Dylan Gossett shares his debut album, Westward, officially out now, July 18th on all streaming platforms. Learn more and listen to the new project below.
Dylan Gossett has emerged as an artist that should be on every single person’s radar. The Big Loud Texas & Mercury Records recording artist is already a multi-platinum singer-songwriter with fan-favorite songs like, “Like I Do” and “Coal” resonating with fans everywhere. Today, Gossett officially releases his long-awaited, debut album, Westward.
Written over he span of the past two years, while touring, the seventeen track album was written and self-produced by Gossett. It features themes of love, nostalgia, and everything in between. According to Gossett, the record is a meaningful one. “This album is a collection of stories that I wrote during the craziest two years of my life. I hope everyone can find something for themselves in it,” he shares in a recent press release.
Westward is the perfect project. It is hard to believe that it marks Gossett’s debut album. Listen to the new project now!
Westward Track List:
Lord Will You Carry Me
Hangin’ On
Circada Choir
American Trail
Snake eyes
Livin’ The Dream
Sweet Lady
Adeline (You’re Outta Line)
Roll of 35
Like I Do
Tired of Running
Smell of Rain
Back 40
Tree Birds
Song About YOu
Coal
Baptized By Rain
Dylan Gossett shares his debut album, ‘Westward,’ out now on all streaming platforms.
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Westward 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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Riley Green shares brand new EP Midtown Sessions, officially out now, July 11th on all streaming platforms. Learn more and listen to the new project below.
Riley Green has become both a fan-favorite country artist, as well as, a mainstay in the genre. The singer has melded his traditional yet modern sound to create a blend that is uniquely his own. Today, the artist surprises fans with an all-acoustic new EP, Midtown Sessions.
Midtown Sessions features five tracks, including fan favorite songs, “Change My Mind,” “Worst Way”, and “Jesus Saves.” While the first three songs on the project are new acoustic versions of his hits, the final two are new releases. “Cowboy In Me,” a once Apple Music only release is officially available to fans everywhere. A true standout on the project, Green’s rendition of Tim McGraw’s “Cowboy In Me” is almost as good as the original, paying tribute in the perfect way.
Finally, the fifth and final track on the project is a brand new song called, “Bartender In Destin.” Seemingly a true story, Green takes fans through a synopsis about a bartender that he most likely met in Destin, Florida, while romanticizing the meeting.
Midtown Sessions is the perfect project from Green. He continues to be unapologetically himself, and it always works. Listen to the new project now!
MidtownSessions EP Track List:
Change My Mind (Acoustic)
Worst Way (Acoustic)
Jesus Saves (Acoustic)
Cowboy In Me (Acoustic)
Bartender In Destin (Acoustic)
Riley Green shares brand new EP, ‘Midtown Sessions,’ out now on all streaming platforms.
Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news about future Riley Green releases.
Midtown Sessions 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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Parker McCollum shares his brand new self-titled album, Parker McCollum, officially out now, June 27th on all streaming platforms. Learn more and listen to the new album below.
For Parker McCollum, the release of his self-titled studio album marks a seismic shift in his career. McCollum traded Music City for New York City, enlisting legendary producers Frank Liddell and Eric Masse to push him beyond his wildest expectations. “It is the best thing I’ve ever done,” McCollum shares. “This record is honest, this record is raw, this record is one thousand percent authentic, Parker, and it feels really good to get back to writing and recording songs like I always wanted to.”
Recorded at the historic Power Station studio, home of Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the USA, Parker McCollum draws influences from ‘the Boss,’ among others. Featuring fourteen new tracks, the Texas native co-wrote all but a cover of “Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues,” alongside a slew of Texas and Nashville’s biggest names. The liner notes here include the likes of Lori McKenna, Mar Kearney, Randy Rogers, Hillary Lindsey, Natalie Hemby, Wade Bowen, and more, each adding a distinct touch to the collection.
