Best New Country Songs

It's time for another of our weekly roundups of all the biggest and best new releases from the world of country and Americana. After a busy week of ACM nominations, CMA Fest announcements and horse trading, we could probably all do with taking a moment to take it all in. So put your feet up for the next five hours or so and settle in with a selection of this week's new songs.

In this week's playlist we've got new ones from Braxton Keith, Jordan Davis, Laci Kaye Booth and much more. 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 Tucker Wetmore. He celebrates getting his first ACM Award nomination for New Male Artist Of The Year by giving us another taste of his hotly anticipated debut album What Not To.

"This kid just got his first ACM nomination and let me tell ya he would be damn proud," he wrote on his socials alongside a baby pic. "I get to wake up and do what I love every day and moments like these are a reminder Gods work in my life and how truly blessed I am. Thank you to my team, the fans, and to country music. I love you all."

'Casino' is the second single from the album and follows up '3,2,1' from last month.

Lauren Alaina is feeling the worst of the effects of a stormy domestic relationship and wondering how much more of this hell she and the building can take on the Joey Moi produced 'Household.'

Alabama-born crooner Kashus Culpepper releases 'Southern Man' featuring Marcus King on slide guitar. Co-written by Culpepper and Bear Rinehart, it's another timeless slice of Muscle Shoals inspired country rock from one of our 10 Artists You Need To Know alumni as he goes from strength to strength with every single.

Someone who we'd love to see Kashus Culpepper collaborate with is Kalsey Kulyk, mainly because it would be such a fun tongue twister, and she follows up her Outlaw Poetry album from last year and recent single 'You Fight Dirty' with two new songs this week. We've got 'Neon Cowgirl' - her nod to classic country ballads - in our playlist today, which she releases along with her beautiful interpretation of The Chicks’ 'Cowboy Take Me Away.'

We've got new songs from Cody Johnson with Carin Leon, Gareth and Braxton Keith, while multi-Platinum, ACM Award-winning superstar Cole Swindell has announced his fifth studio album, Spanish Moss, for June. We've got the title track in our playlist today.

“The day we wrote the song ‘Spanish Moss’ I could tell we had something special and different for me, and I even thought to myself then ‘Spanish Moss' could be such a cool album title’ considering it holds a special place in my heart and reminds me of where my Dad lived when I was growing up," Swindell says. "From working with songwriters and producers I had never worked with to going back to the drawing board more times than I care to mention, I think having that patience and taking those chances really made this project what it was always meant to be and unlike anything I’ve ever done. I can’t wait for everyone to hear the entire album from top to bottom and I truly hope they can find a little of themselves and their own stories somewhere along the way in Spanish Moss.”

We've got big new songs from Jordan Davis, Dylan Scott and Dalton Davis. Plus, Zach John King announces his forthcoming Slow Down EP is coming out on 23rd May with 'I Deserve A Heartbreak.'

“"I wrote 'I Deserve a Heartbreak' about how breakups are rarely fair," he says. "One person always seems to carry more of the pain, and I’ve realized they don’t break evenly. We wanted to write a song that asks - if everything shook out fairly and I got back exactly what I gave - would I deserve the same heartbreak that I caused? It’s a classic country story told from a fresh perspective, and we’re really proud of the production. I pulled in a lot of my indie rock influences on this one, and there’s a huge breakdown in the middle that feels really unique. I don’t think you’ll hear this sound anywhere else."

Any fans of our Country Indie and Sad Girl Country playlists are going to love the new single from Anna Bates. 'Kids in Cardigans' is an absolute twee country anthem that sounds like noughties NY Anti-folk with a Nashville filter on.

“‘Kids In Cardigans’ is a story of infatuation that takes place under the disco ball from the perspective of a wallflower," says Bates. "It is my personal reflection of youth, wanting to fit in, wanting to find love, and watching friends disintegrate into shells of themselves. Simply put, it is a coming-of-age story and an homage to a generation of beautiful people searching for fulfillment in all the wrong places. But mostly, it is a song that I hope people will dance terribly to whenever, wherever, and with whomever they want."

On the eve of making her Grand Ole Opry debut, Laci Kaye Booth releases her new single 'Daddy’s Mugshot.'

"I wrote this song after I was scrolling on Facebook and saw my dad’s mugshot going around," she says about how her father, Texan singer songwriter Jody Booth, inspired the song. "I started writing about him, my life, the curse passed down to me and trying to ‘make it’ in Nashville.”

