty Myers and Marcus King, Megan Moroney and Jordan Davis for you this week plus lots more.

Listen along to all the songs in the playlist on Spotify, Amazon, Apple Music and YouTube.

This week's Best New Country cover star is Lauren Watkins. Her new album In A Perfect World is out today as she takes a moment out from the modern world to enjoy the quiet calm of the front porch.

“I've lived so much life in the past couple years, from playing shows all over the world and spending half of my time on the road, to building a sweet little life in a farmhouse with my husband,” shares Watkins. “It's made me appreciate so many parts of all of it. I've started embracing the simple things just as much as the chaos. And that's what inspired these 10 songs. It paints a good picture of what my world looks like these days, but I really hope people can see their own world within it too.”

She's celebrating her sophomore album release day in New York City where she's making her morning television debut on NBC's TODAY with Jenna & Friends. Then this eevening, Lauren will check off another New York milestone as she makes her Madison Square Garden debut, opening for reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year Lainey Wilson on The Whirlwind World Tour.

“It is totally surreal to get to celebrate my album by playing on the TODAY show,” shares Watkins. “This is something I've always dreamed of doing but felt so out of reach. And to top it all off, we finish the night at Madison Square Garden! I'm just so thankful to get to share my music in such a big way, and I'm gonna do my best to take it all in as it happens!”

The album's closing song, 'Pretty Please,' written by Lauren Watkins, Lauren Hungate and Luke Laird, kicks off our Best New Country playlist today.

Elsewhere in this week's Best New Country playlist we've got new songs from Jake Owen, Brandi Carlile and Morgan Evans. Plus, one of our favourite breakthrough artists of 2025, Zach John King can "Still Feel The Burn" on his new single.

"'Still Feel The Burn' is a story about not really being able to get over the pain of a memory, even long after that person's gone," the Zach John King explains. "And at the rock bottom of it all, you figure out that there's really nothing you can do to drown them out.”

We're heading back to the '70s thanks to some big collabs on this week's playlist. Lukas Nelson gets together with Sierra Ferrell and The Travelin' McCourys for a reimagining of the Neil Young classic 'Unknown Legend' that is every bit as brilliant as you would imagine, while Ty Myers and Marcus King cover Little Feat's 'Two Trains.' The Brandon Hood-produced tune is a wah wah-drenched solid chunk of sprawling swamp boogie and country funk that respectfully befits Lowell George et al.

Timmy McKeever is going 'Back To The Bottle' on his new single, Erin Kirby is hoping you'll do that thing you do and 'Make A Move' and Chandler Walters is firing up the jukebox and hoping for 'Justa One Kiss' on his energetic new track, written by frequent collaborators ERNEST, Devin Dawson, Jacob Durrett and Kyle Fishman.

“'Justa One Kiss' is a song I chose to record to foreshadow the image of where my music is set to go,” Walters shares. “I'm just excited to start releasing this new music and can't wait for y'all to hear what's coming.”

We've got new songs from Just Jayne, Tyra Madison, Twinnie, HunterGirl, Will Jones and Waylon Wyatt. Plus, another of our favourite breakthrough artists thus year, Chloe Kimes releases the follow up to 'Afraid To Die' from earlier in the year with another infectious country earworm, 'He Still Listens to the Radio.'

With its alternate title of '(Hammer & Nail Me)', her new single is a cheeky love song for blue collar hands which she calls, “an earnest expression of endearment written with plenty of playful euphemism, meant to be as romantic or clever as the listener is seeking."

After spending most of 2025 on and off the road with support slots for the likes of Jelly Roll and Brent Cobb with just enough time at home in Nashville to reset her suitcase and get a couple two-steps in between, 'He Still Listens to the Radio' waswritten in one long solo drive from San Diego to Nashville this past June, when Kimes was tasked with getting the van home from California at the end of her joint tour with Lola Kirke. The lyrics and melody were written to the white noise of the highway alone in a sprinter van, and completed by the time she got home to a guitar.

Natalie Del Carmen releases 'Plans Upon Plans,' the latest single from her forthcoming album Pastures, set for release in January, and Baylee Lynn is wearing her 'Heart On My Sleeve.'

Elsewhere, Jenna Paulette and Jake Worthington duet on 'Chasin' Whiskey,' Antonio Larose & Taylor Rae get together for 'Hearts Don't Break,' Morgan Evans is thinking about the 'Beer Back Home' and Jake Owen is going 'Middle Age Crazy' on anther of the standout tracks from his forthcoming album, the Shooter Jennings produced Dreams to Dream, due out on 7 November.

As well as the new one from Lauren Watkins we've got songs from new albums by Priscilla Block, Maygen & The Birdwatcher, The Grahams and Garrett Hendricks. As well as a live album from Megan Moroney, a stripped back version of Kelsea Ballerini's PATTERNS and a whole heap of new EPs by Mae Estes, Colton Bowlin and Hunter Metts.

