Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#103)
The Saving Country Music Top 25 Playlist is built to keep you informed on all the best songs and albums coming out right here, right now in country and roots music. It’s available on most all streaming formats (see below), or you can just use the song, artist, and album recommendations to find something new to listen to. New songs just added.
Newest Additions:
Matt Daniel – “Weatherman” – This Texas songwriter is definitely one to check out and get on your radar. Matt Daniel is a great blend of good songwriting and a honky tonk sound. The swaying “Weatherman” is a killer heartbreak song about falling into becoming a fair weather lover. Off Daniel’s debut album All I’ll Ever Need.
The Slocan Ramblers – “You Said Goodbye” – A great fast little bluegrass number with a country heartbreak heart, “You Said Goodbye” is off The Slocan Rambler’s new album Up The Hill and Through The Fog. Yet another young up-and-coming band giving us a lot to look forward to in the future of bluegrass.
Arlo McKinley w/ Logan Halstead – “Back Home” – Wow, what an epic song this is, featuring one of the mainstays of the Appalachian songwriters in Arlo McKinley, and one of the fastest up-and-comers in Logan Halstead. Off Arlo’s upcoming album This Mess We’re In out July 15th.
Stacy Antonel – “Always The Outsider” – Antonel’s spot on the playlist is freshened with the title track off her just-released jazz-infused album that gives you vibes of Western Swing and smart country. About never feeling like you fit in just right anywhere, this song fits perfectly on the Top 25 playlist.
Brent Cobb – “Wild & Blue” – A great early hit of John Anderson’s written by John Scott Sherrill, it made it all the way to #1 in 1982. The Steel Woods also recorded in in 2017. Brent Cobb puts that sweet and sweaty Georgia spit polish on it for the upcoming John Anderson tribute, Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson out August 5th.
Sunny Sweeney w/ Paul Cauthen – “A Song Can’t Fix Everything” – “I was stepping into the elevator at my hotel as we were leaving Chicago after a great run, and this title popped into my head,” Sweeney says about the song that she co-wrote with Lori McKenna. “It’s about just trying to find those three minutes of happiness you get relating to something and taking yourself out of your everyday life. Letting yourself slip away, it can feel like it’s going to be okay, even if, ultimately, it may not be.” Off Sweeney’s upcoming album Married Alone out September 23rd.
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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:
- “Russell County Line” – 49 Winchester – Fortune Favors The Bold
- “Always The Outsider” – Stacy Antonel – Always The Outsider
- “You Said Goodbye” – The Slocan Ramblers – Up The Hill and Through The Fog
- “Biloxi By Two” – Ellis Bullard – Piss-Hot Freightlining Country Music
- “Weatherman” – Matt Daniel – All I’ll Ever Need
- “Sad Songs” – Jaelee Roberts – Something You Didn’t Count On
- “Heavy Eyes” – Zach Bryan – American Heartbreak
- “Back Home” – Arlo McKinley w/ Logan Halstead – This Mess We’re In (7-15)
- “jackson” – Kaitlin Butts – What Else Can She Do?
- “Son of Appalachia” – Tim Goodin – Son of Appalachia EP
- “I’m Going Crazy” – Jordan Foster – I Need A Train
- “A Song Can’t Fix Everything” – Sunny Sweeney w/ Paul Cauthen – Married Alone (9-23)
- “Bourbon Whiskey” – William Beckmann – Faded Memories
- “Crooked Tree” – Molly Tuttle – Crooked Tree
- “Dusty Bottles” – Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time
- “Lonely in Person” – Charley Crockett – Lil G.L.’s Presents: Jukebox Charley
- “12th of June” – Lyle Lovett – 12th of June (5-13)
- “In Texas With A Band” – Brennen Leigh w/ Asleep at the Wheel – Obsessed with the West
- “Scale These Walls” – Caroline Spence – True North
- “Half Grown” – Zach Bryan – American Heartbreak
- “Sweet Little Girl” – Kelsey Walson – No Regular Dog (8-12)
- “Found In A Bar” – Joshua Hedley – Neon Blue
- “Ballad of a Retired Man” – Ian Noe – River Fools & Mountain Saints
- “Gone” – Michelle Rivers – Chasing Somewhere (7-8)
- “Wild & Blue” – Brent Cobb – Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson (8-5)
- “Beyond The Stars” – Tami Neilson, Willie Nelson – Kingmaker (7-15)
- “Harder Stuff” – Adam Hood, Miranda Lambert – Bad Days Better (TBA)
June 19, 2022 @ 7:50 am
Another great list, another great Tami Neilson song I would like to add, is her new single, CARELESS WOMAN. a real up beat sassy, pro woman’s anthem, just a great and fun song, she always does songs like this and I love them.
