Chase McDaniel shares his autobiographical debut album, Lost Ones, officially out now, September 19th on all streaming platforms. Learn more and listen to the new project below.
Big Machine Records singer-songwriter, Chase McDaniel is a unique type of artist. Since bursting on to the music scene, McDaniel’s has championed vulnerability, allowing fans into his story in hopes that others find themselves represented too. His autobiographical debut album, Lost Ones, out today is an album for anyone who needs it.
Filled with songs about struggle, mental health, and finding hope again, Lost Ones is an important project, an impressive feat for a debut album from any rising artist. With every track co-written by McDaniel, the 12-track LP is a soul-baring album. McDaniel’s shares everything on the record, indulging his personal struggle with depression and losing his father to addiction. We cannot commend him enough for being willing to go there.
“My music may be a little darker than what you’re used to hearing, but so is my story,” shares McDaniel in a recent press release about the record. “I hope Lost Ones finds who it’s meant to because it’s a lot of people’s story too. You are not alone.”
The record ultimately turns pain into to passion and purpose, and it reminds listeners that they are truly not alone. Lost Ones is one of the most prolific projects of 2025. Make sure you stream it and truly listen to every lyric.
Lost Ones Track List:
Before I Let You Go (Peyton Chase McDaniel, Jon Nite, Lindsay Rimes)
Die Trying (Peyton Chase McDaniel, Seth Ennis, Lindsay Rimes)
Burned Down Heaven (Peyton Chase McDaniel, Jon Nite, Lindsay Rimes)
Risk It All (Peyton Chase McDaniel, Zach Kale, Seth Mosley)
Born In A Burning House (Peyton Chase McDaniel, Josh Osborne, Lindsay Rimes)
Lost Ones (Peyton Chase McDaniel, Chris LaCorte, Josh Miller)
My Side Of The Family (Peyton Chase McDaniel, Zach Kale, Seth Mosley)
Meaning Of Mine (Peyton Chase McDaniel, Jon Nite, Lindsay Rimes)
Heart Still Works (Peyton Chase McDaniel, Lindsay Rimes, Josh Osborne)
What I Didn’t Have (Peyton Chase McDaniel, Jon Nite, Lindsay Rimes, Russell Sutton)
Made It This Far (Peyton Chase McDaniel, Lindsay Rimes, Josh Osborne)
Mind On Fire (Peyton Chase McDaniel, Lindsay Rimes, Brett Warren)
Chase McDaniel shares debut album, ‘Lost Ones,’ out now on all streaming platforms.
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Lost Ones is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.
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Thelma & James share their debut EP, Starting Over, officially out now, September 19th on all streaming platforms. Learn more and listen to the new project below.
Sometimes art is best created with the one you love the most. That notion is exactly what happened when married singer-songwriters, MacKenzie Porter and Jake Etheridge discovered when their first co-write in over a decade produced the viral track, “Happy Ever After You.” The song became the catalyst for creation of duo, Thelma & James. Since then, the duo has been earnestly working on their duo debut. Today, their debut EP, Starting Over is officially here!
“We are so excited to announce our very first EP together. These songs came together quickly and creating them felt so effortless,” shared Thelma & James in a recent press release. “When we sat down to write back in December, there was no plan beyond getting a few ideas off our chests. We never imagined it would turn into a band, a record deal and now an entire project – but looking back, it feels inevitable.” Porter adds,“Jake is my best collaborator in every part of life, so it only makes sense that it translates into music too. This is just the beginning; we have so many songs… they just won’t stop flooding our brains.”
Starting Over is a special project and Thelma & James is a special creative collaboration. Fans are in for a real treat with the record and all the music to come!
