Best New Country Songs

It's time for another of our weekly round ups of all the biggest and best new releases from the world of country and americana. This week we've got big new songs from Chris Stapleton, Ella Langley and Kacey Musgraves, plus loads more to get excited about.

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

This week's Best New Country sees the return of Megan Moroney. She releases her highly anticipated single 'Beautiful Things' today, after it's become a big fan favourite partly due to a full-hearted live performance filmed at Credit One Stadium in Charleston.

As she explained introducing the song, she wrote the achingly tender ballad for her niece, telling the crowd, “When she was born, I remember just looking at her and being like, ‘She’s so perfect, and I just never want anything sad to happen to her.’”

"You’re standing at your bathroom mirror / Crying 'what did I do? tears," she sings in the heartfelt emo cowgirl power anthem. "Your friends are out and you’re right here / There's a party, you didn't know You just found out from your phone Did they not want you to go?"

Produced by Kristian Bush, Moroney co-wrote the quietly powerful track alongside Connie Harrington, Jessie Jo Dillon, and Jessi Alexander, and it's just what we need right now when it's harder than ever to find a little light shining in the world.

"Lies can break a fragile heart and doubt can crush your dreams / But honey, just take it from me, the world is hard on beautiful things," she sings, reassuring anyone who needs to hear it that everything is going to turn out alright in the end.

God, we hope you're right, Megan.

After we got a sneak preview of the soundtrack to Nobody Wants This Season 2 last week with Baylee Lynn with 'That's What I'll Be,' this week we get the whole thing to listen to. Featuring all-new music from country A-listers like Chris Stapleton, Kacey Musgraves and Ella Langley, as well as Holler 10 Artists You Need to Know alumni Just Jayne with their intriguingly titled contribution, 'Climate Change.'

Lit up in their luminous harmonies, the song marks a bold new direction for the Nashville-based outfit made up of singer songwriters Taylor Edwards, Jillian Steele, and Rachel Wiggins with a fun-loving track that speaks to the strange phenomenon of a longtime friendship suddenly sparking serious attraction.

“It was supposed to be one drink (one drink) / With an old friend (old friend) / But it’s like I’ve never seen you before / Sayin’ ‘nice to see you again," the trio sing in the Hi-NRG country dancefloor filler as they follow up the brilliant 'Basic' from earlier in the month.

“Mercury is rising and it’s in retrograde — that’s hot!” say Just Jayne. “We couldn’t be more excited that ‘Climate Change’ is part of the Nobody Wants This soundtrack with some of our favorite artists.”

Watch the video for 'Climate Change' below.

Vincent Mason gives us one last little taste ahead of his highly anticipated debut album, There I Go, with 'Little Miss,' a playful and catchy song that Mason says is his favourite on the record and.Meghan Patrick releases her new single, 'Both Can Be True.'

"This song is about realizing how hard it can be in life to truly 'have it all' at one time but understanding there’s always beauty and happiness to be found if you’re looking for it," she says. "It’s ok to be grateful for what you have and still want more, or love someone while knowing they aren’t “the one”. Life can be heartbreaking lows and exhilarating highs, and the beauty of living is accepting that both can be true, and sometimes at the same time."

We've got new songs from Koe Wetzel, Benjamin Tod, Jessie James Decker and Maddie Lenhart with her new single 'Drive Me Crazy.' While Kaylee Rose is in the hairdressers' chair getting hot and bothered by more than her blow dry in her latest single 'Going Blonde' and Tigirlily Gold are getting a little steamy on 'Mess Out of Me.'

"We wrote 'Mess Out of Me' to make people feel confident and sexy in their own skin," the duo explained. "Growing up, we were inspired by confident women like Faith Hill and Shania Twain, and this is our take on what it means to be a fearless woman in country music. From the lyrics to the melodies to the harmonies, we wanted everything in this song to sound bold and big. This song really showcases the new season of music we are embarking on."

Watch the video for 'Mess Out of Me' below

As always we've got some fun collabs in our Best New Country playlist this week. Bon Jovi have been making friends in unlikely places all over in the Legendary Edition of their latest album Forever and we've got their duets with Lainey Wilson and Jason Isbell in our playlist today. Meanwhile Sierra Ferrell and alt-country supergroup Chaparelle partner up on their newest single 'When It Snows In Texas.'

