Newest Additions to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#25)
Tasked with keeping you up-to-date, informed, and entertained with the best new country music coming down the pike, a new set of songs has just been added to the Saving Country Music Top 25 Playlist. This includes Whitey Morgan and the 78’s brand new hard charging song “Honky Honk Hell.” It’s the first salvo from Whitey’s upcoming record Hard Times and White Lines out October 26th.
Kristina Murray has a new album of her own called Southern Ambrosia, which will be released September 21st. Her first taste of the new record called “Lovers & Liars” has also been added to the list. Drew Moreland released his debut, self-titled record on August 1st, and the opening song called “Road Stone” makes the cut.
And as promised in the past, if a mainstream song is good enough, important enough, and released as a single, then it will be considered for the playlist as well. Other mainstream artists have been in the playlist before such as Ronnie Dunn, William Michael Morgan, John Pardi, and Ashley McBryde. But Kenny Chesney‘s version of Travis Meadows’ “Better Boat” featuring Mindy Smith makes for the first arena-level act to make it on the playlist. “Better Boat” is that good, and deserves to be included with the other top caliber songs at this moment in country music.
The Cody Jinks selection on the playlist has also been freshened, from his first single off Lifers, “Must Be The Whiskey,” to “Head Case,” which should be considered a serious contender for Song of the Year as things appear here in early August.
The Saving Country Music Top 25 Playlist primarily lives on Spotify, but is also available for those who use Google Play, and on Apple Music thanks to Country Exclusive. For those who don’t stream music, you can still find the song recommendations in list form below.
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Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist:
- “Come Around” – El Coyote – El Coyote
- “Head Case” – Cody Jinks – Lifers
- “Over You” – Sarah Shook and the Disarmers – Years
- “Love To Try Them On” – Shane Owens – It’s a Southern Thing
- “Better Boat” – Kenny Chesney (ft. Mindy Smith) – Songs for the Saints
- “Off The Wagon” – Cliff Westfall – Baby You Win
- “Lovers & Liars” – Kristina Murray – Southern Ambrosia
- “Cadillac Man” – Wes Youssi and the County Champs – Down Low
- “My Way” – Ervin Stellar – The Moment
- “One Day At A Time” – American Aquarium – Things Change
- “Honky Tonk Hell” – Whitey Morgan and the 78’s – Hard Times and White Lines
- “I’m Not Alright” – Shotgun Rider – Palo Duro
- “I Don’t Deserve You (w/ Sunny Sweeney) – Jason Boland & The Stragglers – Hard Times Are Relative
- “Wild Reckless and Crazy” – Darci Carlson – Darci Carlson
- “Calgary Round-Up” – Colter Wall – (single)
- “Road Stone” – Drew Moreland – Self-Titled
- “Best Seat in the House” – Blackberry Smoke – Find A Light
- “The Dreamer” – Jay Bragg – Honky Tonk Dream
- “When I Heard” – Frank Newsome – Gone Away with a Friend
- “Drove Her Away” – Tim Culpepper – DUI (Drinkin’ Under The Influence)
- “From Here” – Rhyan Sinclair – Barnstormer
- “Takin’ Me a Heartbreak” – Randall King – Randall King
- “People Get Old” – Lori McKenna – The Tree
- “.30-06” – Brent Cobb – Providence Canyon
- “Starting Over Again” – The Church Sisters – A Night At The Opry
- “Once A Week Cheaters” – Kayla Ray, Colton Hawkins – Yesterday and Me
August 9, 2018 @ 8:59 am
For the artists that stay on the playlist, why not switch out their songs for something else you also liked on the album? Randall King for instance. It’s been Takin’ Me A Heartbreak for months. There are so many great songs on that album. I support keeping Randall on the playlist, but why not sub-out some of the songs so people can get a better idea of him (or anyone else?)
