Best New Country Songs

It's been a busy 4th of July weekend for all the Zachs (and Zach adjacents) of country music. Zac Brown Band are starting a countdown to something but no one is sure if it's a farewell or a thank you for having me, Zach Bryan has been busy in the comments section and getting more back than he bargained for and Zach Top has finally surrendered to the ice plunge while out on tour with Dierks Bentley with some drawn on abs and a special message for Riley Green.

There's not a single Zach in our round up of all the biggest and best new releases from the world of country and Americana though. We do have a Riley, a Lola and a Gavin though and two Benjamins.

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

This week's Best New Country cover star is Dasha. She releases her new single 'Oh, Anna!' today and spoiler alert, it's incredible!

She takes a moment off from the bombastic party bangers to showcase her softer side as she channels The Chicks and Fearless era Taylor Swift with a slide guitar and softly plucked banjo in a song that proves why she's one of the most exciting and versatile artists in country music today.

Written by Dasha, Hillary Lindsey, Emily Weisband, and Chris LaCorte, 'Oh, Anna!' finds the singer reflecting on how far she’s come, and the version of herself she never wants to lose sight of. It’s honest and vulnerable and one of the best songs you'll hear all year.

“I’ve had these dreams of doing exactly what I’m doing now since I was a little girl," Dasha explains about the song. "I just knew I was going to be a songwriter, I’m going to tour the world — it’s going to happen. But when everything blew up last year, I felt like I lost myself. It was scary. I was insecure, my confidence was gone.”

“I was in a write and told my co-writers, ‘I don’t even know who I am anymore,' so I decided to write a song that reconnects me with little me — Anna," she says. "My full name is Anna Dasha, and I miss her. I need her back.”

Watch the official video for 'Oh, Anna!' below.

Boasting a combined 14 GRAMMY, 33 Country Music Association and 59 Academy of Country Music awards between them, country heavyweights Chris Stapleton and Miranda Lambert tag team for 'A Song To Song' as their unmistakable voices light up the soon to be classic duet.

“Chris understands this emotion from the inside out, because he and Morgane have both lived it,” Lambert says of their co-write, produced by fellow Grammy winner, Dave Cobb. “To have someone so soulful and willing to go into the heart of the feelings, to share the pull of the road and creative life – and what that means when you love someone with every bit of your being is next level. When we finished it, we both knew we wanted to release it, to share it with everyone.”

Gavin Adcock treats us to another taste of his forthcoming Own Worst Enemy album, set for 15 August, as he finds his inner John Mellencamp on the heartland country rocker 'Sunset,' which finds himself wrestling with where to place the blame for a break up and includes the classic line, "I don't know whose ass I wanna kick more / Mine or that old boy's in the getaway Ford."

We've got new songs from a whopping great seven of our 25 Artists for 2025 in our playlist today, including new ones from Lanie Gardner and Emily Zeck.

"I’m not everybody’s cuppa tea, but that’s okay," everybody's favourite coastal cowgirl says about her new single, 'Blunt'. "I’m a compilation of all the great music, experiences, and trials and errors that have shaped me over the course of my life, and that’s something I’m proud of."

Hudson Westbrook might not have the best taste in lovers but he does have a 'Damn Good Taste in Whiskey,' Ty Myers is 'Leaving Carolina' and Max McNown brings in Cameron Whitcomb for a new heartfelt rendition of 'Night Diving,' as he gives us another one of the 11 never-before-heard songs from the upcoming deluxe LP Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up) out July 18.

“One of the things I respect above all else is authenticity and honesty in music, and Cam is the epitome of that,” says McNown of working with Whitcomb. “When I started thinking about a feature on that song, I knew there was no better person than Cam to join me. He gave it so much energy and his voice is so distinct, and now the song has a whole new life to it.”

“When Max first pitched the song to me, I barely got halfway through the first verse and called him back immediately," Cameron Whitcomb adds. "I think this song is honest and special, and I’m honored to sing alongside an incredible artist and human being on such an amazing record.”

