Best New Country Songs

April is fast-approaching and the temperature is (slowly) creeping up, which means an array of the biggest country chart-toppers are defrosting after a Winter of hibernation.

Alongside eagerly anticipated new albums from the likes of Ty Myers and Flatland Cavalry, we're being spoiled with stellar new singles from Ashley Cooke, ERNEST, Braxton Keith, Ingrid Andress, Ian Munsick, Sam Barber and so many more.

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

On the cover of this week's Best New Country playlist is Ashley Cooke.

First teased in February, Cooke's new single ‘xs’ epitomises the Florida native's ability to combine a clever piece of wordplay with a killer hook. The ‘your place’ hitmaker's sleek vocals glide over the atmospheric, guitar-driven instrumental, as she laments the way in which her partner has broken her trust, yet still thinks he can win her back.

Cooke rebukes him with an image that's as playful as it is powerful: “Whiskey nights, wandering eyes make messes / Hiding phones, "I don't knows" make questions / Towns talk and the truth starts spreading / And don't you know crossing lines makes Xs?”

Although we're still listening to Cooke's stellar ace album on repeat, ‘xs’ is so compelling that it has us crossing our fingers - not lines - in the hope that a new project is en route.

Watch the Official Lyric Video for 'xs' below:

We fell in love with Ian Munsick's ethereal falsetto and his penchant for refreshingly Western-inspired instrumentals a long time ago, but his latest release, ‘Love is Blind’, is a welcome reminder for country fans of Munsick's top-tier capabilities.

Flipping the classic phrase ‘Love is Blind’ on its head, Munsick recounts a tale of betrayal and cheating. It's a heartbreaking narrative, but he makes it sound so darn good that it has us singing along as he sets the vivid scene across the fiddle-backed composition.

Check out ‘Love is Blind’ along with this week's playlist below:

1. 1.

   xs

   Ashley Cooke

2. 2.

   Deep Blue

   ERNEST

3. 3.

   I Hate Nashville

   Ashley Monroe

4. 4.

   Little Bit By Little Bit

   Braxton Keith

5. 5.

   Taillights

   Ingrid Andress

6. 6.

   Kingdom of Fear

   Cameron Whitcomb

7. 7.

   Just A Kid

   Sam Barber

8. 8.

   She Was Just a Stranger

   Benny G

9. 9.

   Country & Midwestern

   Tigirlily Gold

10. 10.

    Love is Blind

    Ian Munsick

11. 11.

    Country And She Knows It

    Luke Bryan

12. 12.

    Me Neither

    Ty Myers

13. 13.

    Unglued

    Flatland Cavalry

14. 14.

    My Americana

    Tyler Braden

15. 15.

    BREAKUP (DOWN)

    Graham Barham

16. 16.

    Dirty Dancing - Stripped

    Cole Swindell

17. 17.

    The Best of Both Worlds - Spotify Singles

    Megan Moroney

18. 18.

    Boston

    STELLA LEFTY

19. 19.

    End of My Rope

    Benjamin Tod

20. 20.

    One More Day (Closer to Hell)

    Bryce Leatherwood

21. 21.

    Good While It Lasted

    Coleman Jennings

22. 22.

    Good Thing

    Corey Parsons

23. 23.

    If I Go Missin’

    Tim & The Glory Boys

24. 24.

    Up Out & Gone

    Ne-Yo

25. 25.

    Regret It (Live)

    Joshua Slone

26. 26.

    The Other Side Of Blue

    Melissa Etheridge & Chris Stapleton

27. 27.

    Over You Hangover

    Jillian Cardarelli

28. 28.

    West On 34

    Scott Wolverton

29. 29.

    That's Showbiz Baby

    Abbey Cone

30. 30.

    $8 Hay

    Nicole Croteau

31. 31.

    Box Wine Problems

    Alison Nichols

32. 32.

    A Parking Lot Far Away

    Logan Crosby

33. 33.

    If You Could Only See Me Now

    John R. Miller

34. 34.

    It's My Lie

    Chancey Williams

35. 35.

    Twist the Knife

    Ryan Bingham & The Texas Gentlemen

36. 36.

    Broke Down in My Truck

    Styles Haury

37. 37.

    Spend It on You

    Cody Hibbard

38. 38.

    We Drank From a Poisoned Well

    Trever M Keith

39. 39.

    Bad & Ugly

    Lil Man J

40. 40.

    Hope Springs Eternal

    Jim Lauderdale

41. 41.

    GOOD DAMN

    Brantley Gilbert

42. 42.

    Cut Him Loose

    Kalsey Kulyk

43. 43.

    The Luckier Ones

    Drayton Farley

44. 44.

    My Favorite Part

    Caitlyn Smith

45. 45.

    Give Back the Key to My Heart

    Hank Weaver & Ashton Naylor

46. 46.

    Say It Now

    NEEDTOBREATHE

47. 47.

    Ghost House

    Blake Whiten

48. 48.

    Hard To Tell

    Andy Thomas

49. 49.

    Georgia On My Mind

    Thomas Rhett

50. 50.

    Speed of Light

    Mitchell Tenpenny

51. 51.

    In My Truck

    BRELAND

52. 52.

    Lonely Nights These Days

    Cole Gibbs

53. 53.

    Wake Up And Smell The Country

    Mo Pitney & Jake Worthington

54. 54.

    Giving Up On Us

    Smithfield

55. 55.

    Something's Gotta Kill Me

    Levi Bloom

56. 56.

    Holding Her and Loving You

    Hannah Dasher

57. 57.

    Highway Man

    Silverada

58. 58.

    Whiskey Away

    Callum Kerr

59. 59.

    I'm No Stranger to the Rain

    William Michael Morgan

60. 60.

    Where Her Heart Is

    Tyler Dial

61. 61.

    When You're Gone

    Ryan Kinder

62. 62.

    Counting Tiles

    Baylee Lynn

63. 63.

    Heaven

    Sheyna Gee

64. 64.

    Carry On

    Calder Allen

65. 65.

    Thick Of It

    Hunter James

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