August 9, 2018 @ 9:58 am
Good question. One point of the playlist is to put specific support behind a specific song. Streaming is a very song-based environment as opposed to album-based, and the algorithmic data each song generates helps determine the fate of that song or artist in how they’re slotted in playlists, search results, etc. Switching back and forth between songs can injure the effect of this exercise. Sometimes I do change out songs from artists, like I just did for Cody Jinks. But there’s underlying reasons each song is selected. I don’t want to act like this is some fool proof method because it isn’t. It’s kind of like trying to hit a moving target, and I’m always trying to learn how to be better with it. Truth is, now that Randall King’s album is five months old, his song is likely to be replaced with a song from a newer project soon as opposed to another song from his album.
August 10, 2018 @ 10:05 am
I get what your saying, but, damn I love that song.
August 9, 2018 @ 9:50 am
The Other Playlist:
No Spotify but all artists/songs are on Youtube, Google Play or Amazon.
A lot of new songs & artists this month. All worth to check them out.
Song Of The Summer: Marie Wise-Hawkins – “Pickup Truck”
Best Song 2018 (so far): Travis Collins – “High Horse” (New Album: Brave & The Broken 08/17)
Most Played Song 2018 (so far): Karac Hendriks – “This Road Is Mine”
Most Played Song August 2018 (so far): Beccy Cole – “Lioness” (New Album: Lioness 08/24)
– Jessica Meuse – “Thank God It Didn’t Work”
– Lauren Corzine – “I Won’t Let It Stop Me”
– Isaac Jacobs Band feat. Mike Harmeier – “The Price We Gotta Pay”
– David Joel – “Wonder Woman”
– Austin Burke – “One Summer”
– Kenna Danielle – “I-35 Reasons”
– Shelly Jones Band – “Highways”
– The Powell Brothers – “Somewhere Down The Road”
– The Powell Brothers – “Can’t Help Myself”
– Cameran Nelson – “Worried Or Proud”
– Tim Culpepper – “Drove Her Away”
– Donice Morace – “Good Time Machine”
– John R. Schneider – “I Don’t Feel A Thing”
– Andy Kicklighter – “One Less Fish”
– Kiara Rodrigues – “Pretty Baby Blues”
– Graeme Connors – “One Life”
– Graeme Connors – “Stay Where You Are”
– David Paul Nowlin – “I Still Love Old Cars”
– David Paul Nowlin – “An Empty Glass”
– David Paul Nowlin feat. Daryle Singletary & Bobby Taylor – “Holed Up In Some Honky Tonk”
– Catherine Britt & The Cold-Cold Hearts – “Young In All The Wrong Ways”
– Susan Lily – “When Rail Was King”
– Aleyce Simmonds feat. Lachlan Bryan – “Heart You Saved”
+ Southern Pacific – “Any Way The Wind Blows”
+ The Shooters – “‘Til The Old Wears Off”
+ Ronna Reeves – “My Heart Wasn’t In It”
+ Anne Murray – “Call Us Fools
+ Mila Mason – “This Heart”
+ Deborah Allen – “Break These Chains”
+ Deborah Allen – “Break These Chains” (Acapella Intro)
Testing:
– Matt Kennon – “Wasn’t It Enough”
– Ali S. – “Girls, Beer, Utes & Rodeo”
– Amy Holden – “Best Time”
– Lauren April – “Picture On The Wall”
– Terry Brown – “Teardrop, Texas”
August 9, 2018 @ 11:05 am
Thanks for always posting these. It’s good to get some variety to augment Trig’s playlist. I’ve discovered quite a few new artists from reading the comments on Trig’s posts.
August 9, 2018 @ 11:56 am
I made a spotify playlist for these songs, title “The Other Playlist”
August 9, 2018 @ 1:58 pm
I’m already “working” on the next playlist. Spend the last hour listening to new releases & found some songs i really like:
– Anna Leigh Band – “Bullfrogs & Crickets” (EP: Unbreakable – 08/01)
– Amanda McCarthy – “Honky Tonk Heart” (Album: Lone Wolf – 07/26)
– Jessie Ritter – “Meet Your Mother” (Album: Coffee Every Morning – 07/27)
+ an older track by Arne Benoni – “If It Wasn’t For Love”
“Better Boat” is off my playlist.
