Newest Additions to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#17)
Fresh horses have just been added to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist, hoping to do battle with Spotify’s ridiculous portrayal of country music on their mainstream playlists bought and sold via the streaming version of payola.
The latest additions include the excellent song “My Way” from Ervin Stellar‘s recently-released album The Moment, which is very indicative of the original Outlaw-era sound. This is chased by the honky tonk heartbreaker “Why Don’t You Introduce Me as Your Darlin’” off of Vivian Leva‘s debut Time Is Everything.
Though Gospel music is not for everyone, The Oak Ridge Boys are, and the excellent “God’s Got It” from their just-released Dave Cobb-produced record 17th Avenue Revival makes the latest list. And certainly not to be overlooked is the new song from Dave Cobb cousin Brent Cobb that pays tribute to fallen country music artist Wayne Mills. “King of Alabama” is the latest single off of Brent Cobb’s Providence Canyon due out May 11th.
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:
- “My Way” – Ervin Stellar – The Moment
- “Why Don’t You Introduce Me As Your Darlin’ – Vivian Leva – Time Is Everything
- “Road Crew” – Mike and the Moonpies – Steak Night at the Prairie Rose
- “Mr. Jukebox” – Joshua Hedley – Mr. Jukebox
- “Made to Be a Country Boy” – Dillon Carmichael
- “Space Cowboy” – Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
- “Country Music’s Dead” – Mike & The Moonpies w/ John Baumann
- “This Town Is Killing Me” – Caitlyn Smith – Starfire
- “She Ain’t In It” – Jon Pardi – California Sunrise
- “Midnight Bell” – Grace Basement – Mississippi Nights
- “Bottom of the Barrel” – Lee Ann Womack – The Lonely, The Lonesome & the Gone
- “Fast Money” – Urban Pioneers – Hillbilly Swing Music
- “Honky Tonk Habit” – Bart Alan Woytek – (single)
- “King of Alabama” – Brent Cobb – Providence Canyon
- “If I Could Make You My Own” – Dori Freeman – Letters Never Read
- “Good As Gold” – Sarah Shook & the Disarmers – Years
- “If You Ain’t Cheatin’” – Yellow Feather – And Gold
- “God’s Got It” – The Oak Ridge Boys – 17th Avenue Revival
- “A Tornado Warning” – Turnpike Troubadours – A Long Way From Your Heart
- “Last of the Houston Honky Tonk Heroes” – Emily Herring – Gliding
- “Kelly’s Bar” – Trampled By Turtles – Life Is Good on the Open Road
- “Postcard” – First Aid Kit – Ruins
- “It’s Alright” – South City Revival – South City Revival
- “A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega” – Ashley McBryde
- “Flicker & Shine” – Old Crow Medicine Show – Volunteer
March 20, 2018 @ 8:35 am
Good additions to the playlist this week. I know it’s hard to keep up and you can’t possibly contain all the great material out there to just 25 songs, but I want to throw a shout out to the new folk/alt-country album “One Stone” by Trixie Mattel. She’s a drag performer and recent winner of Rupaul’s Drag Race All Stars, so that might be a little off putting to some, but behind all the drag are 7 well written, well produced songs with real country instrumentation. I’d suggest the lead off single “Moving Parts” as a start and go from there.
March 20, 2018 @ 8:35 am
LOVE that this is now on Google Play. Thank you very much.
March 20, 2018 @ 10:59 am
God’s Got It is the third song I’ve heard from the new Oaks album, excellent stuff so far.
March 20, 2018 @ 12:52 pm
Awesome list. Here is another great song. This whole album is really cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svAhBzcnMKk
March 20, 2018 @ 12:55 pm
Good additions.
March 20, 2018 @ 1:46 pm
What about ‘ Don’t tread on me ‘ by granger smith ?
March 20, 2018 @ 2:03 pm
We are just 10 days away from Musgrave’s and McBride’s new albums. I have high hopes for both.
March 20, 2018 @ 6:08 pm
Sam Outlaw is back in the studio.
March 20, 2018 @ 8:18 pm
I will continue to politely remind this site and readers to checkout the wonderful new album by Nathan Kalish called “I want to believe”. The cover is silly. It is supposed to be. Do NOT let that distract you from a very excellent album.
Songs I recommend:
Frail Shadow
My Best
Flyover State of Mind
On iTunes, bandcamp, spotify and youtube
March 21, 2018 @ 9:14 am
Not Apple Music?
March 21, 2018 @ 8:59 am
Thank you for this list. Although i listen to a lot of mainstream country i love finding new artists. The Grace Basement song was awesome!
March 21, 2018 @ 6:59 pm
One of the best lists yet!
March 23, 2018 @ 11:28 am
I just want to say this becouse of the awful Keith Urban song rant that the Ervin Stellar song is the proper way to do it. His first cord is just like Waylon’s “Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line”. The difference is, Ervins song is actually enjoyable, while Keiths song, is not.
March 23, 2018 @ 11:57 am
Yes, be inspired by the classic sounds of country and pay them forward, not deface them.
March 24, 2018 @ 10:24 am
Also doesn’t hurt that it’s Jim Campilongo on Ervin Stellar’s track. He burns.
March 26, 2018 @ 10:46 am
Thanks for the new playlist update! Yellow Feather’s song, “If You Ain’t Cheatin'” still gets me. Shocked they are flying so low. Looks like they have some solid tour dates coming up, so I guess we’ll see.