Starting Over EP Track List:
Happy Ever After You (MacKenzie Porter, Jake Etheridge)
Chainsmokin Memories(Jake Etheridge, Jordan Minton, MacKenzie Porter, Jordan Reynolds, Parker Welling)
Parking Lot Prayers (Jake Etheridge, MacKenzie Porter, Jordan Reynolds, Emily Weisband)
Canaries in a Coal Mine (Jake Etheridge, Josh Osborne, MacKenzie Porter, Scott Stepakoff)
Nostalgic for Nothing(Jake Etheridge, MacKenzie Porter, Jordan Reynolds, Parker Welling)
First Love(Jake Etheridge, Lauren Hungate, MacKenzie Porter)
Starting Over(Jake Etheridge, Lori McKenna, MacKenzie Porter)
Thelma & James share debut EP, ‘Starting Over,’ out now on all streaming platforms.
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Starting Over EP is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.
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Jake Worthington shares his brand new album, When I Write The Song, officially out now, September 12th on all streaming platforms. Learn more and listen to the new project below.
Big Loud Texas recording artist, Jake Worthington is officially releasing his sophomore record. Since bursting on to the country music scene, Worthington has remained true to his artistry, blending western-infused country sounds with his traditional flavor. Today, the singer-songwriter’s sophomore record, When I Write The Song is officially here!
With fourteen tracks, When I Write The Song truly has Worthington written all over it. The entertainer had a hand in writing all but one of the songs and the title track is actually a solo write, an impressive feat for a newer artist. “This record means to me…it’s a reminder to fight the good fight. I’m a strong believer in ‘do what moves ya.’ Make the kind of music that wrecks your world or picks up all the pieces,” shared Worthington in a recent press release. “If it makes you feel that kind of way, and if that’s what you need, then don’t let anybody or anything change that. That’s what this record is to me.”
Make sure to listen to When I Write The Song!
When I Write The Song Track List:
It Ain’t The Whiskey (Jake Worthington, Will Banister, Jeff Hyde, Roger Springer)
Hello Shitty Day (feat. Miranda Lambert) (Dean Dillon, Jessie Jo Dillon, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert)
Too Much To Think (Jake Worthington, Monty Holmes, Roger Springer)
King Of The World (Jake Worthington, Roger Springer, Jacob Boyd Weinschenk)
I’m The One (feat. Marty Stuart) (Jake Worthington, Jenna LaMaster, Marty Stuart)
Drownin’ In Whiskey (Jake Worthington, Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde, Roger Springer)
Not Like I Used To (Jake Worthington, Monty Criswell, Derek George)
When I Write The Song (Jake Worthington)
Two First Names (Jake Worthington, Wyatt McCubbin, Brett Tyler)
I Only Drink When It Rains (Jake Worthington, Roger Springer, Jacob Boyd Weinschenk)
I Still Believe In Miracles (Jake Worthington, Robert Arthur, Roger Springer)
I Feel You (feat. Mae Estes) (Jake Worthington, Roger Springer, Jacob Boyd Weinschenk)
My Home’s In Oklahoma (Jake Worthington, Will Banister, Roger Springer)
Get Gone Too (Jake Worthington, Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde, Roger Springer)
Jake Worthington shares new album, ‘When I Write The Song,’ out now on all streaming platforms.
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When I Write The Song is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.
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Lanie Gardner shares her new album, Faded Polaroids, officially out now, September 5th on all streaming platforms. Learn more and listen to the new album below.
Since arriving on the country music scene, Lanie Gardner has carved her own lane as a singer-songwriter in the genre. She creates music that is unapologetically her, while pairing honest storytelling lyrics with thoughtful melodies and arrangements. Her recent EP, polaroids set the stage for her incredible sophomore album, Faded Polaroids, out today.
“I created the idea of Faded Polaroids using actual polaroids. Some brand new, others nicotine-stained, withered, torn and worn from being passed down through the years,” shared Gardner in a recent press release. “It felt like zooming out on my whole life and finally seeing the bigger picture. These snapshots — these songs — are the most beautiful parts of me. They tell the story of where I come from, who I come from, what I’ve learned and who I’m becoming. I hope these songs encourage people to take the time to make their own version of that too. I think it’s important that we all do.”
Faded Polaroids intentionally features eighteen songs including the six off the previously released EP. Opening up with “Takin’ The Slow Ride,” Gardner invites listeners to enjoy life’s simplest moments. Like many of her songs, such as “Mama’s Kitchen Table” and “Love You Like Appalachia”, the songstress pays homage to her home state of North Carolina and takes fans on a journey to appreciate her home-state’s beauty.