August 10, 2018 @ 4:04 am
You have to link it
May 29, 2023 @ 4:22 pm
Marie Wise-Hawkins has a new Country Beach theme — kinda like the female Jimmy BUffet and Kenny Chesney — look for Find Me On a Beach and Somewhere in Mexico — #mwisehawkins #mariewisehawkins …. Not quite like Pickup Truck but I bet you will like the new tunes too!!
August 9, 2018 @ 11:53 am
My goodness. If this playlist was representative of the sound palette on country radio, I’d never turn the radio off.
August 9, 2018 @ 4:40 pm
Would love it if you took a listen to my new singles.
https://open.spotify.com/album/0pV3yUN95snNMBMY9l8vzX?si=7DMEsmTmQTWMRPmXLWpQvQ
August 10, 2018 @ 7:34 am
Head Case is a jam!
August 10, 2018 @ 10:13 am
Why is there never any love for Shooter Jennings? Just curious.
August 10, 2018 @ 12:56 pm
There was that time that Shooter fans were sending death threats to myself and my family, going as far as naming children by names. That said, Shooter’s new release is not being ignored here at all. I’ve covered it numerous times on the site already and it’s being considered for review. Was a very busy release day.
August 10, 2018 @ 3:59 pm
Way to make Trigger really want to give Shooter a fair review, you moron fanboi chuckleheads.
Trig, that’s inexcusable. I hope you saved IP addresses.
August 10, 2018 @ 8:58 pm
My bad, my bad. I guess I missed the articles. As far as the death threats, that’s inexcusable for those people. But that doesn’t really effect Shooter’s music or him as an artist. And how does my asking about reviewing Shooter effect how it’s rated? From what I’ve seen Trigger calls a spade a spade and is honest about the music regardless of who puts it out. So I think you can simmer down Corncaster. It’s pretty dumb attack someone over a simple question.
August 10, 2018 @ 9:00 pm
Hold on, I just understood your post Corncaster lol. I was the one being dumb haha. I apologize.
August 10, 2018 @ 10:37 am
Just discovered The Save Counrty Music website Thanks to Big D’s website via youtube.
On behalf of the root country music art form fans Thank You all for what you are doing.
August 10, 2018 @ 11:58 am
Honky Tonk Hell is my current favorite from this list. It’s an awesome track 🙂
August 12, 2018 @ 7:03 pm
Can hardly wait til October for the Whitey Morgan album to drop. At least I get to see him again at the Tophat in Missoula in 3 weeks. Looking at the track list, any idea if “Just Got Paid” is the ZZ Top cover? I’m assuming so since he has covers I think in every album so far.
August 13, 2018 @ 3:08 pm
I know I’m a little late to the party here, but I’m glad to see Randall King getting some love here. I love all the Texas/Red Dirt folks but Randall King may be the one with enough mainstream appeal (George Strait sound) to really make some noise in Nashville for the traditionalist cause in Nashville going forward into 2019. His debut album is solid.
I also love “Keep Her On The Line” and “Mirror, Mirror” off that album.
August 15, 2018 @ 7:38 am
“Like Patsy Would” by Lori McKenna.
September 4, 2018 @ 1:03 pm
Why are there 26 songs on the playlist?
September 4, 2018 @ 1:13 pm
1) It’s my playlist and I can do whatever I want with it. So if I feel like the count needs to “breathe” to facilitate an additional song, I’ll let it.
2) Because it’s available across multiple formats, not all songs are available on each format. For example, the iTunes version only has 25 songs, and the Google Music version only has 24.
September 4, 2018 @ 1:20 pm
Ah, I see haha. Cool.
I was just curious as the playlist is called Top 25. Enjoying the music anyway.