Newest Additions to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#43)
The Saving Country Music Top 25 Playlist has now come to the lossless format of Tidal to go along with all the other major distributed streaming formats available in North America. So now you have no excuse to not be following along (see all links below). And if that isn’t enough to entice you to listen, get a load of the newest selections, some of which might be some of the best songs yet in 2019.
New singles abound these days as artists and bands make their bid for the “song of the summer,” and Mike & The Moonpies put in their bid with the sultry “You Look Good in Neon.” It is the first taste of what might be a new album coming later this year. Texas/Red Dirt songwriter Kaitlin Butts is also due for a new record, and her new single “White River” proves that women can do the murder ballad just as well as the men, with plenty of steel guitar underpinning the effort.
Singing duo The Steel Blossoms are also know how to turn the tables on the men, but their song “Kentucky’s Never Been This Far From Tennessee” from their self-titled record is more of a pining heartbreaker, with ample steel guitar itself and the always-appreciated twin fiddle start off. We’ve waited 17 years to hear new original music from Tanya Tucker, and “The Wheels of Laredo” has definitely been worth the wait. A bit out of left field and from more of the bluegrass realm, the Damn Tall Buildings are nonetheless definitely worthy of being on your radar. Their new album Don’t Look Down is out now, and the lively “Green Grass and Wine” makes the cut.
And lastly, many have been regarding Ian Noe‘s new album Between The Country as one of the best in 2019. Freshening his spot on the playlist is the haunting “Letter to Madeline.”
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The Saving Country Music Top 25 Playlist primarily lives on Spotify, but is also available for those who use YouTube, Google Play, Tidal, 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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Please Note: The songs on this playlist are curated for listening pleasure and flow. Otherwise, they are not in any specific order.
Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist:
- “Rodeo” – Charlie Marie – Self-Titled EP
- “Letter to Madeline” – Ian Noe – Between The Country
- “Green Grass and Wine” – Damn Tall Buildings – Don’t Look Down
- “You Look Good in Neon” – Mike & The Moonpies – (single)
- “Kentucky’s Never Been This Far From Tennessee” – Steel Blossoms – Self-Titled
- “House Fire” – Tyler Childers – Country Squire (8-2)
- “Good Old Fashioned Pain” – Taylor Alexander – Good Old Fashioned Pain
- “Wait On The Wine” – Caroline Spence – Mint Condition
- “Black Helicopter” – Ben Jarrell – Troubled Times
- “Good At Bad News” – Tylor & the Train Robbers – Best of the Worst Kind
- “No U in Oklahoma” – Reba McEntire – Stronger Than The Truth
- “One In a Row” – Randy Travis – (newly released archive single)
- “White River” – Kaitlin Butts – (single)
- “Dancing Alone” – Crawford & Power – (single)
- “The Wheels Of Laredo” – Tanya Tucker – While I’m Livin’ (8-23)
- “Give It Away” – Doug Seegers – The Story I Got to Tell (5-31)
- “Sit Here & Cry” – Kathryn Legendre – Making It Up EP
- “Heartache Medication” – Jon Pardi – Heartache Medication (9-27)
- “The Dress” – Emily Scott Robinson – Traveling Mercies
- “My First Broken Heart” – Country Side of Harmonica Sam – (single)
- “To You” – Matt Carson – No Regrets
- “Girl Goin’ Nowhere” – Ashley McBryde – Girl Going Nowhere
- “Eveline” – Gabe Lee – Farmland
- “Old Blood” – Nathan Seeckts – The Heart of the City
- “Die From a Broken Heart” – Maddie & Tae – (single)
- “Wine in a Coffee Cup” – Randy Rogers Band – Hellbent
June 9, 2019 @ 12:23 pm
The Other Playlist:
A little more mainstream, a little more Australia, a little more Texas, very new & very old stuff.
All artists & songs should be on Spotify, Google Play, YouTube & Amazon Music.
