Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#126)

The hits keep coming, and the Top 25 Playlist continues to be overloaded with songs that feel essential for the public to be heard. This latest update includes numerous songs that might go down as the best all year.
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:
Joe Stamm Band – “Dollar General Sign” – Joe Stamm’s writing on his new album Wild Man reaches its peak use of perspective with the pretty stunning and entertaining “Dollar General Sign,” encapsulating small town American life in the way so many singer and songwriters try to do, but often fail at from falling for tropes instead of the true orientation of things.
Brent Cobb – “When Country Came To Town” – From his upcoming album Southern Star out September 22nd, this song perfectly encapsulates what we’ve experienced in independent country over the last 18 years. As opposed to criticizing where country music has been in the near past, Brent Cobb uses the names of artists who’ve risen from obscurity over the last few years to illuminate just how far we’ve come. (read more)
Jenny Tolman – “Right Back” – We’re not making near enough of a fuss about Jenny Tolman, her excellent songs, and her cool, young, and fresh take on traditional country. All of this is accounted for in “Right Back” which takes a fun twist on a classic breakup theme.
John R. Miller – “Conspiracies, Cults & UFOs” – This hot lick country music scorcher will get your limbs to twitching and scoot you down the highway like only the perfect road song can. No tinfoil hat required. From Miller’s new album Heat Comes Down out October 6th.
Whey Jennings – “Daredevil” – This grandson of Waylon Jennings has been around for a good while helping to keep the family name alive. But as those who follow the Jennings clan closely will attest, Whey has really come into his own in the last few years. “Daredevil” shows a depth and maturity of songwriting, and his voice has the perfect amount of weathering to drive it home. From his upcoming EP Just Before The Dawn out 9-22.
Posey Hill – “Keeping Tyler” – From Arkansas, sisters Kristian Miller, Erin Wisniewski and Megan Burnett put their heart and soul into their new album No Clear Place To Fall, and are drawing national attention through this song about leaving a no good man with nothing but the collection of Tyler Childers records.
Jason Eady – “Way Down In Mississippi” – Jason Eady may be synonymous with Texas and songwriting, but on his new album Mississippi he traces his roots back to his upbringing in the Magnolia State, and gets a little bluesy and funky like you hear in this song.
Zach Bryan with Sierra Ferrell – “Holy Roller” – Two of the top artists revolutionizing country music singing together is one of the highlights of Zach Bryan’s new self-titled album. “Holy Roller” once again shows off Zach’s uncanny mastery of poetic language and pentameter.
John Morgan – “Cold Summer” – Summer songs aren’t supposed to be sad, but this sincere heartbreaker from John Morgan turns that maxim on its head. A great traditional country song from a BBR-signed artist that proves the mainstream isn’t immune from the resurgence of twang either.
Lori McKenna – “Happy Children” – Few things hit like a Lori McKenna song, really helping to put the most important things in life into perspective. Happy children = happy life, and Lori encapsulates that so well in this song from her recent album 1988.
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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:
- “Dollar General Sign” – Joe Stamm Band – Wild Man
- “Brought Me” – Turnpike Troubadours – A Cat in the Rain
- “Conspiracies, Cults & UFOs – John R. Miller – Heat Comes Down (10-6)
- “When Country Came Back To Town” – Brent Cobb – Southern Star (9-22)
- “Right Back” – Jenny Tolman – (single)
- “She Can’t Be Found” – William Beckmann – Here’s To You. Here’s To Me
- “Keeping Tyler” – Posey Hill – No Clear Place to Fall
- “Wish I Was” – Royce Johns – Thank Ya Kindly
- “Straight Down The Barrel – Erin Viancourt – Won’t Die This Way
- “Everybody Wants To Be A Cowboy” – Ross Cooper – Lightning Heart (9-29)
- “Holy Roller” – Zach Bryan feat. Sierra Ferrell – Self-Titled
- “Cool To Be Country” – McBride & The Ride – Marlboros & Avon EP
- “Cold Summer In San Antone” – John Morgan – (single)
- “Way Down in Mississippi” – Jason Eady – Mississippi
- “The Wild” – Gabe Lee – Drink The River
