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It's been another busy week in the world of country and Americana. Megan Moroney has hidden so many Easter eggs in her new video for '6 Months Later' we can't even fit them all in our baskets, Jelly Roll was back in the ring for WWE Smackdown Nashville and Zac Brown Band announce their Sphere Las Vegas shows for 2025. All that plus new songs from Thomas Rhett, Margo Price and Randall King.
You can listen along to this week's Best New Country on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon and YouTube.
Best New Country Cover Star
This week's Best New Country cover star is Dylan Gossett. The 'Coal' singer releases his long-awaited debut album, Westward, Big Loud Texas / Mercury today. Written over the span of the past two years while touring the globe, the 17-track album was written and entirely self-produced by Gossett and features the singer's signature stadium-sized, heart-on-his-sleeve storytelling as he explores themes of love, family, faith and chasing one’s dreams.
“This album is a collection of stories that I wrote during the craziest two years of my life," Gossett said of the record. "I hope everyone can find something for themselves in it."
'Hangin' On' kicks off our Best New Country playlist today.
New Country and Americana Singles
After taking the week off from music to spend some time on his socials, Zach Bryan gets up early to get back to what he does best with a new single, 'Madeline,' featuring Gabriella Rose.
As always, we've got a few other collabs in this week's Best New Country playlist, and they range from the sublime, like Braxton Keith and David Dorn's 'Baby You Do,' to the brilliantly ridiculous, like 'Let It Run' by Zac Brown Band and Snoop Dogg. While Steve Earle and Reckless Kelly are wondering where all the 'Bad Girls' went and Margo Price continues to trail her forthcoming album, Hard Headed Woman, partnering up with Jesse Welles for 'Don't Wake Me Up.' Evoking the essence of Bob Dylan's 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' – and paying direct homage with the Hannah Gray Hall-directed video – the latest preview of Margo's forthcoming album is a freewheeling country rocker that chugs through hundreds of masterfully-spun words, as it takes the listener on a trip to dozens of places that are all better than here.
"The way the world is going, ain't where I'm at," they sing in unison, willing themselves to dream away the politician screaming on the television, or the madness seeping through the internet. "And sooner or later we'll all be dead, I'd rather be living it up, up in my head."
Watch the video for 'Don't Wake Me Up' below
Holler fave Lauren Watkins releases the swoonworthy 'Marlboro Man,' a song which sways with western imagery as the 'Shirley Temple' singer mourns that certain kind of old-fashioned rugged masculinity personified by the Marlboro Man character used in tobacco advertising for half a century.
Sam Barber announces a new 7-track EP, Music for the Soul, with 'Home Tonight,' which he quietly teased earlier this week via his fan-first platform, Sam Barber Files, giving his most dedicated followers an intimate first listen and offering his fans a rare, unfiltered look into Barber’s world, featuring unreleased content, personal visuals, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into his creative process.
Vincent Mason will be 'Damned If I Do' on his new single, Jackson Dean wants someone to 'Turn on the Lights' and Scoot Teasley is taking a trip up to 'Tower Road.' Plus, we've got new songs from Chris Janson, Whiskey Myers, Sheryl Crow and MaRynn Taylor.
Amanda Shires has announced her new album, Nobody’s Girl, for September with 'A Way It Goes,' the first single from the forthcoming record. Produced once again by Lawrence Rothman, the new album explores themes of heartbreak and loss, resilience, self-discovery and empowerment.
“'Nobody's Girl' is what came after the wreckage, the silence, the rebuilding," Shires shared about the album. "It’s about standing in the aftermath of a life you thought would last forever and realising no one is coming to save you.”
Watch the video for 'A Way It Goes' below
Elsewhere, we've got new singles from Kaylee Rose, Josh Ross, Logan Crosby, Billy Currington, Michael Marcagi, Madison Hughes and lots more.
New Country and Americana Albums and EPs
Trisha Yearwood release The Mirror, which includes a collab with Hailey Whitters on the honky tonktastic 'Drunk Works' among its duets. Thomas Rhett expands his ABOUT A WOMAN album by adding A Good Ol’ Boy in the brackets and three new songs to the start of the album with the help of a couple of his good ol' buddies. 'Ain’t a Bad Life' features Jordan Davis and the brilliant 'Old Tricks' features Blake Shelton, along with the flirty, bombastic stomp-and-clap solo track 'Bottle With Your Name On It.'
Scotty McCreery drops his 5-track Scooter And Friends EP, Max McNown expands his latest album with Night Driving (The Cost Of Growing Up), Micah Fletcher is on a Highway To Heaven and Jessie Murph releases her highly anticipated new album, Sex Hysteria, and we've got the sublime 'The Man That Came Back' in our playlist today.