Best Country Track 2019 (so far): Felicity Urquhart – “Speck Of Dust”
Most Played Country Track 2019 (so far): Lee Kernaghan – “Watching Lightning”
Most Played Country Track June 2019 (so far): Liam Kennedy-Clark feat. Aleyce Simmonds – “The Line Drawn To You”
Current Guilty Pleasure Track: Alex Runions – “FM Dial”
Song Of The Summer (so far): Lee Kernaghan – “Backroad Nation”
Active / New & Current:
Jacob Bryant – “Hot Mess”
J.D. Leonard – “Just Drive”
Kylie Rae Harris – “Missouri”
Jade Jackson – “Bottle It Up”
George Strait – “Some Nights”
Randy Travis – “One In A Row”
Casey Baker – “It Was Only Me”
Ben Danaher – “Apple & The Tree”
Kathryn Legendre – “Sit Here & Cry”
Kensie Coppin – “Break Up In A Bar”
Triston Marez – “Unbreak A Heartache”
Reba McEntire – “Tammy Wynette Kind Of Pain”
Felicity Urquhart feat. Shanley Del – “Where The Fruit Hangs Low”
Steve Deal – “Whiskey Kisses” (New)
Korey Rose – “What If It’s God” (New)
Andrew Hyatt – “Didin’t Know Me” (New)
Kathryn Legendre – “Making It Up” (New)
Tania Kernaghan – “Better Worn In” (New)
Johnathan Batey – “Blame It On Her” (New)
Jameson Rodgers – “Some Girls” (Re-Entry)
Tanya Tucker – “The Wheels Of Laredo” (New)
Steel Blossoms – “You’re The Reason I Drink” (New)
Irene Kelley – “Something About A Train Sound” (New)
Darin Jones & The Last Men Standing – “Sound Of A Heartbreak” (New)
Active / ReCurrent & Country Gold:
Carter & Carter – “Open Road”
Charly McClain – “Radio Heart”
Muscadine Bloodline – “CB Radio”
Janie Fricke – “You Don’t Know Love”
Darwin Macon – “I Still Drink About Her”
Restless Heart – “Big Dreams In A Small Town”
Shelly West – “Somebody Buy This Cowgirl A Beer”
Forester Sisters – “Mama’s Never Seen Those Eyes”
Playlist / Testing:
Kaitlin Butts – “White River”
Jarrod Morris – “Stampede”
Mason Lively – “Right Back To You”
James Barker Band – “Slow Down Town”
Trisha Yearwood – “Every Girl In This Town”
Tom Cherry’s Sinners – “Wreck Of The Old ’97”
Dustin Sonnier – “What She Don’t Know Won’t Hurt Her”
June 9, 2019 @ 2:10 pm
TMI my friend. But if you made a playlist I could play, then I’d listen to it.
June 9, 2019 @ 4:49 pm
Yea, unfortunately it’s all just noise unless there’s a link with some tunes.
tl;dr
June 10, 2019 @ 8:01 am
Olar, I think this is great that you make this list. I look for it every time Trigger posts the chart. Thank you for doing it.
June 10, 2019 @ 8:12 am
Thank you!
June 9, 2019 @ 12:31 pm
I was listening this morning and Tanya came on, without even reading this or knowing she woould be featured, I recognized her voice. I cant do that with most, but I can with her. Great song, too.
June 10, 2019 @ 7:28 am
Just realized I can go to iTunes and add this playlist with the click of a button. So easy. What the heck took me so long!
June 10, 2019 @ 8:04 am
Just goes to show you, you can hear a song live 2 or 3 times like I have but when you sit and listen to the actual studio version you catch the lyrical genius that is a Mike Harmeier not only on this new song but of course on Steak Night at The Prairie Rose.
‘Well I been sitting here drinkin, my standards are sinking again
Well I ain’t worried bout the shape that your in, I know I’ll probably never see you again. I ain’t ever gonna tell my friends about you. But you look good in neon, you gave me your last cigarette”
That’s “Gold”!! I’ve been in that situation many times in my illustrious career.
June 11, 2019 @ 12:03 pm
Here, not in order though:
https://open.spotify.com/user/ronkmd/playlist/2Hv6HsSzcMehoKXhnJGa9J?si=3M9rSWIKSfSXJWMqEhJ7GQ
Really helpful for this:
http://www.playlist-converter.net/#/
June 12, 2019 @ 8:15 am
always enjoy your top 25 lists Trigger, thanks for introducing me to many new artists i otherwise would likely never have heard