Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#56)
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 have just been added.
Newest Additions:
Wade Hayes – “Honky Tonk in Texas” – The 90’s country star released a new under-the-radar record called Who Saved Who back in December that is decidedly country through and through, and this Western Swing number about never giving up on the legacy of country music is one of its gems.
McKay & Leigh – “Hundred Year Old Farm House” – Speaking of under-the-radar releases from December, same goes for the self-titled record from Noel McKay and Brennen Leigh that includes all kinds of songs not to be missed, including this well-written tune.
Randall King – “Hey Cowgirl” – The now Warner Music Nashville-signed Texas country artist releases another new single ahead of his major label debut, and this one’s country with plenty of steel and fiddle. Good song.
Jessi Alexander – “Mama Drank” – Known mostly as a behind-the-scenes songwriter for others, she’s prepping the release of her newest album called Decatur County Red on March 27th. “Mama Drank” shows Jessi Alexander’s power with lyrics and twang.
Tre Burt – “Caught It From The Rye” – A potential breakout artist to keep an eye on in 2020, Tre Burt recently signed to John Prine’s Oh Boy Records and will release his debut album on January 31st.
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The Saving Country Music Top 25 Playlist primarily lives on Spotify, but is also available for those who use YouTube, Google Play, Tidal, and on Apple Music thanks to Country Exclusive. 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.
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Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist:
- “Honky Tonk in Texas” – Wade Hayes – Who Saved Who
- “Mama Drank” – Jessi Alexander – Decatur County Red (3-27)
- “Whiskey in Your Water” – Evan Felker ft. Carrie Rodriguez – (Next Waltz single)
- “Hey Cowgirl” – Randall King – (single)
- “Rather Low” – Nick Shoulders – Okay, Crawdad
- “Hundred Year Old Farmhouse” – McKay & Leigh – Self-Titled
- “If That’s The Way It’s Gotta Be” – The Country Side of Harmonica Sam – Broken Bottle, Broken Heart
- “Drivin’ My Life Away” – The Franklin County Trucking Company – The Further Adventures of …
- “Any Fool With a Heart” – Tami Neilson – CHICKABOOM! (2-14-20)
- “Wrong Again (You Lose a Life)” – Ags Connolly – Wrong Again
- “Sober Heart of Mine” – Flatland Cavalry – (Next Waltz single)
- “Cowboy Dream” – Grayson Jenkins – Cowboy Dream EP
- “Rolling Stone” – Whiskey Myers – Self-Titled
- “Never Alone Always Lonely” – Cody Jinks – The Wanting
- “Whatever Gets You Through The Night” – Erin Enderlin – Faulkner County
- “On Stolen Time” – The Rhyolite Sound – Mojave Gold
- “Dirty Hands” – Sara Morgan – (single)
- “Bad For You” – The SteelDrivers – Bad For You (2-7-20)
- “Make It Back Home” – Pat Reedy – (single)
- “Caught It From The Rye” – Tre Burt – Caught It From The Rye (1-31)
- “Dark Bars” – Miranda Lambert – Wildcard
- “Toms River” – Elijah Ocean – Back to the Landers
- “Kentucky, 1988” – Kelsey Waldon – White Noise, White Lines
- “The Damn Truth” – Chris Knight – Almost Daylight
- “Drowning in Moonlight” – Stoney LaRue – Onward
- “One Night Standards – Ashley McBryde – Never Will (4-3)
January 19, 2020 @ 11:16 am
The Other Playlist:
Q: Spotify?
A: Streaming is sooo 2019 (well…it’s in the pipeline).
When you use Spotify, Google Play, YouTube, Amazon Play or another streaming service please check out the songs & artists. Pretty sure you will find some new acts & song you like.
Best Country Track 2020 (So far): Chris Matthews & The Mob Of Scoundrels feat. Brad Butcher & Jen Mize – “Table Of Knowledge”
Most Played Country Track 2020 (So far): Jeff Hodge – “So Did He”
Current Guilty Pleasure Track: David James – “All The Time”
Best NEW Artist or Song: Curtis Grimes – “River Road Dream”
Curtis Grimes released the best song of his career so far. 90’s traditional uptempo track with tons of fiddle & steel. Should become a massive hit in Texas.
