Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#104)

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:
Sierra Ferrell – “Years” – When John Anderson first dropped this song on us as the title track to his 2020 comeback album, we knew it would immediately ensconce itself as one of his top tracks in a legendary career right beside all his old hits. A cover song must be especially compelling to make the Top 25 Playlist, and that’s what Sierra Ferrell has turned in here ahead of the John Anderson tribute album out August 5th.
The Broken Spokes – “All I Hear You Say” – This is your opportunity to onboard with this traditional country outfit from Houston, TX that’s about to unleash a new album of classic country goodness on July 15th called Where I Went Wrong. The Broken Spokes are your next favorite Texas honky tonk band.
Zoe Cummins, Gabe Lee – “Common Law” – “Earlier this year Zoe and Andy Wills wrote a witty love song about the concept of common law relationships,” says Gabe Lee. “It took some begging but I eventually convinced Zoe to let me sing it with her as a duet.” Just a single for now, but keep an eye out for new projects from both of these artists soon. The song was co-written by Stefanie Joyce.
Kimberly Kelly – “Honky Tonk Town” – This late bloomer from Texas has just released her official debut album I’ll Tell You What’s Gonna Happen (the title taken from a Billy Joe Shaver quote), and it’s delightfully outdated with 90s country music goodness. The dueling twangy Telecasters starting off this honky tonk scorcher make it the perfect lead off for the Top 25 Playlist.
Willi Carlisle – “Vanlife” – Willi Carlisle has been the best kept secret in independent country for too long, but he’s about to bust out national with his upcoming release, Peculiar, Missouri out July 15th. Carlisle’s songwriting is exceptional, and “Vanlife” is like a modern version of a Roger Miller road song, with extra heaping helpings of excellent traditional country instrumentation. Carlisle got a concussion falling off a van making the video for this song. The least you can do is give it a listen.
American Aquarium – “Waking Up the Echoes” – If sad songs make you happy, BJ Barham and American Aquarium have your medicine. Their new album Chicamacomico is full of ’em, but “Waking Up the Echoes” is one to not be overlooked, and is tragically relevant to so many of our lives.
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The Saving Country Music Top 25 Playlist primarily lives on Spotify, but is also available for those who use Amazon Music, YouTube, Apple Music, and Tidal. 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:
- “Honky Tonk Town” – Kimberly Kelly – I’ll Tell You What’s Gonna Happen
- “Russell County Line” – 49 Winchester – Fortune Favors The Bold
- “All I Hear You Say” – The Broken Spokes – Where I Went Wrong (7-15)
- “Always The Outsider” – Stacy Antonel – Always The Outsider
- “Weatherman” – Matt Daniel – All I’ll Ever Need
- “Years” – Sierra Ferrell – Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson (8-5)
- “You Said Goodbye” – The Slocan Ramblers – Up The Hill and Through The Fog
- “Vanlife” – Willi Carlisle – Peculiar, Missouri (7-15)
- “Biloxi By Two” – Ellis Bullard – Piss-Hot Freightlining Country Music
- “Sad Songs” – Jaelee Roberts – Something You Didn’t Count On
- “Common Law” – Zoe Cummins, Gabe Lee – (single)
- “Back Home” – Arlo McKinley w/ Logan Halstead – This Mess We’re In (7-15)
- “Heavy Eyes” – Zach Bryan – American Heartbreak
- “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
- “Dusty Bottles” – Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time
- “Scale These Walls” – Caroline Spence – True North
- “Waking Up The Echoes” – American Aquarium – Chicamacomico
- “Gone” – Michelle Rivers – Chasing Somewhere
- “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)
July 10, 2022 @ 9:46 am
The Other “least sounding country songs i’ve ever heard” AustralAsian Playlist:
What’s NEW?
A NEW category for NEW tracks called The Hot Shot Tracks: tracks who never appeared on Playlist/Testing before.