June 19, 2022 @ 10:45 am
The Other (More or Less) AustralAsia + Texas & Beyond Playlists:
Two playlists for the price of one…well…
So many great new tracks…too many for one list.
– AustraAsia:
Changes:
– Lyn Bowtell released the best Australian album of 2022 (so far) with Wiser. Produced by Shane Nicholson & co-written by Lyn Bowtell with Kevin Bennett.
She is a nine time Golden Guitar winner, a Toyota Star Maker & the artistic director of the CMAA.
– Best Bluegrass/Heritage Country/Bush Ballad or Western Swing Track of 2022 (so far) is the bush ballad “Slim’s Were The Best” by Peter Simpson feat. Charley Boyter.
– Best Track of 2022 (so far) is the new Brendan McMahon single “Back Roads”.
Back home or here in Germany it’s what i do…i use the back roads to drive at night. Me-time.
– Best Aussie Album or EP 2022 (so far): Lyn Bowtell – Wiser (NEW)
– Most Played Aussie Track 2022 (so far): Korey Livy – “Second Chance”
– Best Aussie Track 2022 (so far): Brendan Mcmahon – “Back Roads” (NEW)
– The Current Tracks:
Andy Penkow – “Fallen Snow”
Rob Imeson – “Memory Deep”
Lyn Bowtell – “Woman To Woman”
Hayley Marsten – “I’m Fine, Thanks”
TC Cassidy – “Ain’t Too Late To Start Again”
Harry Foxton feat. Steeln Hearts & Grace Newton Wordsworth – “Howling Love”
– The NEW Tracks:
Duncan Toombs – “Run”
Anita Spring – “When I Fall”
Mike Carr – “Stupid Old Guitar”
Shane Nicholson – “High Horse”
Brendan McMahon – “Back Roads”
The Austins – “Back Road Bus Stop”
Lyn Bowtell – “Maryanne The Optimist”
Lyn Bowtell feat. Shane Nicholson – “Wiser”
Jayne Denham feat. Troy Kemp – “Rainstorm” (Re-Entry)
Peter Simpson feat. Charley Boyter – “”Slim’s Were The Best”
Michael Carpenter & The Banks Brothers – 18 Wheels & The Road”
– Playlist/Testing:
Lontano. – “Ticket”
O’Shea – “Neon Soul”
Angus Gill – “Samson”
Abby Christo – “Tokyo”
Suz Dorahy – “40 Years”
Kane Vincent – “Cool Kids”
Michaela Jenke – “Wanted”
Michael Waugh – “Four Square”
The Buckleys – “Oops I Love You”
Kristy Cox – “Good Morning Moon”
Brianna Grace – “If I Had To Guess”
Danny Phegan – “The Halfway Hotel”
Billie-Jo Porter – “More Than Friends”
Javier – “When Your Lies Come Down”
Tom Curtain – “Why We Live Out Here”
Jenny Mitchell – “Snakes In The Grass”
Liam Kennedy-Clark – “Inside The Frame”
Matt Scullion – “The Legend Of The Lamp”
Bryce Sainty & Taylor Moss – “Sunday Best”
Harvey Russell – “Honey Come Back To Me”
Desert Pear – “I Crashed My Drone In Texas”
Cameron Daddo feat. TEAK – “Rolling Stone”
Amber Lawrence – “Making Up For Lost Wine”
The Weeping Willows – “Lonesome Now I’m Gone”
Sam Hawksley feat. Shanley Del – “I’m Just A Little Square”
Lynchburg & The Weeping Willows – “Until This Song Ends”
June 19, 2022 @ 11:03 am
Texas & Beyond:
Changes:
– “Gonna Come Back As A Country Song” (Braxton Keith) is my “Song Of The Summer” 2022 (so far). Sitting in the car, stop & go & OlaR belting out “Gonna Come Back…”
– The Most Played track (so far) is Tyler Halverson feat. Kylie Frey with “Your Bar Now”. Unusual combination with an unusual track.
