Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#91)
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.
Newest Additions:
Muscadine Bloodline – “Dispatch to 16th Ave.” – Country protest songs are a dime a dozen. Good country protest songs that actually say something meaningful and are enjoyable to listen to are hard to find. Muscadine Bloodline are so confident in theirs, they’re naming their new album out February 2nd, 2022 after it. And yes, it’s that good.
Carly Pearce feat. Ashley McBryde – “Never Wanted to Be That Girl” – Whoa, look at Ms. Pearce coming in strong with now two songs on the playlist, and this time with her current radio single with Ashley McBryde. After being one of the “most added” songs on country radio, “Never Wanted to Be That Girl” is on pace to have the best debuts for a single by either Pearce or McBryde. This song is a hit, and it’s all due of the superb writing by Pearce and McBryde personally.
Zachariah Malachi – “Local Bar Opry Star” – You’re gonna want to get this guy on your radar folks, and his debut single is the perfect excuse. Produced by the late Jimmy Capps, and featuring an all-star band behind him including Chris Scruggs on steel guitar, “Local Bar Opry Star” announces Zachariah Malachi as an important voice in throwback traditional country.
Joshua Ray Walker – “Dallas Lights” – From Dallas, TX, Joshua Ray Walker is doing his hometown proud after delivering the 3rd installment of his honky tonk album trilogy, See You Next Time. The opening song from the new album shows off his great voice, superb writing skills, and hometown pride.
Tyler Childers – “Yes I Guess They Outghta Name a Drink After You” – Over a year past Prine’s death, and over a year since we’ve heard any new recordings from Tyler Childers, the pair has collaborated to bestow us all with this new version of John Prine’s rather obscure, but well-loved whiskey swiller “Yes I Guess They Oughta Name a Drink After You” from the John Prine compilation Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2. (read more)
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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:
- “Lyin’ Low” – Charles Wesley Godwin – How The Mighty Fall (11-5)
- “Dispatch to 16th Ave.” – Muscadine Bloodline – Dispatch to 16th Ave. (2-4-22)
- “The Devil Inside” – Garrett T. Capps – I Love San Antone
- “Yes I Guess They Oughta Name a Drink After You” – Tyler Childers – John Prine Tribute
- “Growing Pains” – Mike and the Moonpies – One To Grow On
- “Dallas Lights” – Joshua Ray Walker – See You Next Time
- “Can You Hear Me Knocking” – Summer Dean – Bad Romantic
- “Ain’t No Use” – Randy Travis – Storms of Life 35th Anniversary Edition
- “Cheap Seats” – Emily Scott Robinson – American Siren (10-29)
- “Local Bar Opry Star” – Zachariah Malachi – (single)
- “Anybody Plain’ Sad Songs” – Jon Wolfe – Dos Corazones
- “Aggie Loved Milton” – Johnny Berry and the Outliers – (single)
- “Never Wanted To Be That Girl” – Carly Pearce w/ Ashley McBryde – 29: Written in Stone
- “Just So You Know” – Charley Crockett – Music City USA
- “Know It All” – Billy Strings – Renewal
- “The 50 Loneliest Places in the Nation” – Noel McKay – Blue, Blue, Blue
- “In Dreams” – Sierra Ferrell – Long Time Coming
- “Slot Machine Syndrome” – Caleb Lee Hutchinson – Slot Machine Syndrome EP
- “Find A New Home” – Will Banister – Cry Macho Soundtrack
- “I Don’t Trust My Memories Anymore” – Cody Jinks – Mercy (11-12)
- “Old Dance Floor” – John R. Miller – Depreciated
- “Gray” – Jesse Daniel – Beyond These Walls
- “Ft. Walton Wake-Up Call” – James McMurtry – The Horses & the Hounds
- “If I’m Not In Hell” – Erin Enderlin – (single)
- “Missouri Line” – Travis Feutz, Crystal Leigh – Country Music Forever (10/29)
- “Dear Miss Loretta” – Carly Pearce w/ Patty Loveless – 29: Written in Stone
October 10, 2021 @ 9:33 am
Surprised to see some love for Muscadine Bloodline. But still super cool! 16th Ave. has been my jam all week
October 10, 2021 @ 10:12 am
The Other (Kangaroo) Playlist:
The New Tracks:
– Angus Gill feat. Jim Lauderdale – “Whittling Away”
Written by Gill & Lauderdale “Whittling Away” is a great bluegrass ballad.
– Sue Ray – “Take Me Away”
Unusual (for an australian country act) gospel track.
– Benny Allen – “The Old Guard”
Classic aussie bush ballad.
– Sandy Louise feat. Bill Chambers – “I Want You Close To Me”
Acoustic but not sugar-sweet ballad.