– Best Aussie Track 2022 (so far): Anita Spring – “When I Fall”
– Most Played Aussie Track 2022 (so far): Duncan Toombs – “Run”
– Best Duet or Collaboration 2022 (so Far): The Austins – “Back Road Bus Stop”
– Best Bluegrass/Heritage Country/Bush Ballad or Western Swing Track of 2022 (so far): “Slim’s Were The Best” by Peter Simpson feat. Charley Boyter (Bush Ballad)
&
Best Aussie Album or EP 2022 (so far): Lyn Bowtell – Wiser
– The Current Tracks:
Korey Livy – “Second Chance”
Brendan McMahon – “Back Roads”
Lyn Bowtell – “Maryanne The Optimist”
Lyn Bowtell feat. Shane Nicholson – “Wiser”
– The Hot Shot Tracks:
Steve Case – “Home”
Harlequins – “All The Love”
Ashleigh Dallas – “The Moon”
Brittany Elise – “Feel The Fire”
Hinterland – “Stay In Your Lane”
Steve Cheers – “My Fathers Hands”
John Williamson – “It’s Raining Again”
TC Cassidy – “Love Hate Love Again”
Kiara Rodrigues – “High School Reunion”
– The NEW Tracks:
Kristy Cox – “Good Morning Moon”
Danny Phegan – “The Halfway Hotel”
Tom Curtain – “Why We Live Out Here”
Bryce Sainty & Taylor Moss – “Sunday Best”
Desert Pear – “I Crashed My Drone In Texas”
Lynchburg & The Weeping Willows – “Until This Song Ends”
– Playlist/Testing:
Dozzi – “Good Fight”
Peter Baxter – “What If?”
Jack Rayne – “Blue Eyes”
Andy Penkow – “Fireflies”
Tori Darke – “Pick Me Up”
Courtney Keil – “Hard Place”
Colin Lillie – “The Headlights”
Robert Ross – “Golden Band”
Anita Ree – “You Don’t Know”
Ella Powell – “Along The Way”
Hunter Kaine – “Mind Of Its Own”
Aimee Hannan – “Where I Belong”
Vanessa Bourne – “My Three Queens”
Jetty Road – “Soundtrack To Your Life”
Troy Cassar-Daley – “Going Back Home”
The Long & Short Of It – “Midnight Choir”
McAlister Kemp – “Paid For Drinking Beer”
Sammy White feat. Brad Cox – “Love On The Line”
Jen Mize & The Rough N’ Tumble – “Elevator Ride”
Christie Lamb – “Three Chords & A Woman’s Truth”
Jodi Vaughan & Brendan Dugan – “I’ll Be There For You”
July 11, 2022 @ 8:39 am
Thanks for putting these out. I screenshot your lists and spend some down time searching the artists you share. Just randomly picked Jen Mize’s “Elevator Ride” as my first target and wow, not country but what a great jazzy, smoky voice. I’ll be playing this one a lot. There’s always some great nuggets in there and worth digging for imo. Keep ’em coming please.
July 10, 2022 @ 9:49 am
The American Aquarium album has grown on me so much and this song as are all of em is great. So looking forward to the show here. The surprise of the week for me has been the Kimberly Kelly album and you’re right Trig Honky Tonk Town is the way your playlist and the album should open. #1 in my rotation right now. I’m sure you’re working on the review.
July 10, 2022 @ 10:28 am
The Texas & Beyond Playlist:
– 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”
&
The Song Of The Summer 2022 (so far): Braxton Keith – ” “Gonna Come Back As A Country Song”
– The Current Tracks:
Shawn David – “Thorns”
Mario Flores – “Don’t Let Her”
Clayton Mullen – “Burnt Orange”
Josh Ross – “First Taste Of Gone”
Ryland Fisher – “Forget For A While”
Ryland Fisher – “Everything To Lose”
Stacy Antonel – “Always The Outsider”
Mark Jones & Twenty Paces – “Fences”
BlackHawk – “Baby The Rain Must Fall”
Ben Allen Curry – “Going Through This Again”
– The Hot Shot Tracks:
Tyler Deaver – “Burns Like You”
Kaitlyn Kohler – “I’m Not Crying”
Tim Stafford & Thom Jutz – “Take That Shot”
– The NEW Tracks:
Karley Scott Collins – “Tattoos”
Alex Key – “The Cowboy Stayed”
George Dearborne – “By George”
Jordan Rainer – “Damn Sandwich”
CJ Solar – “All I Think About Lately”
Jenni Dale Lord Band – “Better Things”
Eric Woodring – “Someone Made For You”
Love & Chaos feat. Willy Braun – “Wildflower”
Kenneth Waters – “Nightmares Do Come True”
– Playlist/Testing:
Gillian Smith – “Just Me”
Creed Fisher – “Nashville”
Riley Green – “Miles On Main”
Jordan Fletcher – “Death & Taxes”
Brandi Behlen – “Fly Away With Me”
A Thousand Horses – “Broken Heartland”
Haydon Haddock feat. Jon Wolfe – “Tequila”
Wade Bowen – “Everything Has Your Memory”
Brandon Rhyder – “Under The Lights On Friday Night”
Jason Allen feat. Jody Booth – Honky Tonk Gypsy Heart”
July 10, 2022 @ 12:17 pm
OlaR,
Must you?
July 10, 2022 @ 6:05 pm
Looks like my lists “trigger” a couple of people…
…well…i have more.
The Other Drive List or The Other 80’s Country List…let me know what you want.