Dasha releases Anna, the first installment of a two-part EP that marks a pivotal moment in her career as she continues to build out her wonderful world, each track unfolding in a different corner of “Dashville,” the cinematic universe Dasha has been sketching out for her fans.

Featuring her previously released tracks 'Oh Anna,' 'Not At This Party,' 'Train,' and 'Like It Like That,' the 8-track project channels the young girl who fought to make her dreams come true, charting her path up to the success of her breakout hit “Austin (Boots Stop Workin’” which has now gone 49 times platinum.

Watch the video for official video for 'Work On Me' below

Faith Hopkins releases her new EP, Love & Insanity and it's country pop perfection!

“My debut EP, Love & Insanity, captures the exhilarating extremes of love," she shares. "The dizzying highs, the crushing lows, and every chaotic emotion in between. It’s an emotional rollercoaster none of us can truly control. You never know if the fall will be the best thing that ever happened to you or the one that shatters you completely until you let yourself go. It’s insanely beautiful, yet utterly maddening at times."

"I wrote these songs with some of my closest friends over the past year, drawing from real love stories, messy heartbreaks, and revelations I’ve had along the way. For me, love has been unpredictable—chaotic, transformative, thrilling, and, at times, completely unhinged."

"The thing about heartbreak is that it takes an incredible amount of love to get there, and that’s exactly what I wanted this EP to embody. Love & Insanity is wild, honest, and just the right amount of dramatic—a mirror of my personality and the perfect way to introduce myself to the world.”

All that, plus, after being recently spotlighted in Guitar World as “Brad Paisley’s New Favorite Guitar Player," the Texas-based country singer who fuses traditional honky-tonk with a contemporary flair, Hayden Baker releases his 10-track album Alive & Well.

Watch the video for 'I Can't Fix Everything' below

Each week we shine our Holler spotlight on a song that we think deserves a little extra attention and this week it's a song from Texas songwriter Mila, who releases her debut EP, Melt, today. Although as she tells us, she’s "not chasing the spotlight, but building her own." And she’s inviting anyone who’s ever felt too much to stand in it with her.

We've got 'Chains,' featuring William Clark Green in our playlist today.

"It's six songs I've lived with and carried until I couldn't anymore," she says about the EP. "At the center is, 'Chains,' a duet with William Clark Green. The song started from a chord progression I couldn't put down until the verses and chorus arrived all at once one night. A few weeks later, after a show, Shelby Stone helped me finish it. I took the song to my producer, Rachel Loy. She set up the band and suggested reaching out to Will. His music is the reason I wanted to work with Rachel in the first place, so having him say yes was surreal. The result is a song that blends my perspective as a new Texas voice with the weight and tradition Will brings. 'Chains' became bigger than just a track on my EP, it turned into a moment that took me from writing songs in my bedroom to believing these songs have a home next to my heroes."

"It's a song about being caught in toxic cycle, and how when your stuck in it you convince yourself, 'it's not that bad' and the other person keeps you holding on when it's convenient for them. Having Will sing it with me gave both sides of the story a chance to show. The part of you that doesn't wanna let go and the side that knows it has to."

Listen to 'Chains' along with all the other songs on Spotify, Amazon, Apple Music and YouTube.

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

1. 1.

   Pretty Please

   Lauren Watkins

2. 2.

   Work On Me

   Dasha

3. 3.

   Pretty Little Liar

   Waylon Wyatt

4. 4.

   Things You Didn't See

   Priscilla Block

5. 5.

   Still Feel the Burn

   Zach John King

6. 6.

   Middle Age Crazy

   Jake Owen

7. 7.

   How to be Me

   Colton Bowlin

8. 8.

   Chasin' Whiskey

   Jenna Paulette and Jake Worthington

9. 9.

   Justa One Kiss

   Chandler Walters

10. 10.

    I Better Go

    Mae Estes

11. 11.

    Two Trains (feat. Marcus King)

    Ty Myers

12. 12.

    Basic

    Just Jayne

13. 13.

    Beer Back Home

    Morgan Evans

14. 14.

    Am I Okay? - Live

    Megan Moroney

15. 15.

    Ride With Me

    Will Jones

16. 16.

    Plans Upon Plans

    Natalie Del Carmen

17. 17.

    Unknown Legend (with Travelin' McCourys and Sierra Ferrell)

    Lukas Nelson

18. 18.

    He Still Listens to the Radio (Hammer & Nail Me)

    Chloe Kimes

19. 19.

    Kentucky Coal

    Benjamin Tod and Matt Heckler

20. 20.

    Insanity

    Faith Hopkins

21. 21.

    Baggage (Stripped Version)

    Kelsea Ballerini

22. 22.

    Bar None - Alt. Version

    Jordan Davis

23. 23.

    Gunshy - Rerecorded

    Southall and Koe Wetzel

24. 24.

    Heart On My Sleeve

    Baylee Lynn

25. 25.

    Love Left Me

    Thomas Edwards

26. 26.