On the follow up to 2022’s Never Enough, which marks his fifth LP and third with MCA, the Austin native truly embraces authentic storytelling, raw emotion, and rootsy musicianship. It’s much more Isbell and Childers than Aldean and Wallen, leaning into lyrical stories and lush instrumentation, as opposed to chasing radio play.
Female background vocalists punctuate a lot of the songs, adding an unusual and much-welcomed ethereal quality, while acoustic guitars and Springsteen-meets-Mayer melodies permeate the LP. From the opening notes of “My Blue,” the album feels different. It feels raw and stripped and live, less polished in the best ways possible.
While “Big Sky” hints at classic McCollum, it’s more Texas than Nashville, with its radio ready chorus about being a man unable to stay in one place for too long.
“I fly and I nevеr land It’s a big sky // I’m a lonely man If you’re lookin’ for me // Just know that I’m free // And thеre ain’t no tellin’ where I might be”
“What Kinda Man” is thematically similar, a harmonica-laced two-stepper that finds him wondering what kind of woman could settle with a man like him, while “Hope That I’m Enough” finds him grappling with his own insecurities in a relationship. Inspired by his wife, he says the song holds a special place in his heart. “It’s how I’ve always genuinely looked at her and [my] relationship,” He shares toBillboard. “She’s just as good as God can make a woman. I don’t know if I’m worthy of anything I’ve gotten to do in my career or the woman I’ve gotten to marry or any of this stuff. It’s just a very authentic feeling. I was sitting next to her, playing guitar, and this song started to just fall out. She’s an easy person to write songs about.”
Songs like “Solid Country Gold” and “Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues” pay homage to the heyday of country music. On “Gold,” the music is breezy and lush, name dropping the likes of John Prine and Guy Clark, while McCollum muses, “I try to hang with the kids these days, but the kids swear I ain’t hip.”
Likewise, a song like the 1960’s hit “Good Time Charlie” should feel out of place in 2025, but fits in perfectly on the LP. Originally recorded by Danny O’Keefe, McCollum turns the classic into a duet with fellow Texan, Cody Johnson. “I’ve always wanted to cut it. I’ve listened to it for 15 years, and I’ve always thought of Cody when I heard that song,” McCollum says. “I just always thought he was so, so crazy talented and such a good singer, and just so passionate about his business and how it goes about his life, and I just admire that so much. He comes in and just kills it.”
“Permanent Headphones” is a standout for the fact that it was originally penned when McCollum was just fifteen, while “Sunny Days” is a breezy look back at those simpler times of his youth.
Songs like “Come On,” “Watch Me Bleed” and “Enough Rope” show various sides of the singer-songwriter, with “Come On” leaning into gritty bluesy country while “Watch Me Bleed” feels inspired by the alt-rock of the late 90’s and early 2000’s. “Killin’ Me” is a twangy, dancehall romp celebrating undeniable attraction, while “New York is On Fire” is a John-Mayer-esque slow burner, chock full of reverb and soulful vocals.
The LP ends on a contradictory note with “My Worst Enemy,” upbeat musical optimism grappling with lyrical self doubt. It’s a unique and fitting album closer for an LP that’s unlike anything McCollum has done before. “It really eats at me to put out music that hits you where music hits me,” he says of the project. “I really enjoy that chase and that journey of, ‘Am I going to write songs that are good enough?’ … I’m trying to find those answers.”
