Newest Additions to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#33)
Now that 2019 is off and running, it’s time to get ready for some of the most anticipated releases in the early portion of the year, and we’re doing so by adding some songs from these important albums to the playlist.
Leading off the new additions is a super fun and twangy trucker tune from authentic Austin, TX honky tonk band The Golden Roses called “Bad Habit.” They recently took time off from playing gigs at places like The White Horse to record their first LP entitled Terlingua Graveyard out February 22nd.
A lot of folks can’t wait for Flatland Cavalry‘s Homeland Insecurity to be released on January 18th, and their Western-feeling song “Living By Moonlight” has made the playlist. We don’t yet have a time and place when the new Shane Smith & the Saints album will be released, but we do have a couple of new songs from the Texas music outfit, including the well-written “Mountain Girl” which makes it on the list.
Rarely do cover songs or classic standards make the Top 25 Playlist with so many great originals out there, but Josh Turner‘s version of “Amazing Grace” off his recent I Serve a Savior Gospel album is just too good to not include. Ted Russell Kamp chimes in with “Home Away From Home,” which is the first song off his album Walkin’ Shoes. And though it’s been around for a while, the release of Ashley McBryde‘s “Girl Goin’ Nowhere” as a radio single necessitates adding it here to help bolster support for this stellar track.
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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:
- “Natural Disaster” – Dillon Carmichael – Hell On An Angel
- “Bad Habit” – The Golden Roses – Terlingua Graveyard (out 2-22)
- “Good and Drunk” – Ward Davis – Asunder EP
- “Bourbon Hound” – Della Mae w/ Molly Tuttle, Avril Smith – (single)
- “Around Here” – Whitey Morgan and the 78’s – Hard Times and White Lines
- “Girl Goin’ Nowhere” – Ashley McBryde – Girl Going Nowhere
- “If I Can Make Texas Tonite” – Tom Buller – When A Country Boy Gets the Blues
- “Coal Country” – Charles Wesley Godwin – Seneca (out 2-15)
- “The One That You Love” – Comanche Moon – Country Music Deathstar
- “Mountain Girl” – Sane Smith & the Saints – (single)
- “Walking On Water” – Nick Dittmeier & the Sawdusters – All Damn Day
- “Living Room” – Brian Callihan – (single)
- “Living By Moonlight” – Flatland Cavalry – Homeland Insecurity (1-18)
- “The Way She Looked At You” – Sarah Shook and the Disarmers – (single)
- “Cheyenne” – Pistol Annies – Interstate Gospel
- “Brokenhearted” – William Michael Morgan – (single)
- “Home Away From Home” – Ted Russell Kamp – Walkin’ Shoes
- “Die From A Broken Heart” – Maddie & Tae – (single)
- “Pickup Cowboy” – Jonathan Byrd & The Pickup Cowboys – Pickup Cowboy
- “Slow Kill” – Kristina Murray – Southern Ambrosia
- “Amazing Grace” – Josh Turner – I Serve A Savior
- “Viki Lynn” – Lauren Morrow – Self-Titled EP
- “Raisin’ Cotton” – Colter Wall – Texas Cotton (Soundtrack)
- “Death & Life” – Jamie Lin Wilson – Jumping Over Rocks
- “Old News” – The Steel Woods – Old News
- “Is It Cheating” – Belle Plaine w/ Colter Wall – Malice, Mercy, Grief, and Wrath
January 6, 2019 @ 12:59 pm
The Other Playlist:
More mainstream country & a couple of australian tracks.
Feel free to create a Spotify playlist. I don’t use Spotify but you will find all songs / artists on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Play & other shops / streaming-outlets.