Braxton Keith is putting the 'Bye in Goodbye' and Jesse Daniel announces his forthcoming fifth album Son of the San Lorenzo for 6th June with 'My Time is Gonna Come.'

“When I was writing this song, I thought a lot about my life. It has been a pretty incredible journey and as I sat there, I thought back on all the work it's taken to get to the point I’m at. All the road behind me and the road ahead. In the past, I’d anguish over the outcome or success of what I was doing, and it often took the love out of it for me. This song is essentially a realization that music, art and life are more about the journey than they are the destination. It is a confident letter to myself that with this newfound mindset, the best of life has just begun."

Julien Baker and TORRES give us the last preview of their forthcoming album, Simeon Hammond Dallas is calling out a 'Bad Liar' on her new single and Crowe Boys release 'Bonfire in My Soul' and announce their debut album, Made to Wander, for 6th June, All that, as well as new songs from Tiera Kennedy, Maya Lane, Medium Build, Lily Fitts, Alma Russ, Trace Adkins and much more.

We've got a couple of new album releases from two of our 25 Artists for 2025 picks this week. Jason Scott & The High Heat take their blend of heartland rock and psychedelic southern country to new heights on American Grin and Pug Johnson releases the hotly anticipated El Cabron.

“There's a lot of Cajun music, swamp pop, and New Orleans flair down there,” says songwriter and recording artist Pug Johnson of his southeastern Texas
hometown. “There's Mexican music, Texas swing, and honky tonk too. It's a real vibe.”

Known as a Country singer first and foremost, Pug Johnson listened to the world around him when writing his latest album, reshaping his influences into something brand new and finding room for Tejano, barroom boogie-woogie, and southern soul, too, as he intertwines personal stories with fiction, exploring themes of corruption, desire, perseverance, love, loss, and then love again.

If that wasn't exciting enough, Alison Krauss & Union Station return with their first new album in 14 years, Arcadia.

Every week we turn the spotlight on a song that we think deserves a little extra light shining on it and this week we're putting it on Tanner Adell as she tells the true tale of pain and perseverance in her new single 'Going Blonde' and digs into the impact of her adoption at birth to reveal the discovery that made her who she is.

Raised by a loving family from the west coast, there was a part of Adell that always wondered about where she came from. After connecting with her brother years after doing a DNA test for an ancestry website - a Christmas gift from her adopted parents - the young country artist learned the origin behind her mom giving her up for adoption was actually untrue. In some ways, that very adoption was a mistake. The shock was only deepened by the news that her longed-for birth mother had died, robbing any chance to fill the empty spot in Adell’s soul.

Clinging onto a single picture of her mom, a blonde, blue-eyed knockout who Adell thought looked just like Dolly Parton, the artist dove deeply into Parton’s work, subconsciously seeking out connection. She soon found it in Parton’s debut single “Dumb Blonde,” and since Adell had always had natural blonde highlights, it suddenly struck her.

“Being blonde has been something that’s been a major part of my identity,” Adell explains. “But seeing that picture of my mom, and with the connection through Dolly Parton, it made me feel like I had a piece of my mom for the first time. It was a whole new meaning for me, like ‘This is a way that I’m going to keep her close.’”

“Blonde has this connotation that’s sexy and outgoing – and a little bit ditsy,” she continues. “But I felt like I could take that and turn it into something more meaningful. I’m really putting my heart out there to be completely examined. It’s been five years since my brother found me. I think I’m still learning things and I’m definitely still grieving. But I’m ready to release it as a form of my own therapy.”

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

1. 1.

   Casino

   Tucker Wetmore

2. 2.

   She Hurts Like Tequila

   Cody Johnson and Carin Leon

3. 3.

   Household

   Lauren Alaina

4. 4.

   Going Blonde

   Tanner Adell

5. 5.

   Bar None

   Jordan Davis

6. 6.

   Spanish Moss

   Cole Swindell

7. 7.

   I Deserve a Heartbreak

   Zach John King

8. 8.

   Daddy's Mugshot

   Laci Kaye Booth

9. 9.

   Southern Man (feat. Marcus King)

   Kashus Culpepper

10. 10.

    Waxahachie

    Pug Johnson

11. 11.

    Kids in Cardigans

    Anna Bates

12. 12.

    I Hate Whsikey

    Dylan Scott

13. 13.

    Help Ourselves (feat. Harper O'Neill)

    Ty Myers

14. 14.

    My Time Is Gonna Come

    Jesse Daniel

15. 15.

    Neon Cowgirl

    Kalsey Kulyk

16. 16.