- “Get On Board” – Mickey Lamantia – The Cannon File (TBD)
- “All Again” – Charles Wesley Godwin – Family Ties (9-22)
- “White Horse” – Chris Stapleton – Higher (11-10)
- “Daredevil” – Whey Jennings – Just Before The Dawn (9-22)
- “Aquamarine” – Kimmi Bitter – (single)
- “Kissing Your Picture (Is So Cold)” – Vince Gill, Paul Franklin – Sweet Memories: The Music of Ray Price
- “Whatever Happened To The Cadillac” – Dale Watson – Starvation Box
- “Holes” – Wyatt Flores – (single)
- “Close The Bets” – Kyle Nix and the 38s – After The Flood (7-28)
- “Where Daniel Stood” – Miles Miller – Solid Gold
- “Corralling the Blues” – Colter Wall – Little Songs
- “You Ain’t Going Nowhere” – Christian Parker with Earl Poole Ball – Sweethearts
- “Happy Children” – Lori McKenna – 1988
- “Girl On The Billboard” – Brian Setzer – The Devil Always Collects (9-15)
August 27, 2023 @ 8:32 am
It’s gotta feel like drinking from a fire hose right now Trig. Not sure how you’re keeping up with all this great music. Love seeing JSB getting more love here and Brent Cobb has taken it next level. Grace Tyler released another stunner this week called “Jesus in a Bar.” She’s impressing me more with each single and from what I can tell she’s writing her own stuff. No idea when she may release an album but I hope it’s soon. She’s full on Texas country and she’s got a grit and low end approaching Miley territory.
August 27, 2023 @ 8:44 am
Last year at this time I was doing playlist updates every 3 weeks to a month, and maybe adding 6-8 songs each time. These days I’m doing updates every other week, putting in 10 songs at a time, and stretching it to 29 just to accommodate everything. Bumper crop year for songs for sure.
August 27, 2023 @ 8:34 am
2 comments.
1. Has anyone else been listening to that Levi Turner record nonstop? I went in with low expectations and it has become one of my favorites of the year. The songs are crafted so well, shit bangs. And he’s like 5 years old or something
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3. This is a phenomenal group of adds. Can’t decide if i dig the new ZB but holy roller is nice
4. Jeremy Pinnell had an album come out in october 2021 called goodbye LA that ripped
August 27, 2023 @ 9:07 am
Well happy mega release weekend to everyone it’s been non stop spins of all of em around here. I had a feeling Posey Hill’s Keeping Tyler would be added for obvious reasons but I love that song and the album! Joe Stamm’s Wild Man and Dollar General Sign just keeps getting better. I really liked Flatland Cavalry’s Last American Summer and I like the new track Oughta See You (The Way I Do) as well. I’ve been trying to sift through the Zach Bryan record and I like the Sierra Ferrell tune but I think I like the Musgraves duet a little more. I’d be remiss if I didn’t give a shout out to Megan, Amy, and the rest of The Wheelers because although their little EP Midwest Best may not “rip” it makes me feel good. I love it and you might too.
August 27, 2023 @ 12:42 pm
Thanks for recommending that little Midwestern EP, “Jared” is one of my favorite tunes this year.
August 30, 2023 @ 8:35 pm
Thanks, I know the girls would love to hear that about “Jared”. You should hear an entire bar sing along when they come out of singing their parts in the round and hit the “it’s here and so am I, get myself together remember, baby there will come a day” together it gives me goosebumps. Rumor has it Jared was in Joe’s on Weed St. the night they opened for Ashley McBryde but I can’t confirm it….lol
August 31, 2023 @ 12:55 pm
Wish I could be there not just to hear but to sing along. Just imagining it gives me goosebumps.
August 27, 2023 @ 9:40 am
Luke Bryan is about to have the COUNTRIEST song of his career.
Cowboys and Plowboys
Coming next month
August 27, 2023 @ 11:45 am
“Holy Roller” is good but “Hey Driver” is my favorite. Good list though
August 27, 2023 @ 11:54 am
I remember everything is the correct duet. Just sayin’
August 27, 2023 @ 12:40 pm
Zach Bryan’s ‘formula’ is so obvious at this point. I’m halfway thru his latest album and idk if I can finish it.
This is his formula:
– Chord Structure on 90% of his songs must be 4-1-5-6m ( C – G – D – Em )
– Sloppy meandering one instrument intro
– Mention driving on almost EVERY song
– Reference a family member on EVERY song
– Mention how you are an emotional wreck and tie in antiquated alcohol choice
– Reference a failed love in lyrics that are incongruent or unclear to a theme the particular song never establishes.