Watch the video for 'Night Diving (feat. Cameron Whitcomb)' below.

Dylan Earl announces a new album, Level-Headed Even Smile, for 19 September on the always dependable Gar Hole Records with the release of the title track.

Written with Desiree Cannon and Chris Acker, it's a song about finding courage in feeling small and prioritising kindness in harsh times.

"We were out on the west coast," Earl says about writing the song. "One day, topic in the van led to a discussion about how ugly the world has gotten around us and how hard it has been to maintain happiness in spite of it all. I think there are so many folks out there that feel this way right now. There’s almost a guilt about being happy when others are suffering. However, in spite of it all, it’s imperative to do little things to shut the rest of the world out and maintain one’s self. We all have different ways of doing it. I explore that concept in this song. Just one of the ways I keep a smile on my face."

Watch the video for 'Level-Headed Even Smile' below

Elsewhere, Ashley Cooke releases 'the hell you are,' Tigirlily Gold are 'Thinkin' Bout That' and Hayes Carll previews his forthcoming album, We're Only Human, with the title track. Plus, we've got new ones from Karley Scott Collins, Chris Young, Reid Haughton and Sunny Sweeney.

Miranda and Chris aren't the only ones collabing this week. Philip Bowen ropes Charles Wesley Godwin for 'Blue As Water,' Marcus King Band teams up with Jamey Johnson and Kaitlin Butts on 'Here Today,' Brooke Lee and Lukas Nelson duet on 'Dandelion,' Sacha and Restless Road release 'Shooting Star' and Shaboozey & Burna Boy are hoping to 'Change Your Mind' on their new single.

All this plus new ones from Jake Owen, Jessie Murph, Shaylen, Preston Cooper, William Prince, The Band Loula and Kalsey Kulyk. While Lance Roark releases another single from his highly anticipated new album, Bad Reputation, due in November.

It's a big week for new albums this week. We've got songs from Brent Cobb & The Fixin’s Ain’t Rocked In A While, Sam Williams HONKYTONKIN', Tami Nielsen's Neon Cowgirl and Mallory Johnson's over the party. Plus tastes of new albums from Yelawolf & J. Michael Phillips, Madeline Edwards, Paul McDonald, Lucas Hoge and another surprising new one genre switch from Old Crow Medicine Showfrontman Ketch Secor on 'What Nashville Was,' the closing track to his new album, Story the Crow Told Me.

Noah Cyrus releases I Want My Loved Ones To Go With Me and it features collaborations with Blake Shelton and Ella Langley, while Tanner Usrey drops his highly anticipated new album, These Days.

We've got new EPs this week from Danny Kensy, Drake White, Karissa Ella and The Kruse Brothers. Plus, Riley Green releases his new Midtown EP this week with stripped back versions of four of his fan favourites plus a brand new song, 'Bartender in Destin.'

Each week we shine our Holler spotlight on a song that we think deserves a little extra light on it, and this week it's the new single from one of our 25 Artists for 2025, Clover County.

"If Clover County doesn't become one of the biggest breakthrough stars of 2025, then there is no justice in this cruel world and we will spend next Christmas miserably chewing down on our Holler trucker caps bemoaning how the world was too stupid and unfeeling to ever understand ‘Bootgazey' as a concept," we wrote at the time and with the release of 'Virginia Slim' we feel fairly confident we won't be eating hat anytime soon.

The singer announces her debut LP, Finer Things, today for September via her own label Undercover Lover Records in partnership with Thirty Tigers. Produced by Carrie K(Noah Kahan, Maggie Antone, Koe Wetzel), the album is a coming-of-age soundtrack that explores romantic, familial and platonic love with a winking charm and an observing eye.

