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We're off to The Long Road festival this weekend, but before we head off we couldn't leave without rounding up all the biggest and best new releases from the world of country and Americana. Over 70 new songs for us to listen to in the car on the way, including new songs from Russell Dickerson, BigXthaPlug, Lainey Wilson and lots more.
Listen along to all the songs in the playlist on Spotify, Amazon, Apple Music and YouTube.
Best New Country Cover Star
This week's Best New Country cover star is Dasha. The 'Austin' singer continues to tease new music with the fun and flirty 'Like it Like That,' and it's a case of wrong person, right time as she keeps a deadbeat hook up on a retainer just for the fun of it.
”‘Like It Like That’ is about letting go of that pressure to get love ‘right’ and embracing the moments that don’t fit the plan," Dasha says. "At this point in my life, I’m not trying to have it all figured out - sometimes the so-called wrong person is exactly right for right now.”
"I think there's so much pressure to meet 'the one' and get it right on the first try, especially for women, but I'm 25," she adds. "I'm not looking for perfection; I'm looking for good stories and chasing feelings that I can get songs out of. I have no idea what I'm doing half the time, and I'm still learning parts of myself... I think everyone my age is doing the same. I don't want to meet my person yet; I'm not ready for that chapter of life yet. No pressure, no plan, just whatever makes your heart skip a couple of beats and reminds you that that's what living is supposed to feel like sometimes. Letting things be what they are, and heck, maybe that's eating takeout with a man who can only be a bad idea at 2am.”
Watch the steamy video starring Love Island's Rob Rausch for 'Like it Like That' below
New Country and Americana Singles
Elsewhere in this week's Best New Country playlist we've got new ones from Kashus Culpepper, Ashley Cooke, Drew Baldridge and Kelsey Hart. Plus, Lauren Watkins releases the brilliant 'Average Joe & Plain Jane.' Written by Lauren Watkins, Lauren Hungate, Luke Laird and Caroline Watkins,the song highlights the ordinary parts of a relationship, embodying the gentle acoustic guitars and the soft sway of a front porch swing.
It's a week of Holler dream collabs in this week's Best New Country. First up, Lola Kirke and Willow Avalon get together in the studio for a country reimagining of Yeah Yeah Yeahs' noughties anthem, 'Maps.'
"I’ve loved 'Maps' since I was a kid growing up around indie sleaze in New York City in the early 2000’s," Lola Kirke says. "A couple years ago I had the idea to try it out in a country style at Honky Tonkin’ Queens, and I had so much fun that I incorporated it into my live show from there on out. After Willow and I became pals, my admiration for her grew when I saw how committed she is to the women in her life. I loved singing this with her because it shifted the meaning a bit, turning it from a more traditional love song into an anthem of female friendship. ‘Cause at the end of the day, there’s no one that loves you like your girls do."
Max McNown and Avery Anna team up for a new version of McNown's 'Turned Into Missing You,' a lovelorn folk ballad showcasing the two fast-rising stars.
"'Turned Into Missing You’ is such an amazing song I’m so grateful to be a part of," Avery Anna says. "Max is a certified lover boy, and as a sad song girl, it was a breath of fresh air to work with him.”
“Ever since seeing Avery’s content online I’ve had the feeling that we’d hit it off, and sure enough, now that we’ve met, I can confirm she’s as talented and authentic in person as she seems to be online,” adds McNown. “Her vocal capability brought this song to a different level and I’m so honored that she was willing to jump aboard!”
Watch the video for 'Turned Into Missing You' below
Elsewhere we've got big new songs from Briscoe, Lance Roark, Cole Chaney and Tommy Acker. Plus, Canadian alt-country singer and founding member of the Be Good Tanyas, Frazey Ford continues to foretaste her upcoming deluxe album with a beautiful rendition of Van Morrison's 'Crazy Love.' While fans of Koe Wetzel and Austin Snell will love the new song from Lubbox, Texas, country rocker, Cole Barnhill.
Produced by Taylor Kimball, who has produced for Treaty Oak Revival, Koe Wetzel, Giovanni and The Hired Guns, Ole 60, and Wyatt Flores, 'Fake Drugs' is one for all the secret headbangers in the honky tonk.
"It’s a battle between the high of toxic relationships that end up killing you,” says Cole about the new song.
New Country and Americana Albums and EPs
It's a big week for new albums this week. Russell Dickerson gets the party going again with his new album, Famous Back Home. The 12-track collection features 10 songs co-written by Dickerson, along with the first two outside cuts of his career. Co-produced by Dickerson and longtime collaborator Josh Kerr, plus Casey Brown and Chris LaCorte on select songs, the album captures Dickerson’s fearless evolution as both an artist and a storyteller, showcasing his genre-defying creativity and emotional depth. Beyond his chart-topping success, the project reflects who he is at his core: a hitmaker, husband, father, and proud hometown hero.
BigXthaPlug releases his new collabtastic album, I Hope You're Happy, as the Dallas, Texas, rapper joins forces with country's finest for a set of twang soaked hip hop tracks, including duets with Darius Rucker, Bailey Zimmerman, Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Ella Langley, Shaboozey, Tucker Wetmore and Thomas Rhett.
Elsewhere we've got songs from new full lengths from Asleep At The Wheel, Old Dominion, Dillon Warnek, Walker Hayes and MaRynn Taylor. Plus Lainey Wilson and Willie Watson give their latest albums the deluxe treatment and we've got new EPs from The Band Loula, Peech, Ryan Griffin and Georgia up-and-comer Katie Neal. Her debut EP, ‘Good Before You,’ is a hard-relatable deep dive into heartbreak when it first hits you. Produced by Patrick Lyons, who produces and plays guitar for Colter Wall and Sam Stoane, it's going to hit the sweet spot for fans of Ashley Cooke and Megan Moroney.”
