Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Spotify Playlist Provisioned for 4th of July Weekend (#6)
As Uncle Ned prepares to blow his hand off with a concoction of semi-illegal fireworks, get yourself prepared for the extended 4th of July weekend by listening to Saving Country Music’s top recommended songs via the official Spotify playlist. A repository for the top recommended songs, albums, and artists at any given time, it’s a good way to make sure you’re not missing out on the best stuff coming down the pike.
Not many are creating more buzz and anticipation for themselves in independent country music at the moment than Tyler Childers, and the first official single release from his upcoming record Purgatory does not disappoint. Only right it would lead off the updated version of the playlist. The salty “Bang Bang” from Canadian Sarah Jane Scouten also enters the list at the top, because hey, what’s a 4th celebration without a little pyrotechnics?
Also added to the list is a couple of wild cards, including Country Side of Harmonica Sam‘s “Tears Don’t Stain.” Harmonica Sam may be from Sweden, but when he’s singing country music, it sounds like he was born Stateside and has sworn allegiance to Uncle Sam. “Fleshy Hands” from the punkish country outfit Skunk Ruckus proves there’s still great music coming out of the underground if you know where to dig.
Also, Chris Stapleton‘s selection on the playlist has been updated to his current radio single “Broken Halos.” Hopefully, unlike his first single “Either Way,” it doesn’t falter on the radio charts, and folks who aren’t choosing to spend their 4th of July weekend soaking in the sweet tones of Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist are exposed to good music.
And if you don’t do the Spotify thing, you can always find a list of the songs, albums, and artists below to venture further in discovering some new music via SCM’s top current recommendations.
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Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist
- “Whitehouse Road” – Tyler Childers – Purgatory
- “Way Down in My Soul” – Zephaniah Ohora – This Highway
- “16-10” – Joseph Huber – The Suffering Stage
- “Bang Bang” – Sarah Jane Scouten – When The Bloom Falls From The Rose
- “Say It To Me” – Sam Outlaw – Tenderheart
- “Cairo, IL” – Natalie Hemby – Puxico
- “Lint Head Gal” – Phoebe Hunt – Shanti’s Shadow
- “If We Were Vampires” – Jason Isbell – The Nashville Sound
- “Honky Tonks and Taverns” – Lillie Mae – Honky Tonk and Taverns
- “Slow Down Easy” – John Moreland – Big Bad Luv
- “Texas Jesus” – Robyn Ludwick – This Tall to Ride
- “Cairo, IL” – The Brother Brothers – Tugboats – EP
- “Air Mail Special” – Marty Stuart – Way Out West
- “Bottle By My Bed” – Sunny Sweeney – Trophy
- “Time To Give” – Sera Cahoone – From Where I Started
- “Giving Back The Best of Me” – Jaime Wyatt – Felony Blues
- “Tears Don’t Stain” – The Country Side of Harmonica Sam – A Drink After Midnight
- “Old Stone Church” – John Baumann – Proving Grounds
- “Country Music Only” – Larry Peninsula – Country Music Only
- “Kate McCannon” – Colter Wall – Colter Wall
- “Keep The Home Fires Burnin’” – Sarah Shook & The Disarmers – Sidelong
- “Tennessee River Runs Low” – The Secret Sisters – You Don’t Own Me Anymore
- “Fleshy Hands” – Skunk Ruckus – Pearls Before Swine
- “Bottom of a Bottle” – Kayla Luky – Back to Dirt
- “Broken Halos” – Chris Stapleton – From A Room: Vol. 1
July 2, 2017 @ 11:58 am
Track #2 feels way more authentic to me than track #1.
July 2, 2017 @ 6:18 pm
Even the name “Ned” looks like part of it has been blown off.
July 2, 2017 @ 7:27 pm
This version of Whitehouse Road is fantastic. Wish radio would take tips from this site.
July 3, 2017 @ 10:43 am
I’m going to see Stapleton/Stuart/Cobb this fall. I’m pretty sure I’ve listened to “From A Room” and “Way Out West” the most of all 2017 album releases. I’ve seen Eady, Sweeney, Hemby, Ludwick, Wall, and Baumann this year, so I’m glad to see all of them on here, too, and I hope to see a couple of the others at Americana.
I’ve also enjoyed Brian Mallery’s album “Keepin’ It Country” recently.
July 4, 2017 @ 5:31 am
The Sons of the Palomino CD is in my van at the moment. I think that one will go over well here, too.
July 3, 2017 @ 10:08 pm
Again, thank you for compiling these lists. Such great music. You’ve got impeccable taste.
July 4, 2017 @ 10:59 am
I broke in my new headphones on this white house road cut, you can hear sturgill’s fingerprints all over it. Pretty sure he’s singing backup too but I’m not certain. I’m digging it, this should be a fun record.
July 4, 2017 @ 3:27 pm
Yes, that’s Sturgill on backup vocals. Miles Miller on drums too.
July 4, 2017 @ 3:27 pm
Love the Whitehouse Road version from Pergatory. Can’t wait to hear the full album.
July 4, 2017 @ 8:33 pm
That’s a good playlist for July 4. But it’s hard to find this type of music especially in the San Francisco Bay Area. This weekend I happened to come across a July 4th event at a nearby town, an affluent community that sometimes likes to act like a small town. You could say it is a white flight suburb, one of the few places in the Bay Area where it is not very unusual for people to listen to country music (mostly pop country). The country band came on the stage. The lead singer was a woman in her 50s who works as a sales manager at a local tech company. The show had its moments – they performed passable versions of Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison Blues and Sara Evans’ Suds in the Bucket. But most of the rest of the song selections were disappointing, including hits from Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, and Shania Twain. While the crowd was small, it seemed a bit strange to see women in their 40s and 50s, along with a few little girls in the audience, dancing to “Shake it For Me”. I would have thought that the lead singer being in her 50s would have more mature musical tastes. But she seemed to like line dancing much more than she liked country music itself – almost the entire show was “extroverted country”, there was very little “introverted country”.