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Happy Thanksgiving! Understandably it's a bit quiet on the new music front this week, but we've still got new songs from a few dedicated artists who managed to get themselves up and off the couch for some new music this Friday.
You can listen along to our playlist of all the biggest and best new releases from the world of country and Americana on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and Amazon Music.
Best New Country Cover Star
This week's Best New Country cover stars are Low Gap. The brothers Gus and Phin Johnson remind us to celebrate all the simple things in life on their new single, 'Ranch Style House,' ahead of a big announcement coming from the duo today.
"Since in-store Black Friday shopping has become irrelevant, we decided to release a good ole, down to earth, country single for y'all to listen to while you shop America's best deals this Christmas season," the band shared on their socials. "No. This is not a song about consumerism or Thanksgiving or Christmas or the fall or the winter or politics or academia or a life changing epiphany. This is a song about the simple things in life."
New Country and Americana Singles
There might not be a lot in the bag this week but there's still some absolute gems released today. We've even got a couple of holiday songs in our playlist this week too, including a song off Morgan Wade's new Christmas in My Dreams EP and Jimmy Fallon follows his chart-topping comedy holiday album Holiday Seasoning by partnering up with Carter Faith for 'Ugly Sweater.'
Written entirely by Fallon and produced by Grammy-winning Dave Cobb, the track tips its Santa hat to Conway and Loretta and the country duets of the golden age with the story of one brave man who shows up to a Christmas party in the wrong outfit but still ends up finding the right person underneath the mistletoe.
If Christmas country is your thing then check out Holler's Best New Country Christmas 2025 playlist for another treat from Carter Faith and even more holiday goodness.
Like Low Gap, Will Jones has taken time this Thanksgiving for a little reflection on gratitude, family and the simple joys that give life meaning with his new song, 'Rich Man.'
“‘Rich Man’ came to me while I was on the road, away from my family,” Jones shares. “Being apart really makes you think about what matters most. I’m so thankful for my wife and our daughter, and with our second baby girl on the way, that feeling is even stronger. True wealth is all about the time I get to spend with the people I love. That’s what this song is all about, and that’s what really makes me rich.”
Released earlier in the week, Turnpike Troubadours have shared their cover of the late Todd Snider's 'Just Like Old Times' in honour of Snider’s life and legacy.
“This song, to me, was really eye-opening when I heard it," lead singer Evan Felker shares. "When that record came out, it’s the first song I remember hearing that described characters that well with that little information. I learned a lot from it. I didn’t know you could even do that."
"Todd was larger than life," he adds. "And you sort of think he’ll be around forever, but unfortunately that’s not the way the world works. The guy was just in a league of his own as a storyteller. Sometimes it was in the song, sometimes it was in the monologue, and then he’d play the song, which was like the extra punch after he’d finished some great story setting it all up. An old school prize fighter setting up the knockout blow. I don’t know that there’s ever been, or ever will be, anyone better at that than him. I forget how much, especially in the early days, we tried to learn from him. To be like him. Everything from talking on stage to writing a song. He wrote all kinds of songs. Every genre of music there was. He wrote funny songs. He wrote some of the saddest songs I’ve ever heard. Deeply personal stuff. Random observations, and he made that into art. He was always like a cat playing with a mouse with everybody else. One of the few people where you always felt like he knew something you didn’t. Had something up his sleeve. He preached the idea of being a lifer. He had this quote where he was like, ‘I don’t even know how to log into my bank account.’ We took that to heart."
"A barefoot hippie in an old truck, driving around East Nashville. He built a community. East Nashville was Todd Snider to us. The first time we ever went to Nashville, we wanted to go to East Nashville. We wanted to see where Todd Snider hung out. He built the legend. Music Row, Broadway, that’s cool for the tourist. But we wanted to see East Nashville. Todd Snider’s Nashville. I’m glad we got to know it.”
Ryan and Rory cap off a milestone year with the intriguingly titled 'Lawn Chair In The Living Room.' Written by Ryan Follesé, Rory John Zak, Andy Albert, Trannie Anderson, and Kevin Bard, the song paints a vivid picture of what life looks like before finding that person who turns a house into a home. With easy charm and a dose of self-deprecating humor, the duo reflects on bachelor-life décor – a cable box on the floor, a lawn chair in the living room – and how love changes everything from the furniture to the feeling of belonging.
“Rory had a difficult breakup early this year,” says Ryan Follesé. “And then he came home to an empty house… a circumstance that, to songwriters, inspires a great song title: Lawn Chair in the Living Room.”
“I decided to turn heartbreak into interior design, at least that’s what a guy would call it,” laughs Rory John Zak. “Ryan and I, along with our co-writers, thought this was the perfect time to turn lemons into lemonade.”
Elsewhere we've got new songs from Abby Cates, Anna May, Austin Michael and Kayleigh Clark. Plus Drayton Farley, Sunny Sweeney and Dani Rose team up for 'Touch and Go,' taken from the Landman soundtrack.
New Country and Americana Albums and EPs
We've got a song from the new project from Jonny 99, Mr. Lonely, while Treaty Oak Revival release their new album, West Texas Degenerate, which features collaborations with William Clark Green, Gannon Fremin and CCREV and the mighty Muscadine Bloodline coming together to join super powers on the brilliant 'Misery.'
Check out Holler's long read with the band for a deep dive on the album.
Check out this week's new country and americana song releases and listen to the full playlist below:
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Ranch Style House
Low Gap
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Misery
Treaty Oak Revival and Muscadine Bloodline
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Ugly Sweater
Jimmy Fallon and Carter Faith
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Rich Man
Will Jones
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Touch And Go
Drayton Farley, Sunny Sweeney and Dani Rose
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Back On A Barstool
Austin Michael
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Hell Outta Me
Kayleigh Clark
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Lawn Chair In The Living Room
Ryan and Rory
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Merry Christmas, Baby
Morgan Wade
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Toyota Camry
Abby Cates
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Parallel Lines
Evan Joseph
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Weighing On My Mind
Georgie Arbuckle
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Mr. Lonely
Johnny 99
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Better Days
Elles Bailey
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Absence Of You
Joe Jordan
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Key Under The Mat
Blake Wood
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Two Step
Lathan Warlick
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Tearing Me Apart
Lincoln Swanzy
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Barstool Savior
Citycreed
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Black Ice
Nate Good
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DRIFTER
Jake Matthew
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One Number Away
Dalton Mccloud
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Get Over You
Landon Wilks
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Home Real Soon
Alex Mather
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Thinkin' About Drinkin'
Waylon Hanel
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That's Just Love For Ya
The Prairie States
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Outrun
Sara Berki
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made it out
Jet Walker
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Miss Know It All
Ryan Price
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Break the Levee
Franklin Jonas
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Two Drinks
David Payne
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Can't Help Myself
Amber Marie
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Corvette
Shi Eubank
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Running Outta Road
The Lockhearts
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The Other Side
Joey Adams
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Atom Bomb
Anna May
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Flowers & Fireflies
Jamie O'Neal
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Nomad
Magnolia Boulevard
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Back Row
Roswell Road
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Neon Night
Homesick Hank
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Patheticus
Bill Ricky
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The Whitetail Rut
Kolton Moore & The Clever Few
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Country Slow Jam
Aaron Raitiere
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Better Man
Jake Matthew
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All Hat No Cowboy
Caden Gillard
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Liar in Cowboy Boots
Van Andrew
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Grandpa
Caden Wilson
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Well Worn Bar (The Way They Were Written)
Cody Bolden
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Count On Me
Brett Kissel
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