Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#160)

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:

Randall King, Braxton Keith – “Cheatin’ On My Honky Tonk” – Two of the very top neotraditional revivalists of our time team up on this track that will turn you country if you weren’t before.

Joshua Ray Walker – “Keys To The Tacoma” – Walker has released a devilishly catchy album called Tropicana that’s full of early 00’s radio-style songs that will live inside you and refuse to come out once you hear it. Case in point is “Keys To The Tacoma” that would have been a #1 hit in the Y2K era.

Nikki Lane – “Woodruff City Limit” – There’s little fond recollection found in “Woodruff City Limit.” Instead, the verses find Nikki Lane reckoning with formidable memories that come flooding forth from repressed recesses after her father’s death. It’s already an early Song of the Year contender.

Waylon Jennings – “Songbird” – If you missed the news, Waylon has THREE albums of unheard music on the way. Our first taste is “Songbird” originally written and sung by Christine McVie, and appearing on the iconic 1977 Fleetwood Mac album Rumors. On paper this might not make much sense as a Waylon song. On tape, it’s par excellence. It’s the title track for the first of the three albums out October 3rd.

Kashus Culpepper, Sierra Ferrell – “Broken Wing Bird” – Kashus Culpepper is like a heavyweight champion, throwing out songs like haymakers, infused with blues and soul, but with just enough country inspiration to find their way into a redneck’s heart. with ‘Broken Wing Bird,” he offers his most country song yet, taking inspiration from Willie Nelson, and vocal contributions from Sierra Ferrell.

James McMurtry – “Pinocchio In Vegas” – This song might initially seem like a humorous hypothetical about the post Disney life of a beloved character. But in truth, it’s all about how we often lose precious life information in the passing of our parents. This is the kind of multi-layered songwriting that has put McMurtry at the pinnacle of the craft.

Casey Chesnutt – “Uninvited Guest” – The son of Mark Chesnutt is out with a new single, and it’s a good one. Co-written by Jeff Stevens and Marv Green, it proves the true country instincts of the Chesnutt clan did not skip a generation.

Jesse Daniel – “He”– Carefully crafted songwriting usually not captured in honky tonk songs presents itself regularly on Jesse Daniel’s new album Son of the San Lorenzo. The song “He” is a great example of this, where Jesse presents a reflective perspective, going back in time to offer advice to his younger self that he would have loved to heed at the time.

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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, and Apple Music. 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:

• “Cheatin On My Honky Tonk” – Randall King feat. Braxton Keith (single)
• “Keys To The Tacoma” – Joshua Ray Walker – Tropicana
• “Here’s Your Honky Tonk” – Kathryn Legendre – Here’s Your Honky Tonk (6-27)
• “Songbird” – Waylon Jennings – Songbird (10-3)
• “Neon Dream” – Dan Lepien – The Honky Tonk Traditional
• “Woodruff City Limit” – Nikki Lane – (single)
• “Territory Town” – Joe Stamm Band – Little Crosses (7-11)
• “Coyote Cries” – Sam Stoane – Tales Of The Dark West
• “Worth The Trouble” – Chandler Walters – Cadillac Sessions
• “Tiger Lilies” – Kelsey Waldon – Every Ghost (6-20)
• “Heaven Passing Through” – Turnpike Troubadours – The Price of Admission
• “Uninvited Guest” – Casey Chesnutt – (single)
• “Aim to Please” – Tanner Laws – (single)
• “Time and Time Again” – Reese Glover – (single)
• “Diamonds and Divorce Decrees” – Sunny Sweeney – Rhinestone Requiem (8-1)
• “Broke” – The Castellows – Homecoming
• “It Ain’t The Whiskey” – Jake Worthington – (single)
• “He” – Jesse Daniel – Son of the San Lorenzo
• “Home Into a House”- Hayden Baker – (single)
• “Broken Wing Bird” – Kashus Culpepper, Sierra Ferrell – (single)
• “Forever” – Will Banister – (single)
• “High On The Hog” – Hailey Whitters – Corn Queen
• “Pinocchio In Vegas” – James McMurtry – The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy
• “The After Midnight Special” – Kristina Murray – Little Blue
• “Lost In Time” – Weldon Henson – Stone Cold Country
• “Simple Enough” – Jamie Lin Wilson – (single)
• “Round and Round” – Country Honk – Bad Decision
• “Pretty Poppies” – Sam Stoane – Tales Of The Dark West