“When it snows in Texas, it is always a surreal moment in time, as was Sierra Ferrell writing with us at our cabin in the Hill Country," say Chaparelle. "Sierra and our mutual friend Torrie Blake stopped by on a hot summer afternoon for a few hours and a song fell out of the sky. Sierra is such a special person and artist, there was real fun and joy in the room as we sang ‘I threw my wishes down the wishing well.’ ‘When it Snows in Texas’ is a love song to our home with all its ups and downs, good and bad, sweets and sweet nothings.”

Elsewhere we've got new songs from Courtney Marie Andrews, Tyler Halverson, Rocco Gorelik, Next of Kin, Robyn Ottolini, Gareth and one of this month's 10 Artists You Need to Know Sophia Zamani, plus a brilliant new single, 'Two Hearts,' from Colee James.

We've got new songs from big new albums from Jonny Fritz, Ash Ruder, Brandi Carlile, Alexandra Kay, Joshua Hedley, Adam Mac and Billy Currington. While Dylan Gossett gives his latest album Westward the deluxe treatment with three new tracks, including new single 'Windy City' and collaborations with rising Canadian country singer-songwriter Noeline Hofmann on 'American Trail' and Kentucky country band Ole 60 on 'Back 40.'

It's a week filled with new EPs dropping into our playlist today too from Sophia Scott, Keyland, Georgia Ku, Remy Garrison and Kylie Frey. Plus Noah Rinker follows up his Burning Daylight EP from earlier in the year with The Pines EP. Restless yet reflective, heartsick yet hopeful, the six-song set explores love, loss, personal growth, and the passage of time against a soundtrack that evokes the grand natural beauty of the artist’s upbringing.

Watch the video for 'The Pines' below

Every week we like to shine our Holler spotlight on a song that we think deserves a little extra light shining on it and this week sees the return of Abby Hamilton, one of our favourite singers to come through in the last few years who released the brilliant #1 Zookeeper (of the San Diego Zoo) back in 2023. She releases her new single 'Fried Green Tomatoes' today and not surprisingly we've fallen hard for it.

"There’s two roads in my brain, the one less traveled and the one that I take," she sings on the bittersweet indie country slow burner. "It’s a swift sprint down memory lane to rejection in my or a prison that I’ve made."

"'I’m as settled as I’ll ever be,' the line from Idge Threadgoode in Fried Green Tomatoes that inspired this song," she explains about how the song came about. "It’s about the inner dialogue in relationships and friendships as you never show the world what you question from within. The world sees you as secure and confident, which you very well may be in some ways, but inside, you feel a sense of doubt that no one else knows. Maybe just the most intimate of friendships or relationships get qu’ed in."

"That in whatever you’re carrying on about inside or out, it’s still 'look at those fried green tomatoes' in the middle of 'she’s trying to teach me how to cook' it being chaos and joy and confusion," she adds. "You can be all out of sorts about whatever’s on about in your brain, and it’s still just 'fried green tomatoes.' The right person will make you laugh and ground you, remind you that you’re not so alone."

Watch the lyric video for 'Fried Green Tomatoes' below

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

1. 1.

   Beautiful Things

   Megan Moroney

2. 2.

   If The World Burns Down

   Kacey Musgraves

3. 3.

   Heart Letting Go

   Chris Stapleton

4. 4.

   This Version Of Us

   Ella Langley

5. 5.

   Stuck in Texas

   Joshua Hedley and Ray Benson

6. 6.

   The Pines

   Noah Rinker

7. 7.

   Little Miss

   Vincent Mason

8. 8.

   Going Blonde

   Kaylee Rose

9. 9.

   My Pride

   Benjamin Tod

10. 10.

    Half A Mind To Go Crazy

    Kylie Frey

11. 11.

    Windy City

    Dylan Gossett

12. 12.

    Drive Me Crazy

    Maddie Lenhart

13. 13.

    When It Snows In Texas

    Chaparelle and Sierra Ferrell

14. 14.

    Werewolf

    Koe Wetzel

15. 15.

    Old Me

    Alexandra Kay

16. 16.

    Climate Change

    Just Jayne

17. 17.

    Mess Out of Me

    Tigirlily Gold

18. 18.

    Fried Green Tomatoes

    Abby Hamilton

19. 19.

    Two Hearts

    Colee James

20. 20.

    Call Me Lonely

    Rocco Gorelik

21. 21.

    Both Can Be True

    Meghan Patrick

22. 22.

    Break Up With Me

    Kylie Morgan

23. 23.