Country Swag Picks:
Big Sky
What Kinda Man
Hope That I’m Enough
My Worst Enemy
Parker McCollum Track List:
My Blue (Parker McCollum, Scooter Carusoe)
Big Sky (Parker McCollum, Charlie Magnone, Jarrod Morris)
Solid Country Gold (Parker McCollum, Jon Randall, Brad Warren, Brett Warren)
Watch Me Bleed (Parker McCollum, Lori McKenna, Mat Kearney)
Killin’ Me (Parker McCollum, Monty Criswell, Randy Rogers)
Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues Featuring Cody Johnson (Danny O’Keefe)
Sunny Days (Parker McCollum, Tony Lane, Lee Miller, Randy Montana)
Permanent Headphones (Parker McCollum)
New York Is On Fire (Parker McCollum, Nick Bockrath, Adam Wright)
Come On (Parker McCollum, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose)
What Kinda Man (Parker McCollum, Natalie Hemby, Jeremy Spillman)
Hope That I’m Enough (Parker McCollum, Jessi Alexander, Matt Jenkins)
Enough Rope (Chris Knight, Austin Cunningham)
My Worst Enemy (Parker McCollum, Wade Bowen)
Parker McCollum shares brand new self-titled album, out now on all streaming platforms.
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Parker McCollum 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 Jack Wharff Band shares their brand new debut EP, Richmond’s Most Wanted, out now, June 20th on all streaming platforms. Learn here.
Up and coming Big Machine Records artist, Jack Wharff and his band are showing off their undeniable talent. Their brand new debut EP, Richmond’s Most Wanted is out today, including six songs all co-penned by at least one band member, which is an impressive feat for a rising group.
The Jack Wharff Band are impressive at creating music that tests the limit of genres, while remaining true to their own unique sound and story. “Richmond’s Most Wanted perfectly sums up our favorite musical styles and sets the stage for what’s to come,” shares Jack Wharff in a recent press release. “We can’t wait for everyone to hear what we’ve been working on!”
Richmond’s Most Wanted is an impressive project. Each and every song is worth listening to again and again! Listen now!
Richmond’s Most WantedTrack List:
Washed (Jack Wharff, Ryan Barrett Atchison, Joe Clemmons, Garrett Howell)
Burnin’ It Down (Jack Wharff, Ryan Barrett Atchison, Garrett Howell)
Otherwise (Jack Wharff, Marc Beeson, Steve Moakler, Chase McDaniel)
Don’t Hold Your Breath (Jack Wharff, Ryan Barrett Atchison, Evan Novoa, Cole Miracle)
Picture Perfect (Jack Wharff, Ryan Barrett Atchison, Brian Bunn, Garrett Howell, Ben Wagner, Tyler Woodward)
Richmond’s Most Wanted (Jack Wharff, Ryan Barrett Atchison, Beau Bailey, Garrett Howell)
The Jack Wharff Band shares brand new debut EP, ‘Richmond’s Most Wanted,’ out now on all streaming platforms.
Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news about future The Jack Wharff Band releases.
Richmond’s Most Wanted 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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Brian Kelley shares his new album, Sunshine State of Mind Season Two, Chapter One, officially out now, June 20th on all streaming platforms. Learn here.
Since stepping out as a solo artist, Brian Kelley has garnered a ton of loyal fans, both during his Florida Georgia Line Days and new fans who have flocked to his unique sound. His real and raw music has appealed to lovers of honest country music. Today, Kelley shares his brand new album, Sunshine State of Mind Season Two, Chapter One, out now.
Inspired by his Florida upbringing, Kelley credits his parents for instilling in him his way of life. In a recent press release, the singer-songwriter shared, “That’s how I was brought up – with that ‘Sunshine State of Mind.’ Life is going to throw you curveballs but don’t sweat the small stuff. My parents have always been super positive, and that ‘Sunshine State of Mind’ is rooted in how I was raised, and their mindset throughout life has been a light to me. Hopefully, I can carry that on, and be a light in my music, my live show, and my vibe.”
Listen to Sunshine State of Mind Season Two, Chapter One now!
Sunshine State of Mind Season Two, Chapter OneTrack List:
Palm Tree Country
Blue Sky Inn
Saltwater Ranch
Tennessee Tan
People Make the Place
Colorado for Hurricane Season
Salty Dog
Tropical Storm
Teal
Spend Some Time There
Always Summertime
Blue Sky and a Bottle of Rum
Safe Harbor
Sundays in Grayton
Brian Kelley shares new album, ‘Sunshine State Of Mine Season Two, Chapter One,’ out now on all streaming platforms.
Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news about future Brian Kelley releases.
Sunshine State of Mind Season Two, Chapter Oneis 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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Dillon Carmichael’s new album, Keepin’ Country Alive is out now, June 13th on all streaming platforms. Listen to the new album below.
With a style that pairs gritty soulful vocals with soaring instrumentation and a hint of 90s country, Dillion Carmichael returns with his third studio album, Keepin’ Country Alive, via Riser House Records.
Featuring fourteen tracks, nine of which he co-wrote, the LP is a celebration of small town roots and the relationships that come with that upbringing. “We took two years to make this record, and because of that I was able to spend a lot of time with the songs and bring my vision to life in a whole new way,” he says of the project. “I called this record Keepin’ Country Alive to honor all the people who grew up the way I did.”
Recorded at Blackbird Studio in Nashville, the Kentucky native offers up a perfect mix of hometown nostalgia, raucous anthems, clever lyrics and hair-raising ballads. Songs like “Home” and “Good Ol’ Day” are certainly tales of rural life, while “Raised Up Wrong” and “Keepin’ Country Alive” truly pay homage to his raising. “There’s a lot of misconceptions about where I’m from and what the people there stand for,” He shares. “So I wanted to write about stepping into someone else’s shoes and trying to understand their experience.”
The album opens with “Raised Up Wrong,” a swampy and gritty ode to country raising, pairing driving and anthemic guitars with clever lyrics that prove there’s nothing wrong with his upbringing.
“I’d say, there ain’t a damn thing that I’d change // To me it was growing up the right way // No it ain’t just a country cliche how we came up If you think it’s out of style, kind of old school // Walk a country mile in these old boots // You’ll find out that you’ve got how we were raised up wrong // Don’t give a damn like an old Hank song // Hangin’ round like a buck on a wall // Or you can say what you’d like // But if that’s raised up wrong I don’t wanna be right”
Likewise, the album’s title track is a celebration of those who keep the country tradition alive. For Carmichael, that tradition runs deep as the nephew of country legends John Michael and Eddie Montgomery (of Montgomery Gentry fame).
“Here’s to the ones keeping ol Merle spinning // Midnight first time cornrow kissing // New coat of water tower spray-painted names // New crop of crop growers praying for rain // From Saturday bonfires to Sunday pews // Filling in all them hand-me-down boots // Making sure that the roots in them towns don’t die // Here’s to the boys and the girls keepin’ country alive”
“No Matter How Hard I Try” is a truly heart stopping moment, a building and anthemic ballad that allows Carmichael to show off his impressive range. “That’s the most challenging song I’ve ever recorded, and at first thought I might not nail it,” he says. “In the past, I might not have even tried, so I’m proud that this album has that moment of me taking a real risk with my voice.”
“When She’s Drinkin’” is a swinging and playful tale of a girl who’s only amorous when she’s intoxicated, while ”She Likes Me This Way” finds the singer-songwriter acknowledging his shortcomings, but musing that she likes him just the way he is, “good, bad, and in-between.”
One of the LP’s most surprising moments comes with his cover of the Adele mega-hit “Someone Like You,” sparse country instrumentation paired with his earnest voice, while “Hell Freezes Over” finds him longing for something that may never happen.
“I’d Call Grandpa” is another truly special and poignant moment that finds him aching for a phone line to heaven, to chat with his grandpa, while the album’s closing track, “Goin’ Places” is a clever lyrical turn of phrase.
