Newest Additions to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#45)
If you’re looking for some fresh selections for your extended 4th of July holiday weekend listening, you’ve come to the right place. The Saving Country Music Top 25 Playlist is meant to keep you in tune with the best songs and albums being released right here, right now, and it has just been reprovisioned to help you get through your extended bout of binge drinking and the final dregs of your fireworks stockpile.
Bluegrass doesn’t always make it onto the playlist, but when it’s as blazing as fiddle maestro Michael Cleveland‘s version of “Tall Fiddler,” it would be a travesty to leave it off. This title track off his new album due out August 23rd on Compass Records leads the newest additions.
Erin Enderlin is known for writing songs for the likes of Alan Jackson, Lee Ann Womack, Randy Travis, and regularly collaborating with Jamey Johnson. She is in the midst of releasing a succession of EPs throughout 2019, and the title track of her second installment “I Can Be Your Whiskey” makes the cut.
Shane Smith & the Saints have just released their conceptualized new album Hail Mary, and though selecting one song out of the sequence feels like separating a sibling from its family, the song “We Were Something” has been selected for the playlist.
Elijah Ocean is an artist and side man Saving Country Music has been wanting to feature more prominently for years. Regularly playing bass for some of the biggest names in independent country and Americana, he also writes and performs his own music. His latest single “I Left My One Spot (Back at the 5 Spot)” about the famous east Nashville haunt makes the list.
And finally, a honky tonk band from Seattle, WA named Santa Poco has just released a hot shit four song EP, and the opening song “Handy Man” makes it on the playlist.
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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:
- “The Dead Don’t Die” – Sturgill Simpson – Movie Soundtrack
- “Tall Fiddler” – Michael Cleveland – Tall Fiddler (8-23)
- “Rodeo” – Charlie Marie – Self-Titled EP
- “Letter to Madeline” – Ian Noe – Between The Country
- “I Can Be Your Whiskey” – Erin Enderlin – Chapter Two: I Can Be You Whiskey
- “Country Radio” – Aaron Watson – Red Bandana
- “Kentucky’s Never Been This Far From Tennessee” – Steel Blossoms – Self-Titled
- “Cussin At The Light” – Jason Hawk Harris – Love & The Dark (8-23)
- “House Fire” – Tyler Childers – Country Squire (8-2)
- “You Look Good in Neon” – Mike & The Moonpies – (single)
- “Wait On The Wine” – Caroline Spence – Mint Condition
- “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)
- “Black Helicopter” – Ben Jarrell – Troubled Times
- “The Wheels Of Laredo” – Tanya Tucker – While I’m Livin’ (8-23)
- “Handy Man” – Santa Poco – Santa Poco EP
- “Green Grass and Wine” – Damn Tall Buildings – Don’t Look Down
- “We Were Something” – Shane Smith & the Saints – Hail Mary
- “Basket Case” – Gethen Jenkins – Western Gold (7-26)
- “Heartache Medication” – Jon Pardi – Heartache Medication (9-27)
- “I Left My One Spot (Back at the 5 Spot)” – Elijah Ocean – (single)
- “Die From a Broken Heart” – Maddie & Tae – (single)
- “My First Broken Heart” – Country Side of Harmonica Sam – (single)
- “Wine in a Coffee Cup” – Randy Rogers Band – Hellbent
- “Sit Here & Cry” – Kathryn Legendre – Making It Up EP
July 6, 2019 @ 11:30 am
The Other Playlist:
All artists & songs should be on Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music & Google Play.
My list is aussie-centric again. But there are two new tracks by Sunny Leigh Shipley (& 10 more on her great album Out Of The Sky) & a couple of other great new tracks like Brad Butchers single “”Nature’s Course”.