    The Alley

    Next of Kin

24. 24.

    Human

    Brandi Carlile

25. 25.

    Keeper

    Courtney Marie Andrews

26. 26.

    Waves (with Jason Isbell)

    Bon Jovi

27. 27.

    Way Back

    Robyn Ottolini

28. 28.

    Stampede

    Gareth

29. 29.

    Difficult

    Georgia Ku

30. 30.

    He's a Show

    Sophia Zamani

31. 31.

    More Hearts Than Horses

    Tylr Halverson

32. 32.

    Lifeboat

    Sophia Scott

33. 33.

    Lucid Dreams - Pickin' in the Meadow

    Zandi Holup

34. 34.

    Mean To Me

    Kashus Culpepper

35. 35.

    Rhinestoned

    Adam Mac

36. 36.

    I Wrote You A Song (with Lainey Wilson)

    Bon Jovi

37. 37.

    Ready For Love

    Bad Company and HARDY

38. 38.

    Good for Something

    Remy Garrison

39. 39.

    Miss California

    Ash Ruder

40. 40.

    Cowboys Fall In Love, Too?

    Molly Forbes

41. 41.

    Last Bus out of Cleveland

    Dillon Warnek

42. 42.

    Stand Up To You

    Keyland

43. 43.

    Two of Hearts

    Sabine McCalla

44. 44.

    It Just Don't Get It No More

    Tony Joe White

45. 45.

    Long Time Coming

    Jessie James Decker

46. 46.

    Somebody Else's Somebody

    Solo Lowit

47. 47.

    Run For My Whiskey

    Billy Currington

48. 48.

    The Last Cowboy

    Wade Forster

49. 49.

    Hate Waking Up

    Pecos & The Rooftops

50. 50.

    Real American

    Brantley Gilbert

51. 51.

    Be Somebody

    Austin Williams

52. 52.

    Somewhere Else

    Randy Rogers Band

53. 53.

    Nashville Skyline (feat. Matraca Berg)

    Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

54. 54.

    Never Knew

    Garrison Nunn

55. 55.

    By The Way

    Seaforth

56. 56.

    Changed

    David Morris

57. 57.

    No Jolene

    Clare Mae

58. 58.

    ONE MORE

    James Johnston

59. 59.

    Here I Am

    Canaan Cox

60. 60.

    Air It Out

    Wade Forster and Piper Butcher

61. 61.

    That Girl

    Emmy Russell

62. 62.

    Me Right Now

    Brian Fuller

63. 63.

    Cows In The Front Yard

    Dalton Davis

64. 64.

    Flows

    Nathan Bess

65. 65.

    Wild Bill

    Sam Grow

66. 66.

    SOMETIMES I'M WRONG

    Alex Mather

67. 67.

    I'm Not Ready

    Tim Hicks

68. 68.

    Your Lips Were Made For Kissing

    Coffey Anderson

69. 69.

    Nice Life

    MÔRIAH

70. 70.

    Valvoline

    Levi Turner

71. 71.

    The Fall

    Bristol Coon

72. 72.

    Maybe Don't

    Clarke Burns

73. 73.

    Boomerang

    Nick Cain

74. 74.

    Hate How I Love You

    Paige Rutledge

75. 75.

    Match Made In Heaven

    Emma Smalley

76. 76.

    Fool's Gold

    Eliot C. Way

77. 77.

    Last Night In Laredo

    Tori Martin

78. 78.

    Better Hands

    Annika Catharina

79. 79.

    It's a Good Life

    Brandon Lane Moore

80. 80.

    Companion

    Courtney Hartman

81. 81.

    Hardwired

    Fabrizio

82. 82.

    Good Ole Nobody

    Ruby Walker

83. 83.

    Can't Let Go

    Buffalo Traffic Jam

84. 84.

    Every Good Cowboy

    Jess Jocoy

85. 85.

    One More Try

    Josh Meloy

86. 86.

    Riverside

    The Prickly Pair

87. 87.

    The Man I Feared I'd Be

    George Arbuckle

88. 88.

    Makes Sense

    Hope Douds

89. 89.

    Home Built Mess

    Paul Minnich

90. 90.

    A Real Good Bad One

    Joe Hermes

91. 91.

    Devil's Hardwoods

    Jackson Wendell

92. 92.

    Same Coast

    Brett Landin

93. 93.

    Latecomer

    Meghan Hayes

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