“My debut EP dives deep into different forms of dealing with heartbreak while keeping it relatable to people my age," she says. "This EP showcases the highs and lows of young adulthood with vulnerable and raw lyrics. Hoping to inspire those who listen!”
Today, Austin Snell drop his new Home Sweet Hell EP and we've got the title track in our Best New Country playlist today. The EP finds the Nashville-based singer-songwriter examining an upbringing steeped in hard lessons, raised at the crossroads of garage-rocking grit and country grace.
“This song is the most vulnerable and forthcoming I’ve ever been as an artist," says Austin Snell about the title track. "Being truly honest with the world can be one of the scariest things, but I feel like there are people out there without a voice who need honesty.”
Watch the video for 'Home Sweet Hell' below
Spotlight Song of the Week
Every week we shine our Holler spotlight on a song that we think deserves a little extra light shining on it and this week we're showing some love for Dani Rose and Danny Worsnop's brooding new duet, 'Uninvited Noise,' as they perfectly capture that feeling when you're falling for someone you know isn't good for you but you just can't help it.
"I wrote this song with Jesse Slack about all the noise in our heads including the doubts, the fears, the little voices that try to tell us we’re not good enough," Dani Rose tells us, one of our Holler 10 Artists You Need To Know back in July. "It's about looking back on past relationships, those 'what ifs' and regrets, and that heavy kinda guilt that sneaks in when everything else gets quiet."
"By the time we finished it, it just felt like a duet," she says. "It needed two voices to really bring it to life. I sent it over to Danny Worsnop just to listen to, and a couple days later, he laid down his vocal. That’s when the duet really came to life. You can definitely feel the yearning in both our voices and heavy emotion, that’s what I wanted to capture!"
Check out this week's new country and americana song releases and listen to the full playlist below:
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Like It Like That
Dasha
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Love That I Love You
Russell Dickerson
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We're Onto Something (feat. Kings of Leon)
Kings of Leon
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Long Nights (feat. Thomas Rhett)
BigXthaPlug
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Turned Into Missing You (feat. Avery Anna)
Max McNown
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Peace, Love, and Cowboys
Lainey Wilson
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swear words
Ashley Cooke
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Goodnight Music City
Old Dominion
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Good Before You
Katie Neal
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Fake Drugs
Cole Barnhill
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Average Joe & Plain Jane
Lauren Watkins
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Long Tall Texan (feat. Lyle Lovett)
Asleep at the Wheel
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Bound to Rain
Ken Pomeroy
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Song For My Son (feat. Kane Brown)
Walker Hayes
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Maps
Lola Kirke and Willow Avalon
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Uninvited Noise
Dani Rose and Danny Worsnop
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Home Sweet Hell
Austin Snell
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she broke up with the boy
MaRynn Taylor
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Blue Jean Baby
Erin Kinsey
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Hunting Boots
Julia Cole
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My Side of Town
Josh Ross
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Stand
Presley Haile
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On My Way
Nicholas Jamerson
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One Thing I Ain't Been
Billy Currington
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Something In The Way
Stephen Wilson Jr.
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Something That You'd Miss
Kelsey Hart
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Believe
Kashus Culpepper
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Blue Eyes and Red Wine
Briscoe
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Let the Love Die
Cole Chaney
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Heartbreak Getaway
Lance Roark
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Tequila Cowboys
Jon Wolfe and Randy Rogers
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Too Busy
The Pink Stones
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Bluebird (with Margo Price)
Dillon Warnek
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Dixie Be Damned
Nick Shoulders
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Crazy Love
Frazey Ford
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Winsome Lose Some Game
The Prickly Pair
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Hopeless Romance
Jessica Simpson
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Deserve Her
Drew Baldridge
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Broken Man
Eddie and the Getaway
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Bonfire on the Beach
The Reklaws
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Dead of Gone to Dallas
Steve Earle and Reckless Kelly
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Staying At The Bar
Ryan Griffin
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Way Over You
Roman Alexander
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Strangers Like Us
Walker Montgomery
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10 & 2
Tommy Acker
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Who Gets To Heaven (Nobody Knows)
The Band Loula
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Back in the Saddle
Allie Colleen
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Quit Bein' Country
Tyler Farr
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Tomorrows
Peech.
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81 Summers
Matt Koziol
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Ocean City
Luke Borchelt
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Stuff
Joshua Ray Walker
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All Dollars, No Sense
Adam Mac
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BAD BOY
Kelsey Hickman
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In The Morning
Jesse Welles
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Big Fish
Philip Bowen and Leon Majcen
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Ring on the Bar
James Dupre
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Bar Hoppin'
Dalton Dover and Colt Ford
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Good Run
Tyler Joe Miller
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Wasted Time
Wells Ferrari
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Common Folk
The Lone Bellow
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Hope I Don't Bleed (feat. Dave Alvin)
The Far West
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Ask Me
Eve Adams
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Blame The Train
Daniel Donato
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HONEY DO YA
Austin Meade
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How It Feels To Fall In Love
Rosy Nolan
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Bite Back
Remy Garrison
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Easy
The Steel Wheels
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Old Barns
Greensky Bluegrass
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Papaw
Tyra Madison
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Left Me At The Bar
Kaleb Sanders
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Country Strait
Gary Quinn and William Michael Morgan
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