– Matty Rogers – “Just One Day”
Strong voice…strong ballad”
– Allison Forbes – “Pieces Of Silver”
Follow up to my SotY (so far / “Save You Know”)…mid-/uptempo track with western undertones…reminds me (a little bit) of “Outback Lullaby” (Dani Young) my SotY 2020.
– Katelann Maree – “Different Kind Of High”
Written & produced by Catherine Britt…title track of Katelanns first Ep. Traditional midtempo.
– Steve McNaughton feat. James Stewart Keene – “Start Again”
Soulful & heartfelt ballad.
– Best Track of 2021 (so far): Allison Forbes – “Save You Now”
– Most Played Track of 2021 (so far): Catherine Britt – “Home Truth“
– Most Played Track October 2021 (so far): Natalie Henry – “Leavin'”
– Best NOT Australasian Track 2021 (so far): William Beckmann – “In The Dark“
– Best Album of 2021 (so far): Felicity Urquhart & Josh Cunningham – The Song Club
– Guilty Pleasure Track: Troy Kemp & Katrina Burgoyne – “Before Summer Starts To Fall”
– The Current Tracks:
Cass Hopetoun – “Live A Little“
Sue Ray – “Take Me Away” (NEW)
Michael Waugh – “Butchering Day“
Dianne Lindsay – “Just Let Him Be”
Amber Joy Poulton – “Ruby’s Reply”
Matty Rogers – Just One Day” (NEW)
Benny Allen – “The Old Guard” (NEW)
Allison Forbes – “Pieces Of Silver” (NEW)
Katelann Maree – “Different Kind Of High” (NEW)
Montgomery Church – “You Changed Me For Good“
Angus Gill feat. Jim Lauderdale – “Whittling Away” (NEW)
Montgomery Church – “Throw Another Dime Into The Well”
Michael Waugh feat. Felicity Urquhart – “Too Many Drawers“
Darlinghurst feat. Shannon Noll – “You Stopped Making Sense”
Steve McNaughton feat. James Stewart Keene – “Start Again” (NEW)
Raechel Whitchurch feat. Kevin Bennett – “I Used To Think I Was An Outlaw”
– The ReCurrent/Country Gold Track:
Lee Kernaghan – “Watching Lightning”
– Playlist/Testing:
Norwood – “Affairs”
Jarred Taylor – “Miss You”
Larry Cann – “Country Cool”
Axle Whitehead – “One Gun”
Sandee Facy – “Still That Girl”
Georgia State Line – “In Colour”
Billy & The Bandits – “36 Pennies”
Mandy Hawkes – “We Were Just Kids”
The Wolfe Brothers – “Kids On Cassette”
The Shelly Jones Band – “Country Style Music”
Tanya Ransom – “Breakdown To Breakthrough”
– Playlist/Re-Testing:
What? Re-testing? Yep…so many great new tracks & i don’t want to leave one of them behind…but i don’t like a playlist longer than a Wheel of Time book…
Ashleigh Dallas – “Lottery”
The Anywheres – “Bitter Tears”
Leyon Milner – “He’s Too Good For You”
Sam Hawksley feat. Wendy Page – “Who’s Saving You”
October 15, 2021 @ 5:19 am
Thanks so much for giving The Old Guard a shout-out!
I really appreciate it!
October 10, 2021 @ 11:08 am
I found dispatch really derivative and people say this kind of stuff 24/7 so this song really adds nothing tbh. Very low energy and sonically it felt so uninspired. There are more issues facing country music. And the one they tackle is just beating a dead horse.
October 10, 2021 @ 12:50 pm
Ha! Yeah, this topic comes up all the time when it comes to these protest songs. That’s why I mentioned it in the description. Then again, others feel like it would be a dereliction of duty if a song calling out Music Row wasn’t highlighted on a site called “Saving Country Music.” As it goes with protest songs, I thought this was one of the better ones.
October 10, 2021 @ 12:02 pm
Trig, you need to check out the Abe Mac Band & their newest release “Dance with me Baby” excellent song. Really has a great blend of some Tex-Mex
October 10, 2021 @ 2:29 pm
Hey, thanks for the recommendation, great song! One artist I recently discovered is Sterling Drake, his latest EP “Roll the Dice” is really good. Check out the title track and also “Best of Tennessee”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhfe-epV2C4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D82zM2_BizE
October 10, 2021 @ 4:15 pm
I had 29 Written in Stone for a few weeks and I still love it. The two songs on the playlist are great as is What He Didn’t Do. It’s an amazing tune about a famous singer who was married to a famous singer telling the world why she left him.
An amazing album
October 10, 2021 @ 7:58 pm
Zachariah Malachi! This guy is it.
October 11, 2021 @ 11:21 pm
Triggerman. Thank you as always for the heaters.
Game ball by colton venner. Song of the year nominee? Who knows, not me!