The record as a whole seamlessly blends genre, drawing on inspiration from Gardner’s rock and folk influences. Full of unfiltered anthems like, “Boot Down”, “Jeans,” and “Ur Mad,” this songstress sings her truth. On the latter, “Ur Mad,” Gardner brings the confidence and cements that she will not apologize for who she is.
While Faded Polaroids is full of thoughtful anthems, it also has deep moments of personal healing and self-discovery. On “Daddy Didn’t,” Gardner explores and opens up about her relationship with her father, allowing fans an inside look into her upbringing. Similarly on the title track, the singer-songwriter takes a sentimental look-back at moments in time, a true culmination of photographs that make up her story.
Each and every song off Faded Polaroids is purposeful and personal, yet relatable. Gardner has found a way to weave her true experiences into a beautiful work of art, something that fans will find themselves in again and again. Faded Polaroids is a record you are going to want to come back to again and again. Gardner outdid her self on the project.
Faded Polaroids Track List:
Takin’ The Slow Ride (Lanie Gardner, Matt Jenkins, Jesse Frasure, Brad Tursi)
Boys Like You (Lanie Gardner, Jimmy Robbins, Henry Agincourt Allen)
Boot Down (Lanie Gardner, Allison Veltz-Cruz, Dallas Wilson, Ross Ellis)
The Hills Have Eyes (Lanie Gardner, Carlo Colasacco, Rufio Hooks)
Little Bit Of Lovin’ (Lanie Gardner, Katie Cecil, Chris Ganoudis, Kasey Tyndall)
Faded Polaroids (Lanie Gardner, Oscar Charles, Lori McKenna, Barry Dean)
Don’t Fall In Love (Lanie Gardner, Zach Abend, Benjy Davis)
Rattler And The Devil’s Whip (Lanie Gardner, David Medlin, Daymon Osborn)
Faded Polaroids is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.
Clayton Mullen shares his the deluxe version of his album, Varsity Blues: OT, officially out now, August 29th on all streaming platforms. Learn more and listen to the new project below.
Singer-songwriter, Clayton Mullen is an incredible artist that you are going to want to pay attention to. He has the talent, grit, and story-telling finesse to entice any country music lover. Today, Mullen shares the deluxe version of his album Varsity Blues: OT, which features two brand new songs, including fan-favorite, “Pocket Aces” and “Hearts And Records.”
The new songs join five additional songs with six out of seven songs co-written by the artist. According to Mullen, the record is a special one! “I wanted to build the project around that type of feeling, and I knew “Pocket Aces” was a song that the fans really enjoyed, so that one was definitely a no brainer, to be part of the project,” shared the singer in an interview with Country Swag. “”Hearts and Records”, same thing, I think all these songs thematically live in the same lane, and I wanted them to be part of one project. I’m just really happy with the way that we did it in the storytelling that we were able to portray in the songs.
Varsity Blues: OT is an exciting record by Mullen. We are excited to seee what he has coming down the pipeline next! Make sure to listen!
Varsity Blues: OT Track List:
Varsity Blues | Written by Ryan Hurd, Heath Warren, Lydia Vaughan*
First Time Feeling Last | Written by Clayton Mullen, Russell Sutton, Seth Mosley*
Love On The Radio | Written by Clayton Mullen, Jason Massey, Jason Duke, Matt Morrisey*
Nowhere, Tennessee | Written by Clayton Mullen, Chris McKenna, Trent Wayne, Nick Sainato*
Blue | Written by Clayton Mullen, Jason Massey, Kyle Sturrock*
Pocket Aces | Written by Clayton Mullen, Josh Kerr, Benjy Davis+
Hearts and Records | Written by Clayton Mullen, Aaron Eshuis, Ryan Hurd, Ryan Beaver^
* Produced by Jason Masey + Produced by Blake Bollinger ^ Produced by Aaron Eshuis
Clayton Mullen shares deluxe version of his album, ‘Varsity Blues: OT,’ out now on all streaming platforms.