    Bye In Goodbye

    Braxton Keith

17. 17.

    Answered Prayer

    Gareth

18. 18.

    1+1

    Tiera Kennedy

19. 19.

    So Far So Good

    Dalton Davis

20. 20.

    Yardwork

    Jason Scott & The High Heat

21. 21.

    Some Kind of Evil

    Lily Fitts

22. 22.

    Magnolias

    Alma Russ

23. 23.

    That Someday

    Trace Adkins

24. 24.

    Mayberry

    Rascall Flatts and Blake Shelton

25. 25.

    Hope It Kills Me (feat. Sterling Elza)

    LECADE

26. 26.

    Dirt

    Julien Baker and TORRES

27. 27.

    Bonfire In My Soul

    Crowe Boys

28. 28.

    California Fit In Tennessee

    Tayler Holder

29. 29.

    Get This Girl A Drink

    Rachel Lee Roberts

30. 30.

    County Road 123

    Aaron Watson

31. 31.

    Take One For the Team

    Chancey Williams

32. 32.

    Bad Liar

    Simeon Hammond Dallas

33. 33.

    Never Be Enough

    Maya Lane

34. 34.

    White Male Privilege

    Medium Build

35. 35.

    Dragonfly

    Ava McCoy

36. 36.

    Find My Way To You

    I'm With Her

37. 37.

    Living Till My Dying Day

    Adam Chaffins

38. 38.

    Travelling Alone (feat. Jason Isbell)

    Kathleen Edwards

39. 39.

    Richmond On The James

    Alison Krauss & Union Station

40. 40.

    carry me through

    Maren Morris

41. 41.

    Oh, Appalachia

    Jonas Conner

42. 42.

    No Tellin'

    Caroline Jones

43. 43.

    In a Small Town

    Robyn Ottolini

44. 44.

    Dirt Road Dropout

    Scoot Teasley

45. 45.

    Through It All

    Christian Hayes

46. 46.

    Whiskey Me or the Pain

    Tyler Nance

47. 47.

    Penny To Me Name

    Shane Profitt

48. 48.

    Lips of an Angel

    Lakeview

49. 49.

    Running/Planning

    CMAT

50. 50.

    Almost So Close, So Long, Goodbye

    Walker Montgomery

51. 51.

    Hate It Here

    Dylan Wheeler

52. 52.

    Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)

    Jeannie Seely and Madeline Edwards

53. 53.

    Make It Last

    Ty March. and John Rhey

54. 54.

    Girl Goin' Through It

    Payton Smith

55. 55.

    Tell Me Why

    Danny Worsnop

56. 56.

    Willie Nelson

    Jonathan Hutcherson and Steve Moakler

57. 57.

    Mechanic

    Will Moseley

58. 58.

    Bones

    Wesko

59. 59.

    Good Man

    Emma White

60. 60.

    someone like you

    Adrian Mitchell

61. 61.

    Wine Tonight

    Ryan Montgomery

62. 62.

    Do What We Do

    Drew Taylor

63. 63.

    Confident Soul

    MAYCE

64. 64.

    Driving Myself Insane

    HAYS

65. 65.

    Used To Know

    Kyle McKearney

66. 66.

    You Better Run

    Something Out West

67. 67.

    Motel

    Jessica Sevier

68. 68.

    Who Invented Missing You

    Brooks Hoffman

69. 69.

    Fingerprints

    Jon Kahn

70. 70.

    WILDER THAN THE WEST

    Justin Wilder

71. 71.

    LIL BIT KNTRY

    Loren Ryan

72. 72.

    My Country's Showing

    Will Jones

73. 73.

    Free Venezuela

    Alejandro Preschel

74. 74.

    Bite My Tongue

    Blue Cactus and Brit Taylor

75. 75.

    Welcome to Earth

    Hudson Mueller

76. 76.

    Come & Gone

    Ian James Bain

77. 77.

    Whiskey's Better

    Cody Pennington

78. 78.

    Growin' On Me

    Bryan Ruby

79. 79.

    LONELY

    Chris Andreucci

80. 80.

    Listen2me

    Foxwarren

81. 81.

    Somebody Else's House

    Rebekah Gilbert

82. 82.

    Til The Hurt Don't Hurt

    The Vegabonds

83. 83.

    Junkyard Dog

    Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo'

84. 84.

    The Wedge

    Tyler Grant

85. 85.

    Nothing I Need

    Lord Huron

86. 86.

    Feelings Lie

    Mark Robert Cash

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