– Under no circumstances write a song with a clear message. Make it so that any line from any song could be traded with another song and no would notice (or care)
August 27, 2023 @ 1:11 pm
No “I remember everything?”
August 27, 2023 @ 1:28 pm
A little surprised to see so much love for “I Remember Everything.” I’m working on my review of the album, but I felt like that performance from Zach was a little lazy. The other song I thought about selecting was “Hey Driver” with The War and Treaty. To me, that and the Sierra Ferrell track are the superior duets on the album, and two of the more superior tracks in total. But hey, different strokes for different folks.
August 27, 2023 @ 4:37 pm
Oddly, “I Remember Everything” was the first track on that album to jump out at me. Maybe because Kacey Musgraves singing anything that isn’t straight out pop was refreshing, but it also felt the least “muddy” production wise-from the album.
I am looking forward to your review. My big takeaway from the album that whatever notion Bryan had that made him decide to produce himself with this album should be dropped moving forward.
August 27, 2023 @ 6:16 pm
Kacey Musgraves could sing the phone book. That’s why the love. And the spare, cold groove of the drums and strings and the way zb drags out the last line of v1 (I remember I re..mem…ber every…thing) and how they harmonize the final chorus. It’s totally hypnotic in a way none of the rest of the album is. Song of the year level.
August 28, 2023 @ 2:01 am
I Remember Everything is definitely my favorite off the album.
August 28, 2023 @ 3:29 am
Another vote for “I remember Everything”, great song!
August 27, 2023 @ 11:57 pm
I’ll throw my two sense in here too; I think ‘I remember everything’ was a track that jumped out above the rest also.
August 27, 2023 @ 3:24 pm
Nice list, Trigger. The John R. Miller track is a real winner.
Nick Shoulders dropped the title track from his upcoming album earlier this week and I’ve been playing it a lot as well.
August 27, 2023 @ 4:34 pm
I’ll give a nod to Oliver Anthony’s “I Wanna Go Home”. I was pretty conflicted with “Rich Men North of Richmond” and confess I didn’t really get the appeal.
I still mostly don’t, but “I Wanna Go Home” made me think he has a chance to outlive the 15 second of fame that “RMNoR” brought him. Nothing super original about the lyrical content, but I’ll give the dude credit for being able to really give an emotional performance.
Who knows where his career goes once attention from both sides of the political spectrum inevitably dies down, but “I Wanna Go Home” made me change my mind that he is just another in a long live of viral performers destined to be trivia questions 20 years from now.
August 27, 2023 @ 4:58 pm
I can’t stand the Rich Men North of Richmond song, even though politically I align closely with him as a Populist. The dude does seem to be making wise choices with his surge in fame. I don’t understand the obsession off right leaning people to find music that aligns with their beliefs. The long form talk radio and podcasts comes from those leanings, not music. I’d rather listen to Jordan Peterson for two hours and then put on whatever album by some liberal.
A friend sent me a viral video of some white country rapper superimposing himself rapping on that RMNOR song (thinking I’d find it cool) and it was hard for me to avoid ranting about how utterly stupid and embarrassing it was to watch.
August 27, 2023 @ 5:34 pm
If Tyler Childers wrote RMNOfV, it’d be at the top of the list.
August 29, 2023 @ 1:21 pm
Tyler could sing cruise by FGL and it would be #1
August 28, 2023 @ 4:00 am
the Posey Hill album is soooo good, harmonies are Fleetwood’s level.
Thanks Trig for your work even if i had to quit mine just to listen to everything.
August 28, 2023 @ 12:45 pm
If it were an option I’d “heart” this comment so hard. Fleetwood Mac is one of our biggest influences. Such a big compliment, Thank you!
August 28, 2023 @ 3:43 pm
Great album! You girls (and your dad)
deserve a great big audience.
August 29, 2023 @ 4:21 pm
man, John Miller has written some absolute classics, but Conspiracies, Cults & UFOs is like nails on a chalkboard (or, more specifically, watching someone lick a wooden popsicle stick)
October 4, 2023 @ 2:49 pm
Whey Jennings, keep them new great his coming buddy.. Everytime seeing you at places like The Iron Horse Saloon it’s the Best… I encourage everyone to catch a show near you.