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Varsity Blues: OT is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.
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Zach Top shares his brand new album, Ain’t In It For My Health, officially out now, August 29th on all streaming platforms. Learn more and listen to the new project below.
Rising star and Washington native, Zach Top has quickly taken the country music world by storm! The singer-songwriter grew up immersed in country music, finding inspiration from iconic artists like George Strait and Keith Whitley. Today, Top adds to his growing catalog of music, dropping his brand new album, Ain’t In It For My Health featuring sixteen new songs.
Songs like “Good Times & Tan Lines” and “Country Boy Blues” speak to Top’s 90s country inspirations. He nods his cap to his influences, drawing inspiration from 90s country music throughout the project. For Top, this record is a continuation of what he has built so far in his young career.
Top is the real deal! Ain’t In It For My Health is the perfect new era of music for the rising star. Make sure to go stream it ASAP!
Ain’t In It For My Health Track List:
Guitar
Good Times & Tan Lines
When You See Me
Splitsville
Between The Ditches
Flip-Flop
Livin’ A Lie
Tightrope
I Know A Place
She Makes
South Of Sanity
Like I Want You
Country Boy Blues
Lovin’ The Wrong Things
Honky Tonk Till It Hurts
Bonus Track (Vinyl Exclusive)
Zach Top shares new album, ‘Ain’t In It For My Health,’ out now on all streaming platforms.
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Ain’t In It For My Health is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.
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Preston Cooper shares his brand new debut album, Toledo Talkin’, officially out now, August 29th on all streaming platforms. Learn more and listen to the new project below.
Preston Cooper is synonymous with authentic country music. His traditional meets modern blend is a breath of fresh air in a genre that has a lot of iterations as of late. Today, Cooper officially releases his long-awaited debut album. Toledo Talkin’ is out now, featuring twelve incredible songs, including fan-favorite, “Weak.”
“I love this album because it’s so personal,” shared Cooper in a recent press release. “Coming from a small town, I worked a 9-5 at the post office and wasn’t even sure if I would make it to Nashville. This album is about me moving away and taking a chance. I’ve gone from the bar down the street, to the next state, to the country, and hopefully on to the world. My biggest hope is to make authentic, organic country music and inspire other young musicians to do the same.”
Cooper truly loves what he does, and it is evident on his debut album. Make sure to give Toledo Talkin’ a listen!
Toledo Talkin’ is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.
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Walker Hayes shares his brand new album, 17 Problems, officially out now, August 22nd on all streaming platforms. Learn more and listen to the new project below.
Since bursting on the scene several years ago, Walker Hayes has worked tirelessly to create music that his fans love, while simultaneously supporting his family. With each iteration of Hayes’ career, he lasered in on what is really important to him. Today, the singer-songwriter shares his
According to Hayes, the record is a culmination of his feelings, his motions, parenting, life struggles, and unspoken questions that many of us can relate to, all wrapped up in a honest storytelling and charming melodies. “This album is very reflective. I think you can tell I’m in the middle of losing my dad and raising kids. I’m at that corner of the road in life when you’re looking back on your childhood – you can see it as clear as you ever have – but you’re looking down the barrel of raising kids and keeping your family together,” shared Hayes on Instagram. “Accidentally, that is a common thread. The songs have this ‘in retrospect’ feeling, and then also, ‘what does the future look like? How do I do this?'”
Hayes continues to impress. His music is honest, authentic, and true to his story. Make sure to listen to 17 Problems ASAP!
17 Problems Track List:
Neon Lights
Pocket Knife
17 Year Old Problems
One, Two
Type
Fine As You
Mother
Song For My Son (ft. Kane Brown)
100 Pencils
Next Wife
Bible Sales Are Up
I Still Do
Guys Like Me (Walker Hayes & Dylan Guthro)
Mayonnaise (ft. Nic D)
Jesus, My Dad and Johnny Cash
Adderall (ft. Collie Caillat)
Wednesday
Walker Hayes shares brand new album, ’17 Problems,’ out now on all streaming platforms.