Best Song 2019 (so far): Dani Young – “Stepping Stones”
Most Played Song 2019 (so far): Jordan Brooker – “Find My Fire”
The Top Ten Tracks:
#1 – Cornell & Carr – “Be In The Band”
#2 – Donavon Lee Carpenter – “What Kind Of Memory Am I”
#3 – Jordan Brooker – “Find My Fire”
#4 – Ward Davis – “Don’t Open That Door”
#5 – Dani Young – “Stepping Stones”
#6 – Erica Leigh – “With Or Without You” (New Top 10 / ReCurrent & Country Gold)
#7 – Jackson Tillman – “Wasted” (New Top 10 / ReCurrent & Country Gold)
#8 – Kirsty Lee Akers – “Chasing Ghosts”
#9 – Kolby Cooper – “Take It From Hank”
#10 – Kolby Cooper – “Tired” (New / New Top 10 / New & Current)
Active / New & Current:
Andrea Pearson – “Speeding Car”
Ken Rosier – “My Favorite Memories”
Jordan Nix & The Day Drinkers – “Gas Station Flowers”
The Sweet Jelly Rolls – “I Guess Those Country Songs Are Finally Getting To Me”
Jason Owen – “Better Than That”
Kimberly Kelly – “First Fool In Line”
David Adam Byrnes – “Beer Bucket List”
Weldon Henson – “Heart A Home” (New)
Kelly Lynn Madison – “Open Road” (New)
Hazelville – “Time Of The Innocent” (New)
Andy Penkow – “Drowning In The Whiskey” (New)
Troy Cassar-Daley – “Shadows On The Hill” (New)
Alice & The Underground – “Change My Mind” (New)
Diamondbuck – “Another Songwriter In Nashville” (New)
Active / ReCurrent & Country Gold:
Gabe Garcia – “Here I Go Again”
Amber Dotson – “I’ll Try Anything”
Muscadine Bloodline – “CB Radio”
The Stickers – “There Ain’t No Way”
Jody Booth – “You Only Love Me When I’m Gone”
Adam Harvey & Beccy Cole – “You’re The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly”
Playlist / Testing:
Mike Yow – “Mercedes Benz”
Haydon Haddock – “First Rodeo”
Morgans Mill – “Something I Can’t Do”
Jody Booth – “I Feel A Jones Coming On”
Kerry Fearon – “If The Devil Don’t Want Me”
January 6, 2019 @ 1:02 pm
This may have already been covered in previous posts but are these songs in any particular order?
January 6, 2019 @ 1:08 pm
Good question. No, they are not in an order as if they’re being ranked, or as if they represent the Top 25 songs of a given year or something. They’re put in order for optimal listening enjoyment. The primary purpose of the playlist is to keep listeners informed about the newest songs and albums being released.
January 6, 2019 @ 9:50 pm
I feel like an idiot now. I thought this was a countdown the whole time.
January 7, 2019 @ 12:06 pm
Thank you!
January 6, 2019 @ 2:28 pm
Great tunes! Happy to see Josh Turner. You’re absolutely right, its easy to pass on an overdone religious standard, but his version of Amazing Grace is phenomenal. It slowly builds from an acoustic to an all out outlaw jam. Essential listening. I need to check out Kamps latest also always been a fan of his work.
January 9, 2019 @ 12:00 am
While you are listening to Amazing Grace, you MUST also check out Josh’s version of “How Great Thou Art” on the same album. Not country, but just maybe the best vocals you will ever hear. The track also features Sonya Isaacs. Don’t even need to be religious to appreciate how well this is performed.
January 9, 2019 @ 5:14 am
Ah man, ive been wearing the whole album out! You’re right, fantastic vocals on that track. I am religious but i agree, you dont necessarily have to be. This record if nothing else really gets you to pondering on life in a positive manner. Very powerful!
January 6, 2019 @ 3:06 pm
Bit off-topic, but has anyone heard of Tanner Fenoglio? His song “Leaving Midland” was randomly playing on country radio today and it’s pretty good. I actually thought this was a new Mike and the Moonpies song before looking it up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCP_zT8UW40
January 6, 2019 @ 6:00 pm
Tanner is Great man. One of the best artists in West Texas
January 7, 2019 @ 6:32 am
Was on my playlist a couple of weeks ago.