“You can’t say I ain’t goin’ places I’m goin’ outta my mind // I’m goin’ down to every red light // Roadside dive bar that I can find I’m goin’ looking for you // In every bottle of booze // And too many strangers faces // So you can’t say that I ain’t goin’ places”
“There’s a lot of different themes on this record—one song might make you want to call your mama, another might make you want to throw down and party, some songs might make you cry,” he shares. “But no matter what, I hope they help you to forget about your problems for a while, to not overthink things or take yourself too seriously, and just take a little time to remember all the good things in life.”
Keepin’ Country Alive Tracklist:
Raised Up Wrong (Dillon Carmichael, Jared Conrad, Devin Dawson, Josh Phillips)
Good Ol’ Day (Dan Isbell, Randy Montana, Dillon Carmichael, Jim Beavers)
When She’s Drinkin’ (Brett Tyler, Chase McGill, Josh Thompson)
She Gone (Dillon Carmichael, Rhett Akins, Michael Whitworth)
Home (Dillon Carmichael, Trent Willmon, Phil O’Donnell)
No Matter How Hard I Try (Jonathan Singleton, Jim Beavers)
Someone Like You (Dan Wilson, Adele Adkins)
Tiny Little Fiddle (Dillon Carmichael, Brett Tyler, Brent Anderson)
Keepin’ Country Alive (Dillon Carmichael, Matt Roy, Paul Sykes)
Hell Freezes Over (Jonathan Singleton, Josh Dunne, Rob Snyder)
She Likes Me This Way (Dillon Carmichael, Jimmy Melton, Neal Coty)
Heartbreak Waitin’ To Happen (Dillon Carmichael, Lindsay Rimes, Neil Medley, Matt Rogers)
Goin’ Places (Joey Hendricks, Andy Skib, Brett James)
Country Swag Picks:
No Matter How Hard I Try
When She’s Drinkin’
Keepin’ Country Alive
Dillon Carmichael shares new album, ‘Keepin’ Country Alive,’ out now on all streaming platforms.
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Keepin’ Country Alive 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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Dierks Bentley’s new album, Broken Branches is out now, June 13th on all streaming platforms. Listen to the new album below.
With a career spanning more than two decades, Dierks Bentley has been one of country music’s most well-known and consistent voices. Now, the acclaimed singer-songwriter is back with Broken Branches, one of his best offerings to date.
On the 11 track collection, the Arizona native trusted the process, enlisting some of Nashville’s most well-known songwriters and musicians to build out the project. On the Capitol Records Nashville release, Bentley co-wrote four songs, focusing on acquiring the best songs possible from the likes of Ashley Gorley, Ross Copperman, Seth Ennis, Devin Dawson, Jordan Reynolds, and more
Executive produced by Mary Hilliard Harrington, Bentley crafted a project that tells the tales of country music. “The country music community has a lot of broken branches in it. That’s why we’re all here,” Bentley explains in a statement. “We want to do something a little bit different, and I think everyone sees themselves like that – certainly in country. This is the people’s music and it represents that spirit of individuality so well – it’s just about doing it our own way.”
The album opens with “Cold Beer Can,” featuring Stephen Wilson, Jr. It’s classic Bentley, clever lyrics over a catchy melody with a hint of a message. “What I love about this song is that the title and idea seem like such familiar territory for country music, but when you actually dig into the lyrics of the song, it’s much more meaningful,” said Bentley.
“A cold beer can go further than a dollar // 12-pack peace pipe for the blue collar // Worth more than a silver when it changes hands // Money can’t buy what a cold beer can // Worth more than a silver when it changes hands // No, money can’t buy what a cold beer can”
“Jesus Loves Me” is a rock-tinted and smoky look at trading the bottle for the Bible, musing “Yeah Jesus loves me, but she don’t,” while “She Hates Me” is an almost Offspring-esque tongue-in-cheek lack-of-love song that shows Bentley at his best. He’s an antihero who isn’t going to be beat down by a woman who doesn’t quite like him.