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17 Problems is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.
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The Band Loula share their brand new EP, Sweet Southern Summer, officially out now, August 22nd on all streaming platforms. Learn more and listen to the new project below.
Warner Music Nashville signees, The Band Loula are two of the most talented singer-songwriters out there right now. Their humility, honesty, and truly unique talent rivals any folky superstar out there right now. With their unique swampy meets county sound, The Band Loula truly have something special. Today, they make their major label debut with their brand new EP, Sweet Southern Summer featuring six songs, including two new releases, “Karma’s The Devil” and “Who Gets To Heaven (Nobody Knows).
Originally, The Band Loula let the title track of the record speak for the project, adding to the excitement about the project’s release. “Our new song ‘Sweet Southern Summer’ is a postcard from the things that raised us in North Georgia…dirt roads, rocking chairs, honeysuckle off the vine, and growing up on Lula Road,” shared the duo in a recent press release. “It bottles up the kind of front-porch summer that never really leaves you, no matter how much time passes. This track sets the tone for our upcoming EP, which is a patchwork of stories that encompass who we are.”
The Band Loula is the real deal. Make sure to listen to Sweet Southern Summer ASAP!
Sweet Southern Summer Track List:
Running Off the Angels – Malachi Mills, Logan Simmons, Peyton Porter
Sweet Southern Summer is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.
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Jordan Davis’ new album, Learn The Hard Wayis out now, August 15th on all streaming platforms. Listen to the new album below.
With his third studio album, Learn the Hard Way, Jordan Davis leans fully into the balance of polished country-pop and swampy, soulful roots that has made him one of Nashville’s most consistent hitmakers. The MCA Nashville record not only delivers the infectious hooks fans have come to expect but also showcases a deeper, more personal side of Davis’s artistry.
On the follow up to 2023’s Bluebird Days, Davis flawlessly blends Bayou grit with soulful introspection, exploring new sonic territory without straying from familiar themes. The Louisiana native wrote or co-wrote 13 of the album’s 17 new tracks, enlisting a slew of familiar names, including his brother Jacob, Ashley Gorley, Steve Moakler, Josh Kerr, Josh and Matt Jenkins, and many more.
The album kicks off with the rollicking “Her Way or the Highway,” a catchy musical ultimatum in which Davis rattles off a laundry list of a woman’s grievances, ultimately landing on the blunt “change or it’s goodbye.” From there, Davis wastes no time diving into one of the album’s standouts, “Bar None,” a toe-tapping, whiskey-drenched heartbreak anthem that he says “came alive in the studio.”
“Bar, none// Now I’m gettin’ goner than your long gone boots// Nothin’ I’m workin’ on works on you// I’ve been breakin’ every bottle open// Doin’ what a banged up broken heart doe//s I’m gonna need three or four more// Baby, if movin’ on had a scoreboard// It’d say, “You and your memory, one // Me and this bar, none // Me and this bar, me and this bar, none”
Heartbreak runs through much of the album. “Ain’t Enough Road” is a lush, single-worthy midtempo about realizing you cannot outrun memories. “Only All the Time” and “Turn This Truck Around” are equally steeped in post-breakup ache.
Emotions continue to run high on the stunning ballad, “Mess with Missing You,” a long-awaited duet with Carly Pearce. Years in the making, Davis revealed that the final version exceeded his expectations. It finds the pair trading tender verses over lines like “You’re like whiskey, I can’t even have one sip… it’s just too risky, if I start then I can’t quit, and all that moving on I did, goes out the door, I don’t mess with missing you no more.”
“Jesus Wouldn’t Do” is a standout for its lyrical introspection, as Davis grapples with grace and the imperfections of being human. Similarly, “Keeping the World Away” reflects on the need to unplug and cherish life’s simple joys, a sentiment born from Davis’s own struggles to balance a growing career with being a father of four.