All that plus Niko Moon embodies the carefree and relaxed life we hope we're all enjoying this Summer on his new long player as he fully embraces Ken's philosophical concept of "beach." Read more about AMERICAN PALM in our Holler premiere of 'YOU, ME & A BEACH.'
Spotlight Song of the Week
As always, we're shining our Holler spotlight on one particular song that we think deserves a little extra love this week and this week it's 'Drunk Enough' by Thomas Edwards.
After signing a record deal with Warner Music Nashville this week, the East Tennessee-born artist releases his first single for them and it's an absolute doozy. Written by the singer along with Dave Cohen and Aaron Ratiere, the follow up to 'Old Crowd' is a gloriously raucous boozy anthem that celebrates all the things Thomas Edwards has been inebriated enough to do over the years, but that won't include leaving the bar with a certain someone tonight.
“I’m so excited to be working with Warner and their great team of driven people,” Edwards said. “After spending the last four years in town improving my craft as a writer and artist, I am excited to let these songs out in the world with great partners at Warner. I look forward to challenging myself as a creative and all the great music to be made ahead!”
Check out this week's new country and americana song releases and listen to the full playlist below:
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Hangin' On
Dylan Gossett
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Madeline (feat. Gabriella Rose)
Zach Bryan
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The Man That Came Back
Jessie Murph
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AIn't A Bad Life
Thomas Rhett and Jordan Davis
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Don't Wake Me Up (feat. Jesse Welles)
Margo Price
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Home Tonight
Sam Barber
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Marlboro Man
Lauren Watkins
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Where To Start
Max McNown
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Let It Run (feat. Snoop Dogg)
Zac Brown Band
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Swim Up Bar
Scotty McCreery
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YOU, ME & A BEACH
Niko Moon
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Forever Ain't Long Enough
Max McNown
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Damned If I Do
Vincent Mason
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Drunk Enough
Thomas Edwards
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A Way It Goes
Amanda Shires
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Baby You Do
Braxton Keith and David Dorn
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I Don't Know You Yet
Maya Lane
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Humbling
Michael Marcagi
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Turn on the Lights
Jackson Dean
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Drunk Works (feat. Hailey Whitters)
Trisha Yearwood
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Tower Road
Scoot Teasley
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Making Room
Tiera Kennedy
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Lord Will
Madison Hughes
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Fellin' Single, Seein' Double
Domiique and the Diamonds
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Midnight Woman
Whiskey Myers
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Old Tricks
Thomas Rhett and Blake Shelton
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Wild Horses
Chris Janson
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Slow Down
Cam
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I Keep Your Memory Around
Randall King
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The New Normal
Sheryl Crow
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Started It
HALIE
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Go Around
Kaylee Rose
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dirty blonde
MaRynn Taylor
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The Older I Get (More Country I'm Gettin' To Be)
Jon Wolfe
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Later Tonight
Josh Ross
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Miss Me In The Moonlight
Brett Eldredge
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More Than A Game
Brandon Davis
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Bad Girls
Steve Earle and Reckless Kelly
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The Comedian
Lord Huron
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All I Wanna Do
Logan Crosby
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King of the World
Billy Currington
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Don't Play Your Games
Struggle Jennings and Bryan Martin
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Evergreen
Jackson Pines and Julia DiGrazia
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Niya Creek
Donny Van Slee
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Humble
Spencer Crandall
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Houston
Janet Devlin
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How Many One More Times
The Wolfe Brothers and Zac & George
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Loser
Hueston
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FTMF
Trey Lewis
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Happy Now
Kelsey Lamb
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Don't Leave the Light On
Leon Majcen
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We Should Get Out of Here
Emmy Russell, Tyler Ward and Song House
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Static
The Last Revel
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Mine
Ryan Kinder
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Highway To Heaven
Micah Fletcher
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Phone Call Away
Aaron McBee
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Mr. Tennessee
Wesko
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Mama's and Daddy's Dream
Walker County
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Something To Lose (feat. Corey Harper)
Christian Hayes
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Them Boots
Ryan and Rory
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Long Night in Lynchburg
Ray Fulcher
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I Bet You Do Too
Keller Cox
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That Dog'll Hunt
BOOMTOWN SAINTS
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Bridges
Jonathan Peyton and Abigail Peyton
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Crazy As Me
Belles and Blake Wood
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Bibles in Hotel Rooms
Andrew Hyatt
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Mind of the Maker
Gray Robinson
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Heaven Right Now
Taylor-Rae
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Sky Blue
Max Alan and Julia DiGrazia
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Your Go to Man
Garrick Aiden
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Plus One
Jessica Rose
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Good Time
Paul McDonald
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Honky Tonk Side of Town
Jacob Tolliver
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Dirt Roads and Daydreams
Young Foolie
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Not the One
Ian Harrison
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Rock Bottom
Elle Marie
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Out Where The Love Grows
Florence Somerville
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Better Than It Was
Emma King
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