“We were goofing around with this idea before diving into our next ‘serious’ song, really just trying to make each other laugh. It just fell out, and I didn’t think much more about it after that,” Bentley explained in a statement. “But then it really came to life in the studio, and then my kids were requesting it and then I was getting texts from friends who had heard it, so I started taking it more seriously! I love any opportunity to laugh at myself – especially my younger self, and ‘She Hates Me’ definitely provides that.”
“She hates me // My hair, my truck, my dog, my music makes her crazy // She done been there, done that, ain’t coming back, // no maybes Thought one day, // we’d be on some acres raising babies // She should be falling, only problem is she hates me”
As with any Bentley album, love is a permeating theme, notably on songs like “Something Worth Fixing,” “Standing in the Sun,” and “Never You,” which features vocals from Miranda Lambert. The Lambert duet is a sparse and twangy tale in the vein of country’s most quintessential duets, while “Sun” is a gorgeous building ballad comparing love to basking in the glow of someone you love.
“This is one of those songs that I never in a million years could have written on my own, but I’m so glad someone in this town did and gave me temporary custody of it for awhile,” said Bentley. “Love is such a classic theme in country music, but Kyle was able to write it in a way that is so personal to me…it’s the way I feel it. And, I love how sonically it builds to feel like a sunrise, tying back to the lyric of the song.”
“Well Well Whiskey” is an immediate standout, a Bluegrass-laden lyrically clever anthemic ode to whiskey. “When I first heard ‘Well Well Whiskey,’ it made me think of my Up On the Ridge album, which leaned heavily on the power of acoustic instruments. I heard a lot of the same opportunity for the guys in the studio to contribute ideas and collaborate together in the same spirit of that earlier project,” Bentley explains. “There is nothing more fun than turning the musicians loose on a track like this and seeing what they come up with. I definitely see this one making it into our live show this summer.”
The album’s title track perfectly encapsulates the album, featuring vocals from country legend John Anderson and rising superstar Riley Green. It’s an earworm celebration of bromance and throwing one back. In a similar vein, “For as Long as I Can Remember” celebrates what a son takes from his father and the other men in his family.
“Off the Map” finds him escaping reality for somewhere simpler, while the album’s closing track, “Don’t Cry for Me” sends the album out on a poignant note. Bentley couldn’t be happier with the life he’s led, noting “Don’t cry for me when I’m gone, Heaven knows I’ve had one hell of a run.”
On Broken Branches, Dierks Bentley takes a look at all of the different broken branches that make up life and love, doing so in a way that’s equal parts tongue-in-cheek and poignant. It’s truly Bentley at his finest.
Broken Branches Tracklist:
Cold Beer Can (Jon Randall, Luke Dick, Stephen Wilson Jr. and Dierks Bentley)
Jesus Loves Me (Adam James, Ben Stennis and Allison Veltz Cruz)
She Hates Me (Ashley Gorley, Chase McGill, Ross Copperman, Jimmy Allen, Wesley Scantlin and Dierks Bentley)
Something Worth Fixing (Stephen Wilson Jr., Luke Dick and Dierks Bentley)
Standing In The Sun (Kyle Sturrock)
Well Well Whiskey (Seth Ennis, Devin Dawson and Jordan Reynolds)
BrokenBranches (Zach Abend, Beau Bailey and Graham Barham)
Off The Map (Jeremy Bussey, Lauren McLamb and Adam Wood)
Near You ft. Miranda Lambert (Scooter Carusoe, Ross Copperman and Ben Williams)
For As Long As I Can Remember (Devin Dawson, Connie Harrington)
Don’t Cry For Me (Jim Beavers and Dierks Bentley)
Country Swag Picks:
Well Well Whiskey
Broken Branches
Never You
Standing in the Sun
Jesus Loves Me
Dierks Brantley shares new album, ‘Broken Branches,’ out now on all streaming platforms.
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Borken Branches 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.
Lanie Gardner shares her new EP, polaroids, officially out now, June 6th on all streaming platforms. Learn more and listen to the new album below.