Active / Current:
Jon Stork – “Facts & Lies”
Revals – “Kirjutan Romaani”
Emma Dykes – “The Drovers”
Boxcar Junkies – “Hey Mama”
Joe Noto – “Chasin’ After You”
Chris Colston – “First Dirt Road”
Vaeltava Vitsaus – ” Hautajaiset”
Colin Elmore – “California Moon”
Erin Enderlin – “Hell Comin’ Down”
Ags Connolly – “Sad Songs Forever”
Donna Ulisse – “When I Go All Bluegrass On You”
Lucas Jagneaux & The Roadshow – “Counting Yellow Lines”
Active / New:
Derani – “Drive South”
Luke O’Shea – “Firewood”
Left Arm Tan “Silver & Gold”
Mark Powell – “Breaking Things”
Jessi Alexander – “Mama Drank”
Triston Marez – “Far From Good”
James Carothers – “Lefty Songs”
Susan McCann – “The Older I Get”
Randall King – “Burn It At Both Ends”
Aleyce Simmonds – “Designated Driver”
Jeff Jacobs Band – “Drink Another Heartache”
Shane Nicholson – “The High Price Of Surviving”
Drew Fish Band feat. Pam Tillis – “Every Damn Time”
Aleyce Simmonds feat. Adam Harvey – “Bottle Set Me Free”
Brendan Smoother feat. The Bobkatz – “Last Of The Riverboats”
Active ReCurrent & Country Gold:
Jacob Bryant – “Hot Mess”
Cliff Cody – “Tears & Scars”
MamaDear – “Linger Longer”
Ros Ellis – “Barefoot Dancer”
James Lann – “Memory Like You”
Josh Phillips – “In A Bar Somewhere”
Playlist / Testing:
Jamie McDell – “Sailor”
John Anderson – “Years”
Tenille Arts – “Missing You”
Kristy Cox – “No Headlights”
Voodoo Town – “Cool Karma”
Wendy Ford – “Good Medicine”
The Shires – “Lightning Strikes”
Junior Gordon – “Letting You Go”
Shane Runion – “I Promised You”
James Garland – “Drink You Away”
The Buffalo Grass Boys – “Daydream”
Jody Booth – “Gotta Go Back To Work”
Rance May & The Coyotes – “Show Goes On”
Brodie & The Oxy Clinic – “Monday Night At The Dogs”
Shane Owens – “I Don’t Have To Die To Go To Heaven”
Chris Matthews & The Mob Of Scoundrels – “Little Bit Long Way”
Shayne Porter & The Shady Trees – “They Don’t Do That Anymore”
January 19, 2020 @ 2:28 pm
I think Tami Neilson’s song “Any Fool With A Heart” is one of the best songs I have heard in a long time! So catchy, hooky, but with such a beautiful blending of voices. A classic!
January 19, 2020 @ 4:03 pm
Would love to see Wolfpen Branch on there by Arthur Hancock. His EP is outstanding, and features Miles Miller, Chris Stapleton’s bassist, and Jesse Wells from The Foodstamps, among others.
January 20, 2020 @ 8:50 am
I’ve already mentioned this before, but “Fightin’ The Wars” by independent artist Michael Dart out of Austin, released in October 2019, is well worth checking out. It’s way under the radar, but I would put it up against any traditional country-ish album released in the past year or even the past decade for that matter.
January 21, 2020 @ 2:07 pm
holy cow, you ain’t kiddin’! Just got through it, and it’s a heck of a record. So many different sounds stuffed in there, and it all flows nicely. Was a little worried about 16 songs – usually that’s too much – but there isn’t really a weak spot here.
January 23, 2020 @ 7:20 pm
I love your playlists, but this one song on here I always skip through. ‘Driving my life away’, it just doesn’t do anything that the original didn’t do. Same instrumentation, same speed. Just sung worse. Eddie Rabbitt would not be happy.