    Chains (feat. William Clark Green)

    mila

27. 27.

    Smokin' Gun

    Kalsey Kulyk

28. 28.

    Jack Gets Me Sober

    Shaylen

29. 29.

    Love Is A Canyon

    Noah Cyrus and Orville Peck

30. 30.

    Don't Need a Cowboy

    Twinnie

31. 31.

    Make A Move

    Erin Kirby

32. 32.

    Might As Well Be Gone

    Noah Hicks

33. 33.

    Back To The Bottle

    Timmy McKeever

34. 34.

    The Elephant

    Callista Clark

35. 35.

    Couldn't Wait to Grow Up

    Jameson Rodgers

36. 36.

    Taillights Too Late

    Tommy Acker

37. 37.

    The Wizard

    Meels

38. 38.

    I Can't Fix Everything

    Hayden Baker

39. 39.

    Goodbyes Are Hard to Listen To

    Joe Nichols

40. 40.

    Whistlin' Dixie

    Shane Profitt and Randy Houser

41. 41.

    Six in San Antone

    Micah Edwards

42. 42.

    Bulldog

    Philip Bowen

43. 43.

    A War With Time

    Brandi Carlile

44. 44.

    Cowboy Killer

    Tyra Madison

45. 45.

    Homewrecker

    Rachel LaRen

46. 46.

    Hearts Don't Break

    Taylor Rae and Antonio Larosa

47. 47.

    South of San Antone

    Dustin de la Garza

48. 48.

    Learning To Love Again

    Kyle Gates

49. 49.

    Cowboys Ride Away

    Paige King Johnson

50. 50.

    Cocoon

    Maggie Rose

51. 51.

    Dat Ain't Right

    Melissa Carper and Theo Lawrence

52. 52.

    Heavy, Heavy Love

    Hunter Metts

53. 53.

    Why'd You Have To Bring Me Flowers

    Madi Diaz

54. 54.

    Secondhand Smoke

    Atlus

55. 55.

    Fall Together

    RaeLynn

56. 56.

    I Never Knew (Lennon's Song)

    Brent Morgan

57. 57.

    Don't You Want A Woman

    Melissa Etheridge

58. 58.

    Dozen Red Roses

    Ryan Jesse

59. 59.

    Grandpa's Chevrolet

    Clayton Hackle

60. 60.

    Undone - The Bonfire Sessions

    Sons of Habit

61. 61.

    Long Way From Home

    Brandon Chase and Orion Nyles

62. 62.

    Cowboy Up

    Austin Tolliver

63. 63.

    Didn't Cry Today

    Grace Leer

64. 64.

    The Older I Get

    Bryan Andrews

65. 65.

    Another Dimension

    Daniel Donato and Elle King

66. 66.

    Slippery Slope

    Jamie O'Neal

67. 67.

    Broke Umbrella

    Cameron Sacky Band

68. 68.

    Farewell Tour

    Nate Good

69. 69.

    The Devil Win

    Maggie Baugh

70. 70.

    Half The Man

    Luke Rob

71. 71.

    Single Side

    Jarrod Morris

72. 72.

    Dirt

    HunterGirl

73. 73.

    Old as You Feel

    Teddy Robb

74. 74.

    Count to Ten

    Carson Wallace

75. 75.

    Born To Be Country

    Amy Sheppard

76. 76.

    When You Know You Know

    Sully Burrows

77. 77.

    Oklahoma

    Braedon Barnhill

78. 78.

    Hickory Heart

    Davis Corley

79. 79.

    Call Me When You Hear This

    Kamryn Palmer

80. 80.

    You Thought

    KIANA

81. 81.

    EVERY BEGINNING (feat. Langhorne Slim)

    MORGXN

82. 82.

    I Have Found My Love Today

    Leon Majcen

83. 83.

    Ghosts of Tennessee

    Beatrix

84. 84.

    In Some Way

    Tanner Laws

85. 85.

    We Wear Boots

    Lindstrom

86. 86.

    How Many Times

    Katie Mae & the Lubrication

87. 87.

    conversations with the moon

    Kitty Coen

88. 88.

    Worst Parts Of Me

    The Grahams

89. 89.

    Ellie On The Wharf

    Rhett Miller

90. 90.

    Bronco

    Garrett Hendricks

91. 91.

    Somebody Else

    Caiden Wallace

92. 92.

    Diamonds in the Bluff

    Maygen & The Birdwatcher

93. 93.

    A Little at a Time

    Jake & Shelby

94. 94.

    Always Falling In Love (feat. Sydney Quiseng)

    Yam Haus

95. 95.

    Beautiful Lonely

    Brett Eldredge

96. 96.

    What If I'm Okay?

    Sam Varga

97. 97.

    Nights Like This

    Mike Ryan

98. 98.

    Heaven or Knoxville

    Dan Spencer

99. 99.

    You Shook Me All Night Long - Country Cover

    Robby Johnson

100. 100.

     Fire Child

     Pete Muller

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