The first single from the album, 'Virginia Slim,' is released today before she hits the road next monthn with Sam Barber for a run which includes dates in Toronto, Raleigh and more. Featuring a fuzzy guitar, 'Virginia Slim' is one of the best songs you'll hear all year. With a softly sighing fiddle and gently strummed acoustic as accompaniment, her voice should come with a public health warning that it could literally destroy you because it's so beautiful, as she tells the quintessential story of ‘right person, wrong time.'

“‘It's a song about falling for the idea of someone more than the actual person,” Clover shares. “After months on the road and too many blurred connections, I was burnt out. This song became a way to be honest with myself: about craving comfort, about romanticizing what’s in front of me and about choosing to protect a friendship instead of rushing into something I wasn’t ready for. Brad Cook helped me write the last few lines, including the most important of the whole song – ‘It’s been a long time since I’ve known love that wasn’t war.’ My two favorite instruments on this song are the Zippo lighter and the fiddle.”

Living comfortably in the space between folk, Americana and alternative, Clover affectionately refers to the genre she occupies as “Bootgaze.” Equally inspired by the classic country of Dolly Parton and the ‘90s rock of Sheryl Crow as she is by her contemporaries like Waxahatchee and Hovvdy, she blends the twang of timeless country songwriting with tongue-in-cheek observations on modern love.

Watch the video for 'Virginia Slim' below

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

1. 1.

   Oh, Anna!

   Dasha

2. 2.

   A Song To Sing

   Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton

3. 3.

   Bartender in Destin

   Riley Green

4. 4.

   Virginia Slim

   Clover Country

5. 5.

   Sunset

   Gavin Adcock

6. 6.

   Blunt

   Emily Zeck

7. 7.

   Dreams to Dream

   Jake Owen

8. 8.

   Damn Good Taste in Whiskey

   Hudson Westbrook

9. 9.

   Hey Neighbor

   Lola Kirke

10. 10.

    Level-Headed Even Smile

    Dylan Earl

11. 11.

    Night Diving (feat. Cameron Whitcomb)

    Max McNown

12. 12.

    Way of the World (feat. Ella Langley)

    Noah Cyrus

13. 13.

    We're Only Human

    Hayes Carll

14. 14.

    Dandelion (feat. Lukas Nelson)

    Brooke Lee

15. 15.

    Thinkin' Bout That

    Tigirlily Gold

16. 16.

    Leaving Carolina

    Ty Myers

17. 17.

    Bad as the Rest

    Jessie Murph

18. 18.

    Goner

    Benjamin Tod and Madison Hughes

19. 19.

    the hell you are

    Ashley Cooke

20. 20.

    High Divin'

    Lanie Gardner

21. 21.

    Me and You

    Lance Roark

22. 22.

    I Didn't Come Here To Leave

    Chris Young

23. 23.

    Easy to Leave

    Karley Scott Collins

24. 24.

    Here Today (feat. Jamey Johnson and Kaitlin Butts)

    Macus King Band

25. 25.

    If You Call Me Again

    Tanner Usrey

26. 26.

    Loneliest Man

    Shaylen

27. 27.

    On Rolls the Wheel

    William Prince

28. 28.

    The Takedown

    Preston Cooper

29. 29.

    Shooting Star (with Restless Road)

    Sacha

30. 30.

    Bad Feelin'

    Brent Cobb & The Fixin's

31. 31.

    One With You

    Nicholas Jamerson and Shelby Means

32. 32.

    Pour You A Drink

    Roman Alexander

33. 33.

    Blue As Water (feat. Charles Wesley Godwin)

    Philip Bowen

34. 34.

    Water at a Wedding

    Greylan James

35. 35.

    You're Breaking My Heart (Cecilia)

    Priscilla Block

36. 36.

    Just Be Simple

    MJ Lenderman

37. 37.

    Changed Things

    Jake Minch

38. 38.

    Can't Go Back

    Madeline Edwards

39. 39.

    Waiting Room

    Evan Honer

40. 40.