Following the release of her 2024 debut, the introspective A Songwriter’s Diary, Lanie Gardner is back with a new EP. On polaroids, the rising singer-songwriter shares six new tracks, each a perfect snapshot of summertime in the country.
Released via BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville, the collection is primed to get fans ready for sunshine, sand, and slowing down. “My new EP, polaroids, is all summer songs,” She says of the new collection. “Anything that hopefully you can play on a beach or a boat or in your yard, out in the sun.”
The North Carolina native opens the EP with “Takin’ the Slow Ride,” a sensuous and twangy ode to slowing down and enjoying life’s simple moments. With smoky vocals and penchant for catchy melodies, the track sets up the EP perfectly, inviting listeners into her world of sunset skies, cotton candy neon, and an old Ford dashboard. “We’re just taking our time,” She muses, “Takin’ the slow ride.”
“Boys Like You” and “Concrete Cowboy” introduces listeners to guys who are nothing but trouble. The former is a pedal-and-steel-laden look at those “boys like you” who “keep one foot out the screen door” and are “only made to run.” Likewise, “Concrete Cowboy” finds Gardner scorned by a man who isn’t what he claims to be. On the slow burning ballad, Gardner pairs her sultry vocals with an unusual beat as she confronts the imposter country boy.
“‘Concrete Cowboy’ is calling out the boys who roll in from the city pretending to be good ol’ country boys,” shared Gardner. “Sneaky little posers who take advantage of hearts that love quick and love strong—the hearts of Southern belles. I reckon you’ve got to have a heart made of concrete to do a woman like that. But the truth is that maybe these poor guys just never learned how to love a good ol’ country girl. And that? That’s a damn shame—for them.”
“Buzzkill” is a countrified take on a girl who just doesn’t quite fit in and drags the crowd down. She’s “a pair of high heels with a bad attitude” and the track is a brilliantly tongue-in-cheek kiss-off. Laden with Southern attitude and country toe-tapping instrumentation, it’s the perfect girl-power country song or TikTok soundbyte. “I wrote this song about a friend who had a habit of bringing around the textbook ‘mean girls,’ the ones you could see coming from a mile away. They always had bad intentions,” She reveals. “He’s as stubborn as a mule, so we all figured we’d just let him be. But me? I like a buzz when I’ve caught it. So somebody had to say something—and you bet your a** I did. And I put it in a song.”
The EP rounds out with “Hold Your Horses,” a swinging and nostalgic search for the peace that comes from slowing down in one’s hometown, while “Little Bit Of Lovin’” closes the EP on a seductive note. On the playful and beat-laden track, she celebrates the kind of undeniable chemistry that makes it impossible to stay mad at someone you can’t resist.
On polaroids, Lanie Gardner teases her next full length album, due out later this year, while also offering listeners a perfect soundtrack to summer.
polaroids EP Track List:
Talkin’ The Slow Ride
Boys Like You
Buzzkill
Concrete Cowboy
Hold Your Horses
Little Bit Of Lovin’
Country Swag Picks:
Buzzkill
Takin’ the Slow Ride
Concrete Cowboy
Lanie Gardner shares her new EP, ‘polaroids,’ out now on all streaming platforms.
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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.
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Rascal Flatts shares his new album, Life Is A Highway: Refueled Duets, officially out now, June 6th on all streaming platforms. Learn more below.
Platinum-selling country trio Rascal Flatts return after five years off the road to celebrate their twenty five years together. With an impressive new project, the superstars re-imagine some of their hit songs with fellow music artists like Backstreet Boys, Blake Shelton, Jordan Davis, and Brandon Lake. Their new project Life Is A highway: Refueled Duets is unlike anything else, and it’s pretty much perfect!
The record is a cross-genre masterpiece, bringing new and old fans together to celebrate the legacy that is Rascal Flatts.
Listen to Life Is A Highway: Refueled Duetsnow and let us know what you think!