New album is out: Lucky Man (10/05/2018).
“Leaving Midland” is #80 on the (still frozen) Texas Top 100.
January 6, 2019 @ 4:48 pm
Living By Moonlight is my JAM right now! Get that shit to the top!
January 6, 2019 @ 9:30 pm
Hey, Trigger! If anyone asked me a month ago what music genres I listened to, I’d tell them everything but heavy metal and country. I’m a total Yankee/Northerner/whatever you call it. My family is from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and though I live in Virginia I’m in the D.C. area, which is culturally the north. If that’s not proof enough, I didn’t know what biscuits and gravy were till going college further south.
The impression I had of country was made by songs like “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk” and “As Good As I Once Was,” which make me want to roll my eyes into oblivion. On a recent road trip, though, my friend played some country I actually -really- liked, such as “Jolene” and “The Devil Wears A Suit And Tie.”
Curious after that, I found your website. I’ve been delving through it, and though I adore your roasts, what I really appreciate is your discussions on the industry and your commitment to keeping female artists in the conversation. This genre is no longer off the table for me. When I go hunting for more country, I’ll be checking in here to get your opinions. Thank you.
January 6, 2019 @ 9:48 pm
Hey Rachel,
Glad you found a love for country music, and glad you found the site. This is what it’s all about. Happy listening.
January 7, 2019 @ 7:21 am
Hey Trig, glad to see The Steel Woods on that list, love those guys! That is one stellar album they come out with!
January 7, 2019 @ 9:33 am
Funny story. My wife was looking for a new station on Sirius, so I recommended Outlaw Country, telling her it wouldn’t be her cup o’ tea all the time, but she’d hear enough to find it worthwhile. First day, she tells me she heard this song about tipping your hat to the stone and how, at first, she didn’t catch enough to know what it was about. But, then, she realized it was a somewhat serious song about life and death and how good of a song it was. It was by some band with “steel” in the name and had a country rock sound. After some searching, it was The Steel Woods’ “Rock That Says My Name.” So, she had me listen to it.
I was already familiar with TSW (thanks, Trig!) and had already heard “Old News.” After hearing “Rock..” and their cover of “Southern Accents,” I’m excited to hear the rest of the news album. The two originals are well written and the musicianship is solid.
January 7, 2019 @ 10:41 am
Their new album is phenominal youll love it!
January 7, 2019 @ 5:36 pm
yb01,
Thanks for the tip on Tanner Fenoglio, I think he’s really good, and I agree the new Flatland Cavalry sounds great too, looking forward to the release.
Too many great things coming out every day, hard to keep up.
January 7, 2019 @ 8:04 pm
Love that song by Nick Dittmeir and the Sawdusters!
January 9, 2019 @ 9:17 am
Nice list as usual.
I’m going to give my Apple Music people some credit.
They have been putting together and promoting some playlists that have been surprisingly very good.
They currently have one called Country Roads (alt-country, Americana) I’ve been listening too that is pretty stellar.
There have been some others too that really good selections.
January 11, 2019 @ 9:24 pm
I love the list,, but can’t recall what other than “Ruby’s Stool” got dropped off
January 11, 2019 @ 9:28 pm
I rarely remark on what I remove because I don’t want to act like I’m diminishing these songs. But if you want to see how the playlist progresses, all the changes are cataloged by the number. So if you use the search function of the site (upper right hand corner), you can see when things were added or removed. “Ruby’s Stool” was on the last playlist update (https://savingcountrymusic.com/newest-additions-to-saving-country-musics-top-25-current-playlist-32/), so that means it fell off on this one.
January 11, 2019 @ 9:38 pm
I appreciate that. I just wanna be certain to have saved those I really dig, like Tom Buller.
January 12, 2019 @ 10:03 pm
If y’all like the Golden Roses tune we just released a new single “Top Shelf Whiskey and Cold Lone Star Beer” a crowd favorite recorded live at The White Horse in Austin. The new album will be out 2/22. Thanks for the support!