Newest Additions to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#15)
Man has it been a frenetic last few weeks with the amount of marquee album announcements we’ve had for 2018’s most anticipated records, along with some excellent songs unveiled ahead of the releases. That’s the story for two of the latest additions to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 playlist, the first being the superb title track from Joshua Hedley‘s upcoming debut on Third Man Record’s “Mr. Jukebox.” Old Crow Medicine Show has a new one on the way too, and their lead single “Flicker & Shine” also makes the latest playlist cut.
Along with all the new release news, there’s been the actual release of a couple of stellar albums that may go on to be crowned some of the best in all of 2018. Breaking all manner of decorum on the playlist is Mike and the Moonpies who now have an unprecedented two spots on the playlist after “Road Crew” has been added from their new album Steak Night at the Prairie Rose to go along with their standalone single with John Baumann, “Country Music’s Dead.” Caitlyn Smith‘s Starfire is not to be reckoned with, and neither is the song “This Town Is Killing Me,” which is one of the most heartbreaking songs so far in 2018.
And last but not least, a guy you’ve never heard of named Bart Alan Woytek out of College Station, TX has just released a single called “Honky Tonk Habit” that sounds almost custom made to make this playlist and couldn’t be denied.
The Saving Country Music Top 25 Playlist primarily lives on Spotify, but is also available for those who use Google Play, and now on Apple Music thanks to Country Exclusive. For those who don’t stream, you can still find the song recommendations in list form below.
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Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist:
- “Mr. Jukebox” – Joshua Hedley – Mr. Jukebox
- “Road Crew” – Mike and the Moonpies – Steak Night at the Prairie Rose
- “This Town Is Killing Me” – Caitlyn Smith – Starfire
- “Fast Money” – Urban Pioneers – Hillbilly Swing Music
- “Evolution – Jason Link – Music City Machine
- “Country Music’s Dead” – Mike & The Moonpies w/ John Baumann
- “Bottom of the Barrel” – Lee Ann Womack – The Lonely, The Lonesome & the Gone
- “She Ain’t In It” – Jon Pardi – California Sunrise
- “Flicker & Shine” – Old Crow Medicine Show – Volunteer
- “Just Outside of Austin” – Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real – Self-Titled
- “Honky Tonk Habit” – Bart Alan Woytek – (single)
- “If I Could Make You My Own” – Dori Freeman – Letters Never Read
- “Old Songs Like That” – Dillon Carmichael
- “If You Ain’t Cheatin’” – Yellow Feather – And Gold
- “The Older I Get” – Alan Jackson
- “A Tornado Warning” – Turnpike Troubadours – A Long Way From Your Heart
- “Scarecrow in the Garden” – Chris Stapleton – From A Room: Vol. 2
- “Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)” – Raelyn Nelson Band
- “Last of the Houston Honky Tonk Heroes” – Emily Herring – Gliding
- “Postcard” – First Aid Kit – Ruins
- “It’s Alright” – South City Revival – South City Revival
- “One Love Song” – Michaela Anne – (single)
- “How Tall The Glass” – Kristina Murray
- “A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega” – Ashley McBryde
- “Good People” – Josh Grider – (single)
February 3, 2018 @ 11:44 am
Thanks for sharing Trig. I appreciate you including Ashley McBryde in your list. I would have liked to see you include her new single American Scandal though! It’s so good and not getting nearly enough buzz.
February 3, 2018 @ 12:51 pm
Plz review H.C. McEntire’s new album, “Lionheart”
February 3, 2018 @ 2:19 pm
not bad!
February 3, 2018 @ 3:34 pm
Love these playlists. fyi…new songs out yestrday from Dillon Carmichael (Made To Be A Country Boy) & (can’t believe I’m saying it) Scotty McCreery (In Between) are both as good as their predecessors. And shoot me, but I love ‘Crazies Welcome’ from the new Montgomery Gentry.
February 3, 2018 @ 11:24 pm
I can’t agree more!
February 3, 2018 @ 4:08 pm
I would add “Sixteen” from Whiskey in the Pines.
February 3, 2018 @ 8:11 pm
First paragraph, “Mr. Honky Tonk” = “Mr. Jukebox.” Just thought I would point it out for anyone confused.
February 4, 2018 @ 8:30 am
Thanks for this. A lot of these may have slipped through the cracks.
February 4, 2018 @ 10:32 am
How the heck did this one get overlooked Trigger ?
Didn’t know Kylie Minogue was Kountry now . And her song is every bit as stupid and pointless as most other ‘country’ radio …..so..? Someone at radio is really slipping …..
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/kylie-minogue-on-discovering-country-kylie-jenner-dispute-w516181
February 5, 2018 @ 6:29 am
Oh my…what an Ohrwurm (earworm). I love the song & the video. Kylie knocks it out of the park once again.
February 5, 2018 @ 6:15 am
Bart Alan Woytek released an album in 1999 (Reckless Hearts).
As far as i know one or two of the tracks were hits on the Texas charts.
I put together folders with slower country tunes for my mom from time to time & 2-3 Bart Alan Woytek songs are part of the folders (“You Can’t Leave Here With My Heart” & “Tapestry Of Heartaches”).
My Current Playlist:
Homegrown – “People Change”
Brent Larkham & Jester Voodoo – “Home”
Jameson Rodgers – “Some Girls”
Matt Scullion – “Tears On A Page”
Matt Westin – “The Road That Never Was”
Miko Marks – “Kickin’ Back”
Michael Peterson – “Drink, Swear, Steal & Lie”
Rob Crosby – “Love Will Bring Her Around”
Tyler Williams – “Out Of The Blue”
Will Day – “This Country Life”
Girls Next Door – “Slow Boat To China”
The Dirt Drifters – “There She Goes”
Craig Gerdes – “Slide Off Of Your Satin Sheets”