– Best Track 2022 (so far): Jessica Willis Fisher – “Fire Song”
– Best Album or EP 2022 (so far): Matt Daniel – All I Ever Need
– Most Played Track 2022 (so far): Tyler Halverson feat. Kylie Frey – “Your Bar Now” (NEW)
– The Current Tracks:
Wynn Williams – “Like The Wind”
Deborah Allen – “A Girl Like That”
Josh Ross – “First Taste Of Gone”
Caden Gillard – “The Last Cowboy”
BlackHawk – “Baby The Rain Must Fall”
Ben Allen Curry – “Going Through This Again”
Hayden Haddock – “Better Than Your Memory”
Braxton Keith – “Gonna Come Back As A Country Song”
– The NEW Tracks:
Jon Stork – “Blood”
Shawn David – “Thorns”
Dusty Moats – “Holdin’ On”
Sarah Darling – “Pretender”
Jeff Canada – “Ride With Me”
Mario Flores – “Don’t Let Her”
Cole Whittlesey – “Sunshade”
Rachel LaRen – “John Wayne”
Braxton Keith – “Mama’s Song”
Clayton Mullen – “Burnt Orange”
Ryland Fisher – “Forget For A While”
Ryland Fisher – “Everything To Lose”
Mae Estes – “Thinkin’ ‘Bout Cheating”
Chuck Briseno – “Wrong Things Right”
Stacy Antonel – “Always The Outsider”
Mark Jones & Twenty Paces – “Fences”
– Playlist/Testing:
HunterGirl – “Red Bird”
Maddye Trew – “Dear Loretta”
Karley Scott Collins – “Tattoos”
Regan Stewart – “Drunk Heart”
Shane Owens – “You Go Good”
Brooke Eden – “Left You For Me”
Alex Key – “The Cowboy Stayed”
George Dearborne – “By George”
Jordan Rainer – “Damn Sandwich”
James Lann – “Like Conway Twitty”
CJ Solar – “All I Think About Lately”
John Dempsy – “What Makes A Man”
Jenni Dale Lord Band – “Better Things”
Abe Mac (Band) – “Afan Of Tequila 2.0”
Chuck Wimer – “Whiskey, Texas & You”
Timmy Brown – “Hey There Heartbreak”
Eric Woodring – “Someone Made For You”
Porter Wayne (Band) – “Get Me Over You”
Love & Chaos feat. Willy Braun – “Wildflower
Kenneth Waters – “Nightmares Do Come True”
Coffey Anderson feat. Dillon Carmichael – “Ain’t As Lonely”
Scotty Alexander – “Nothing Good Happens After Midnight”
Kimberly Kelly feat. Steve Wariner – “Blue Jean Country Queen”
Jeremy McComb feat. Caroline Jones – “Back Before I Knew Ya”
Sunny Sweeney feat. Paul Cauthen – “A Song Can’t Fix Everything”
Felipe Cordero & The Redford Rebels – “Quarter Life Crisis” (Acoustic)
June 21, 2022 @ 2:01 pm
Regan Stewart’s recent EP “r” is worth checking out. A blend of traditional/pop country with lots of fiddle and steel and some witty lyrics! Fans of Ashley Monroe, Brit Taylor and early Kacey Musgraves will like her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eJ3w8t3W1o&list=OLAK5uy_nDSVWYa0PbiSrJjrarJdaUWjsLrwV3lYo&index=2
June 19, 2022 @ 7:52 pm
Surprised there is no American Aquarium presence on here, I’d say chicamacomico has a minimum of 2 song of the year contenders on it. I’d say 2 is an underestimate. That album rips so hard you can’t even listen to it casually because of how incisive and painful it chooses to rip. Little things and All i needed are both happy bangers though.
Also shocked, concerned, and frankly appalled that there is nothing on the playlist from jeremy pinnell’s 2021 album “goodbye LA”, which people are saying rips extremely hard in a remarkably pleasing manner.
June 19, 2022 @ 8:05 pm
American Aquarium might be on here soon. Lots of songs, only so many slots.
June 20, 2022 @ 8:20 am
Thanks trig, appreciate it. I can’t wait for the pinnell album review, that’s gonna be insane
June 20, 2022 @ 12:11 am
In a side note, Wild And Blue was also recorded by Alan Jackson on ‘The Bluegrass album’. Great album
June 23, 2022 @ 3:48 pm
Jordan Foster’s I’m Going Crazy is his best. Hopefully a step in the right direction.