    Kissing Other People

    Rachel Baiman and Viv & Riley

41. 41.

    Sweet Southern Summer

    The Band Loula

42. 42.

    What Nashville Was

    Ketch Secor

43. 43.

    The High Cost of Living (feat. Randy Houser)

    Brad Cox

44. 44.

    Burnpile

    Pecos & The Rooftops

45. 45.

    Stuck in the Middle

    Lil Man J

46. 46.

    Change Your Mind (feat. Shaboozey)

    Burna Boy

47. 47.

    Neon Cowgirl (feat. Neil Finn)

    Tami Nielsen

48. 48.

    Might Just Love You

    Dalton Dover

49. 49.

    Drinkin' and Drivin'

    William Clark Green

50. 50.

    Traveling On

    Sunny Sweeney

51. 51.

    Somebody To You

    Reid Haughton

52. 52.

    Til I Get To Heaven

    Kalsey Kulyk

53. 53.

    New Kind of Emotion (Lily's Song)

    Runaway June

54. 54.

    Lose Control

    Drake White

55. 55.

    Let You Down

    Matt Schuster

56. 56.

    Wait

    Hunter Hayes

57. 57.

    Mess of it All

    Steady Habits

58. 58.

    Elizabeth

    Maygen & The Birdwatcher

59. 59.

    over the party

    Mallory Johnson

60. 60.

    Growing Wings

    Karissa Ella

61. 61.

    Ain't My Life

    Sam Grow

62. 62.

    Too Young, Too Dumb

    Jonas Conner

63. 63.

    Amnesia

    Yelawolf and J. Michael Phelps

64. 64.

    Gone Fishin'

    Lucas Hoge

65. 65.

    Take It As A Blessing (feat. Alexa Capelli)

    Jordana Bryant

66. 66.

    HONKYTONKIN

    Sam Williams

67. 67.

    Over

    Ryan Griffin

68. 68.

    Ramblin' Man

    Andy Griggs

69. 69.

    Just the Same

    Benjamin Dakota Rogers

70. 70.

    Last Second

    Tommy Acker

71. 71.

    One More MInute

    2 Lane Summer

72. 72.

    Break Mine

    Lane Smith

73. 73.

    Superwoman

    MōRAH

74. 74.

    Heartbreak, Thank You

    Alyssa Flaherty

75. 75.

    Silver Lining

    Jordan Fletcher

76. 76.

    Out of the Neon Blue

    Teddy Robb

77. 77.

    Whiskey Supernova

    Shi Eubank

78. 78.

    Rodeo Clown

    Palmer Anthony

79. 79.

    Que Sera Serenade

    Morgan Myles

80. 80.

    Colorado, TX

    Mah Moud

81. 81.

    Ball Cap

    Bryan Ruby

82. 82.

    What a Woman Should Be

    July Moon

83. 83.

    She Says It's Alright

    Ali Angel

84. 84.

    Way Back When

    Ty Baynton

85. 85.

    Keeps Me Sane

    Tyler Nance

86. 86.

    SECRETS ARE SAFE

    Emma Grace Glover

87. 87.

    RICH

    Gracee Shriver

88. 88.

    Can You Hear Me From Heaven

    Riley Roth

89. 89.

    Wild One

    Peech.

90. 90.

    Wood Smoke

    Creed Fisher and Logan Ruth

91. 91.

    Lonesome Dove

    Will Jones

92. 92.

    Cab Of My Truck

    Cody Cozz

93. 93.

    Let Me Be

    Chandler Dozier

94. 94.

    Wreck My World

    Faith Schueler

95. 95.

    Sometimes

    The Wildmans

96. 96.

    I Watched The Light

    Brian Dunne

97. 97.

    City Lights

    John Fortenbery

98. 98.

    Star of the Morning

    Paul McDonald

99. 99.

    The Social Song

    Danny Kesney

100. 100.

     Cry Cowboy Cry

     The Kruse Brothers

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