Best New Country Songs

At the end of one of the busiest weeks in the country music calendar with the CMA Awards taking place in Nashville and our own Holler Best Albums of 2025, we've got all the biggest and best new releases from the world of country and Americana. Maybe there's a future award winner in amongst them.

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This week's Best New Country cover star is one of this year's CMA award nominees. Stephen Wilson Jr. might not have picked up the award for New Artist of the Year on Wednesday night be he's number one for us this week with his new single 'Gary' kicking off our playlist today.

After appearing on stage twice at last night's CMA awards and wearing a name patch in tribute to his new single, our Holler Album of the Year winner in 2023 begins a brand new era following his massively successful debut double album søn of dad.

His new single, which he gave TV premiere of on Tuesday night with an electrifying performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! pays tribute to all the men named Gary out there.

“Gary, a dying breed, perhaps I pray not, we are going to need our Garys, y'all" he says about the song. "Our Garys are going extinct, much like the polar gare. I believe we need to save them. It's gonna be a Gary, scary world without them.Where I come from, the Garys get it done. And when your septic tank blows, I do not believe AI will show, but I believe a guy will.And there's a good chance his name's gonna be Gary.”

Watch Stephen Wilson Jr. perform 'Gary' on JImmy Kimmel Live! below

Elsewhere in this week's Best New Country we've got new songs from Randy Travis, Ole 60 and Ashley McBryde, plus, following the success of his latest album, Own Worst Enemy, Gavin Adcock tops off a monumental year and shows us his sensitive side with his new single, 'Perfect Man.' A departure from his signature raw, unfiltered sound, 'Perfect Man' offers a moment of reflection and vulnerability. Written by Adcock alongside Rhett Akins, Colton Venner, and Jack Hummel, the new single continues to demonstrate Adcock’s ability to connect with fans on a mass scale by offering a message of honest self-assessment and hope.

“'Perfect Man' is a song to bring the world together instead of tearing it apart,” Adcock shared. “I didn’t write this for ‘perfect Christians’, it’s for sinners like me that are just trying to be a little better every day. Just because you’re a sinner doesn’t mean you can’t turn things around.”

Dylan Marlowe releases 'Barefoot and Pregnant,' a song written with Zach Abend and Trannie Anderson. The track was the first song Dylan wrote after finding out his wife, Natalie, was pregnant with twins and puts a clever spin on the phrase, highlighting the excitement of starting a family and building a home as newlyweds.

It's a big week for the Marlowes because Kameron has a new single out this week too.

“'Fire on the Hillside' is about what happens when a small-town rumor gets out of control," he says about his new song. "Where I’m from, folks talk and sometimes that talk burns hotter than any match. It’s a story about heartbreak, anger, and letting the smoke roll on something you can’t take back. I wanted it to feel like you could smell the diesel and hear the crackle before it all goes up.”

Ian Harrison follows 'Cheap Shots' and 'Keep You With Me' from earlier in the year with another instant classic, 'If You Ever Loved Me.'

"'If You Ever Loved Me' is a song inspired by the feeling of letting go," he says. "The push and pull of slowly growing apart resulting in one person giving the last act of love someone can, leaving. An idea that stems from the saying 'if you love them, let them go.' Holding on might suffocate a person and not give them the ability to grow and change. When it all comes down to the end, distance can be a bittersweet gesture of affection.”

We've got new songs from Margaux Regan, James McCann, Whey Jennings and Slade Coulter. While Tyler Nance freshens up one of his biggest songs, 'Keeps Me Sane,' with a little help from The Castellows.

“It was always a dream of mine to collaborate with another artist on a song,” shares Nance. “The way the original version took off blew my mind and I'm so excited that it paved the way for me to work with The Castellows. I was able to join them in the studio and we all filmed the official music video together. They're super easygoing and kind - the entire process of working with them has been something I'll always remember. I'm just really grateful.”

All that plus Ashley McBryde releases 'A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action,' BigXthaPlug and Post Malone are feeling the 'Cold' on their new collaboration and Thomas Edwards drops 'I Know Better.' Plus, we've got new songs from Colton Bowlin, Chandler Brown, Sophia Zamani, Randall King, Travis Bolt and lots more in this week's round up.

It's a quiet week this week for albums and EPs but we've still got a few hotties in the mix. ERNEST releases his Live From The South project, Tyler Rich expands his latest album for Poppy & Iris and Old Crow Medicine Show are in a festive mood on their new Christmas album.

We've got a song off the intriguingly titled Dancing with Emily Dickinson by Adriana Ibara, a country concept album inspired by the words of the 19th Century poet, and Lance Roark closes out the year with the release of his debut LP, Bad Reputation. Roark, who calls the long-time Red Dirt haven of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, home, wears his roots on his sleeve his debut album, after a steady release of singles during the run up.

Bad Reputation is a journey through the landscapes and emotions that have molded Roark’s life and music. All the while, the record showcases the sound Roark has been refining over the past half-decade. It’s a swampy, country album with touches of rock and blues.

“This is what I want to say, and it’s a good representation of the person I am, from Oklahoma,” Lance Roark says of his debut record. “This is just my first album. It’s not even close to my last. I’d like to be like Willie and never stop making music.”

Each week we like to shine our Holler spotlight on a song that we think deserves a little extra light shining on it and this week we're lighting up one of favourite artists of the year, Emily Ann Roberts, with her new single, 'Come Home To You.'

Written by Jim McCormick, Makayla Parry and Michael Wayne Wilkes, it's the kind of showstopping country power ballad that Reba would be proud of as Emily Ann rakes over the coals of a love gone gold.