Both “Good Gone Bad” and “Louisiana Stick” pay homage to Davis’s Louisiana roots, with the former a gritty, swamp-soaked romp that channels shades of Marc Broussard with smoldering vocals and searing guitar work. Likewise “Louisiana Stick” pairs him with guitar virtuoso Marcus King), and the result is arguably the album’s most distinctive cut, uniting two Bayou brothers as they swap verses and trade fiery guitar riffs in a soulful, groove-laden jam.
“I wanted to show influences and not just talk about them,” reveals Davis when reflecting on the collaboration that he calls one of his favorite songs on the LP. “ Being from Louisiana, that kind of soulful, groovy stuff is just what I listen to.”
“Son of a Gun” is also a standout, inspired by a golf trip with his brother Jacob and centered around the simple idea of being a “son of a gun.” He’s introspective and poignant on the building ballad, a product of his raising. “Didn’t always have it made // but that’s what made me // Daddy was a hand-me-down hair-triggered silver tongue // my mama was a pistol // they made a son of a gun”
“In Case You Missed It” and “Know You Like That” both find him nostalgic and second-guessing an old flame, while the album’s title track offers a look at Davis at his most vulnerable.
“I’m ’bout to get a taste of my own damn medicine// Safe to say, I’m ’bout to get me a lesson in // Tables turning like tires on the Chert rock// And how them goodbye lights look fading off// Throwing red at the best there’s ever been// Hell, I guess there’s a first time for everything// I’ve never known the broke side of a heartbreak// But I’d say I’m ’bout to learn the hard way.”
Learn the Hard Way is truly Jordan Davis at his most confident and most honest, finding him even more self-assured in what he does best while also branching out into new sounds and styles. The LP perfectly marries radio-ready grooves with rootsy authenticity and clever storytelling, weaving together barroom singalongs, soul-drenched grooves, and personal reflections. Whether he’s turning up the Louisiana swagger, duetting with country’s finest, or quietly reflecting on family and faith, Davis proves he’s learned more than a few hard lessons, and he’s better for it.
Learn The Hard Way Tracklist:
Her Way or the Highway – Jordan Davis, Paul DiGiovanni, Travis Wood, Mark Holman, Josh Jenkins
Bar None – Ben Johnson, Lydia Vaughan, Hunter Phelps
Mess with Missing You (with Carly Pearce) – Jordan Davis, DiGiovanni, Hillary Lindsey, Wood
In Case You Missed It – Jacob Davis, Jordan Davis, DiGiovanni, Wood
Ain’t Enough Road – Jordan Davis, Luke Dick, Ashley Gorley
Son of a Gun – Jacob Davis, Jordan Davis, Josh Kerr, Lauren Hungate
Jesus Wouldn’t Do – Jacob Davis, Jordan Davis, J. Jenkins, Matt Jenkins
Learn the Hard Way” – DiGiovanni, Wood, John Pierce
I Ain’t Sayin’ – Wood, Steve Moakler, Holman, Emily Reid
Good Gone Bad – Jordan Davis, Matt Dragstrem, Chase McGill
Memory Don’t Mess Around – Jacob Davis, Jordan Davis, DiGiovanni, J. Jenkins, M. Jenkins
Keeping the World Away – Jacob Davis, Jordan Davis, DiGiovanni, J. Jenkins, M. Jenkins
Know You Like That – Ray Fulcher, Thomas Archer, Jordan Rowe, Michael Tyler
Only All the Time – Jacob Davis, Jordan Davis, Wood, Holman, Matt Roy
Turn This Truck Around – Jordan Davis, Devin Dawson, Jake Mitchell, Josh Thompson
Louisiana Stick (with Marcus King) – Jordan Davis, DiGiovanni, McGill, Gorley
Muddy the Water – Jordan Davis, DiGiovanni, J. Jenkins, M. Jenkins
Country Swag Picks:
Louisiana Stick
Mess with Missing You
I Ain’t Sayin’
Good Gone Bad
Keeping the World Away
Know You Like That
Her Way or the Highway
Jordan Davis shares new album, ‘Learn The Hard Way,’ out now on all streaming platforms.
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Learn The Hard Way is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released tunes on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.
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