Best Country Track 2019 (so far): Drew McAlister – “The Stranger”
Most Played Country Track 2019 (so far): Lee Kernaghan – “Watching Lightning”
Most Played Country Track July (so far): Jon Wolfe – “Heart To Steal Tonight”
Current Guilty Pleasure Track: Dozzi – “Fools” (NEW)
Song Of The Summer: Lee Kernaghan – “Backroad Nation”
Active / New & Current:
Brad Cox – “Rusty Strings”
Jarrod Morris – “Stampede”
George Strait – “Some Nights”
Steve Deal – “Whiskey Kisses”
Felicity Urquhart – “Speck Of Dust”
Kathryn Legendre – “Sit Here & Cry”
Kensie Coppin – “Break Up In A Bar”
Cory Gallant – “We Both Bleed” (NEW)
Tanya Tucker – “The Wheels Of Laredo”
Brad Butcher – “Nature’s Course” (NEW)
Shane Smith & The Saints – “The End” (NEW)
Hunter Hathcoat – “Held On For A While” (NEW)
Sunny Leigh Shipley – “Don’t Let Me Sink” (NEW)
Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes – “The Road” (NEW)
SaltbushSix – “You Don’t Know Me Lonely” (NEW)
Dustin Sonnier – “What She Don’t Know Won’t Hurt Her”
Darin Jones & The Last Men Standing – “Sound Of A Heartbreak”
Sunny Leigh Shipley feat. Wood & Wire – “Out Of The Sky” (NEW)
Felicity Urquhart feat. Shanley Del – “Where The Fruit Hangs Low”
Liam Kennedy-Clark feat. Aleyce Simmonds – “The Line Drawn To You”
Active / ReCurrent:
Gary Morris – “Baby Bye Bye”
Damian Howard – “Not This Time”
Highway 101 feat. Paulette Carlson – “The Bed You Made For Me”
Deep Creek Road – “If You Only Knew Me When” (My all-time favourite song)
Playlist / Testing:
Anita Ree – “Sweet Sugar Cane”
Mitch Rossell – “All I Need To See”
Fabian Harloff – “Ich Fang Dich Auf”
Brad Butcher – “Travelling Salesman”
Jasmine Atkins – “Where I’ve Never Been”
Chris Roberts feat. Ashley Campbell – “Something To Brag About”
July 6, 2019 @ 12:41 pm
Good catch on Elijah Ocean. I just added this one to my July new music list : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkY8-UOMZQ0_p3uv1wJwiGcf7DPaCfMRg
July 6, 2019 @ 12:49 pm
“We Were Something” is the track of the year, in my book. Shane is also a heck of a nice guy. And man is this band absolutely killing it live right now!!!
July 6, 2019 @ 1:41 pm
Sorry, Pardi just doesn’t seem to belong here, in my opinion.
July 6, 2019 @ 2:39 pm
I can understand how some would see tracks from Jon Pardi, Maddie & Tae, or some of the other mainstream folks who have been featured here previously, and feel like they stick out like a sore thumb. I totally respect that, but the point of including a couple of mainstream tracks is to 1) Support worthy singles that are actively on radio at the moment in hopes they find traction. 2) Give mainstream fans at least something familiar to lack onto so this playlist can be inclusive of all the best country music out there regardless of where it’s from. Totally understand not every song is going to be everyone’s cup of tea.
July 6, 2019 @ 3:41 pm
I agree with this. I will mention that I attended a CMT taping for Maddie and Tae a few months ago, and they included pedal steel. I’ll also mention that I saw Luke Combs at Willie Nelson’s picnic a couple of days ago, and he also had plenty of steel, and covered Hank Jr.
It seems like some in the various indie scenes *want* everything from Nashville to be 100% bad, so they can use it as a foil.
July 6, 2019 @ 9:34 pm
I think I’d hafta vote for White River for song of the year at this point…absolutely
July 7, 2019 @ 11:33 am
You should add this song. Sounds like a George Strait hit.
https://open.spotify.com/track/0L0jh095Q1utfGZwMxuNEx?si=568CPBvqQGSsJcB8uoUJPg
July 6, 2019 @ 2:28 pm
Starting to get the hang of this Spotify/playlist thing. Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks….lol I like that it changes the playlist for me when Trig adds new tunes. I like Gethen Jenkins – Basket Case. Love the Kaitlin Butts – White River so much I had to go find the Same Hell, Different Devil album. Erin Enderlin’s – I Can Be Your Whiskey is great too.
July 6, 2019 @ 9:37 pm
Sorry I meant to reply to JBChicago…see above comment
July 6, 2019 @ 2:31 pm
Some damn good choices here,Ben Jarrell sure reminds me of Sturgill ,also really enjoyed Ian Noe, Gethen Jenkins, Michael Cleveland and Country Side of Harmonica Same,to name a few, really enjoy these lists Trigger – thanks!
July 6, 2019 @ 4:31 pm
Erin Enderlin’s ”Broken” is one of the best songs this year so far.
July 6, 2019 @ 5:08 pm
Took the time & listened to I Left My One Spot (Back at the 5 Spot)” – Elijah Ocean – (single). I liked it so much I caught myself tapping my foot. 😉 Goodness, I realized how much I love & miss that kind of music! Tyler Childers too!
July 7, 2019 @ 8:29 am
Thanks trigger can’t stop listening
July 7, 2019 @ 10:17 am
What’s with all the wine?
July 7, 2019 @ 12:41 pm
All 2 songs?
July 7, 2019 @ 6:51 pm
Three. Three’s company.
July 7, 2019 @ 10:45 pm
Ran out of whiskey.
July 7, 2019 @ 2:02 pm
Hey Trigg did you hear Clay Walker’s new song “She’s Easy to Hold”? No one’s talking about it but it, I only found it as it showed up in my feed on yt… but that’s a fantastic song! Just as country as George Jones if you ask me!