July 10, 2022 @ 6:45 pm
Nah, save pixels and us the pain of another long list. Please.
July 11, 2022 @ 2:15 am
Oops…i thought Saving Country Music is Triggers page…but as i see it’s Happy Dans page. Well…whatever you want Not-So-Happy-Dan.
Like the most of us i have work to do, friends & family, a second hobby…ok…i have insomnia so i have a couple of more hours each night…i love to listen to new country music, new tracks, albums, artists…
…it takes a lot of time to listen to all the new stuff & it’s not always SotY-material.
People here in Germany or back home ask me why i listen to country music, spend my money & time on country music. People (still) have a lot of cliches about the music & the fans of country music. Maybe those people are not wrong.
What i found out (here on SCM for example…)…some cliches are true. “Commercial” country music is 100 years old now & fans (not all…) are still damn close-minded who don’t want to know more about the world. But country music is not only SS, Tyler, the Turnpikes, Zach Bryan or Eric Church.
There is a world outside of Kentucky, Tennessee or Texas. A world full of country music…great country music…with own roots, history & sounds.
Artists & songs who deserve a bigger audience because great music is great music & SCM is a great place to “promote” the aussie-sound or artists from Estonia because of it’s readers & fans of the music. Man…i was wrong & i should have known better.
But when you only want to listen to more-of-the-same stuff…oh my.
As you want…except for aussie country music…i’m outta here.
Country music (& in parts SCM) deserves better fans & readers.
July 11, 2022 @ 4:30 am
Personally I enjoy your lists because I would have no clue about those artists and that’s my favorite part about music is the discovery of great music. Also please post the 80’s list (:
July 11, 2022 @ 5:37 am
I read your lists as well. I’ll go through and listen to quite a few of the songs and do find some amazing stuff here and there. I for one hope you keep this up. Take care my friend.
July 11, 2022 @ 7:25 am
Actually your lists are fine, but since they are long and don’t include a Spotify (or other style) playlist, they are impractical, as most folks aren’t going to copy and paste acts they never heard of into Apple Music, etc., to see if they like that song or not. If you created a playlist like Trigger then I’d listen to it.
My € 0.01
July 11, 2022 @ 8:31 am
Happy Dan is just being lazy.
: D sorry, Happy.
A lot of us pick and choose some names off your lists.
Input them. Look for them on youtube. Give a listen …
Didn’t KathyP just say she got a kick out of Vanlife?
Well, yes she did.
: D You aren’t going anywhere OlaR.
Take a day or two to cuss us, 1/2 way around the world. Get it out of your system.
You still owe us The Other Drive List.
Because, you asked what we wanted.
And, don’t make me whip out the whole, You think you’re special? thingy…
We piss each other off, on a bloody regular basis around here.
You not special, OlaR. You family.
July 10, 2022 @ 7:53 pm
The Other Drive List, please.
Whether it be Drover driving (getting those doggies (cattle) & sheep down the road), OR, driving, driving …
songs
July 14, 2022 @ 5:56 am
Do we get, The Other Drive List, or what? …
(you’ve had time to throw your fit & get over it)
July 13, 2022 @ 7:58 pm
Its nice to see Adam Hood finally getting the recognition hes so deserved over the past 2 decadesGreat job Adam and Brent Cobb as Producer. How can it fail ? Oh did i mention that Country Music Superstar Miranda Lambert
July 10, 2022 @ 12:52 pm
I got a big kick out of Vanlife by Willi Carlisle. Will have to listen to the full album.
July 10, 2022 @ 1:00 pm
Sierra Ferrell continues to hold her title of “gift that keeps on giving”
thanks to this site for introducing me to her. i look forward to her having a long career, full of interesting music. i was wary initially of some chick that had facial tattooes, but now regret my prejudice.
July 10, 2022 @ 1:18 pm
You must check out all old & new videos of Sierra from gems on vhs. It’s a gold mine of incredible covers & originals.
July 10, 2022 @ 1:37 pm
I love that song Years. I missed hearing about the john Anderson album on 2020 so I didn’t have history on it. Though in fairness I don’t think the best version has been released yet. John kind of rocked out on it a bit much. The version here is more bluegrass but still seems a little too fast. I’m not s musically inclined person so I’m not trying to step on any toes but it seems like it could fit better into something slower with maybe a little restructuring to make it work. The song kind of reminds of John’s I wish I could have been there so I think it could work with a similar set up. Maybe just me.
July 10, 2022 @ 3:54 pm
All of Kimberly Kelly’s new album is stellar: Strong and authentic vocals and truly classic country instrumentation
July 13, 2022 @ 2:51 pm
Did you see Charlie Crockett is playing in New England next month?