"If I broke your heart the way you break mine every night when I walk through that door," she sings channeling her inner 90s country diva. "Not a how was your day, no glass of wine / You don’t even wanna kiss me anymore / Honey, put yourself in my shoes / Would you come home to you?"

"I write about my life so much and I write most of what I record, but sometimes I hear a song that just takes my breath away," she says about her new single. "There's a whole lot of stories out there that aren't like mine, and I want to be able to tell all kinds. Marriage can be so happy but it can be so hard. And country music is good at wallerin' - we can get sad and we can do it real good. I hope you don't relate to this song, but if you do, I want you to know you're not alone."

Watch the video for 'Come Home To You' below.

Check out this week's new country and americana song releases and listen to the full playlist below:

1. 1.

   Gary

   Stephen Wilson Jr.

2. 2.

   Come Home to You

   Emily Ann Roberts

3. 3.

   Perfect Man

   Gavin Adcock

4. 4.

   Cold (feat. Post Malone)

   BigXthaPlug

5. 5.

   Can't Take It With You

   Ole 60

6. 6.

   Hate A Small Town

   ERNEST

7. 7.

   Rose Quartz Perfume

   Lance Roark

8. 8.

   Keeps Me Sane (feat. The Castellows)

   Tyler Nance

9. 9.

   Big Deal

   Randall King

10. 10.

    Barefoot and Pregnant

    Dylan Marlowe

11. 11.

    Fire On The Hillside

    Kameron Marlowe

12. 12.

    Josey Wales

    Colton Bowlin

13. 13.

    Another Heartbreak Song

    Chandler Brown

14. 14.

    I Know Better

    Thomas Edwards

15. 15.

    A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action

    Ashley McBryde

16. 16.

    Somewhere With Someone

    James McCann

17. 17.

    Where My Heart Is

    Randy Travis

18. 18.

    Montauk Highway

    Sophia Zamani

19. 19.

    This Time Last Year

    Callista Clark and Averie Bielski

20. 20.

    Ain't Got Enough Faith

    Conner Smith

21. 21.

    Margaret

    Eliot C Way

22. 22.

    Simple Things

    Ne-Yo

23. 23.

    Real Good Man

    Rosie Teese

24. 24.

    Seasons

    Travis Bolt

25. 25.

    Meet You By The River

    Cam

26. 26.

    How Do I Let You Go

    Parmalee

27. 27.

    Redwood

    Tyler Rich

28. 28.

    Back In The Bottle

    Randy Houser

29. 29.

    Emily

    Adriana Ibara

30. 30.

    On A Monday in London

    Amy Speace

31. 31.

    Small Town American Heartbreak

    Jameson Rodgers

32. 32.

    Old Houses

    Aaron Watson

33. 33.

    Portland, Maine (feat. Jordan Davis)

    Donovan Woods

34. 34.

    High on Our Own Supply

    The Band Of Heathens

35. 35.

    Searchlight

    Shinedown

36. 36.

    Spending My Money

    Drew Green

37. 37.

    Pullin' From A Bottle

    Greylan James

38. 38.

    Goodbye Thing

    Faith Schueler

39. 39.

    Blue Ciollar Man

    Coffey Anderson

40. 40.

    What Are We Fighting For

    CHASE WRIGHT

41. 41.

    Obsessed

    Margaux Regan

42. 42.

    Ever After You

    Micah Fletcher

43. 43.

    Hate That I Love It

    Hayden Coffman

44. 44.

    Balance

    Medium Build

45. 45.

    You Were Leaving

    The Lone Bellow

46. 46.

    If The Wind Changes

    Lathan Bryant

47. 47.

    "Cope" (Demo)

    Joshua Quimby

48. 48.

    Memory Lane

    Logan Michael

49. 49.

    Sincerely, A Sinner

    Ryan Jesse

50. 50.

    Waterson Hall (Me & You)

    William Clark Green

51. 51.

    What I Deserve

    Sam Grow

52. 52.

    If You Ever Loved Me

    Ian Harrison

53. 53.

    do over

    Homegrown Trio

54. 54.

    Home

    Matt Cooper

55. 55.

    BLOCK CANCEL DELETE

    Josie Sal

56. 56.

    Wonder What Jesus Thinks

    Dalton Dover

57. 57.

    Mr. Wrong

    Slade Coulter

58. 58.

    Mr. Right

    Avery Roberson

59. 59.

    Next Season

    Norman North

60. 60.

    Beverly Hills

    Jas Von

61. 61.

    Country Shit

    Kelsey Hickman

62. 62.

    Hell or High Whiskey

    Hayden Haddock

63. 63.

    Hey Son

    Braden Hull

64. 64.

    Overhung On You

    Katie Neal

65. 65.

    Waiting Waters

    Jamie Joey

66. 66.

    Unapologetic

    Josh Setterfield

67. 67.

    Smoke

    Tyler Reese Tritt

68. 68.

    After Happy Ever After

    Dakota Striplin

69. 69.

    Fault Lines

    Calder Allen

70. 70.

    Before I Met You

    Sylvee and Sam Hesselwood

71. 71.

    Bad Picker

    Sam Riddle

72. 72.

    Sober You Ain't Thinkin'

    Noah Brigden

73. 73.

    Drinking and Driving

    Matthew Goodnough

74. 74.

    History

    Caroline Kid

75. 75.

    Back When

    Chris Darlington

76. 76.

    Matter of Time

    Emily Roth

77. 77.

    We Were 17

    Cort Carpenter

78. 78.

    Same to Me

    Hank Weaver

79. 79.

    Take His Hand

    Whey Jennings

80. 80.

    I Think I Preferred The Question

    Foy Vance

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