Life Is A Highway: Refueled DuetsTrack List:
I Dare You (with Jonas Brothers)
Fast Cars And Freedom (with Jason Aldean)
My Wish (with Carly Pearce)
Mayberry (with Blake Shelton)
Stand (with Brandon Lake)
Summer Nights (with Ashley Cooke)
What Hurts The Most (with Backstreet Boys)
Yours If You Want It (with Jordan Davis)
Life Is A Highway (with Lzzy Hale)
I’m Movin’ On (with Kelly Clarkson)
Rascal Flats shares new song album, ‘Life Is A Highway Refueled,’ out now on all streaming platforms.
Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news about future Rascal Flatts releases.
Life Is A Highway Refueled 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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Dylan Scott’s brand new album, Easy Does It, is out now, May 30th on all streaming platforms. Listen to the new record here.
For Dylan Scott, the release of his third studio album, Easy Does It, marks the next chapter in both his life and career. Known for his breezy hits like “My Girl” and “Good Times Go By Too Fast,” the Louisiana native co-penned four of the album’s eleven tracks alongside the likes of Jessi Alexander, Michael Ray, Ashley Gorley, Morgan Wallen and more.
“This album is a collection of songs that I love and felt strongly about releasing,” shared Scott in a statement. “For me, the phrase ‘easy does it’ represents where I’m at in my life right now. I’ve spent so much time in the past focusing on what I was going to do next in my career, comparing myself to my peers and worrying about what others needed from me. But now, having kids and being married has allowed me to see what I have right in front of me and embrace it. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still working hard. But I am more comfortable with myself and my career than ever before, which has made life so much easier.”
The album opens with the catchy “What He’ll Never Have,” an earworm of a midtempo that finds him longing for a long life with his love, but hoping she finds happiness if that’s not the case. Despite hoping she moves on, he promises that no one will love her how he can.
“He can have my truck, sittin’ out in the drive // He can have this house, everything inside // My favorite fishing hole and my old dog too // But what he’ll never have is the love I have for you”
Endless love is a theme that permeates much of the album, weaving its way through songs like the romantic “Twice,” the western-swing of “Smoke Follows Beauty,” the catchy radio-ready “Till I Can’t, I Will,” and the gorgeous “Back Forty.” On each of these tracks, he’s ready to settle down and enjoy life’s special moments, loving them so much that he’d even like to live them “Twice.” Likewise, “Back Forty” is a quintessential wedding song, longing to look both forward and look back with someone special.
With love comes heartbreak, as evidenced on songs like “I Hate Whiskey,” a regretful ballad about love lost, and the album’s title track. The latter is a slow burning ballad that finds moving on nearly impossible as Scott muses, “Getting over you just don’t come easy, does it?”
Scott proves he can throwdown with the best of them on the raucous “Country Till I Die,” a driving uptempo that inspired the name of his headlining tour and is sure to be a crowd pleaser. The track is a perfect show opener, easily inspiring crowds to chant “C-O-U-N-T-R-Y, I’ll be country till I die.”
“C-O-U-N-T-R-Y, I’ll be country ’til I die // Every day and every night, it’s the only way of life // I’ve ever known, that’s how Daddy raised me // You got me wrong if you think that you can change me // I like it, man, I love it, wouldn’t trade it, not for nothing // C-O-U-N-T-R-Y, I’ll be country ’til I die”
Like “Country Till I Die,” both “This Town’s Been Too Good to Us” and “I Owe You One” celebrate Scott’s roots, taking a nostalgic trip to his hometown on the former, while celebrating those who helped shape him into who he is on the album’s closing track.
“’Cause I’m just a product of where I’m from // A little here for good, a little on the run // Late nights countin’ empty cans Just one of the boys, yeah, that’s all I am // ‘Cause I lay my head down and send one up // Pour a little extra somethin’ in my cup // Doin’ what I do ’cause of what you’ve done // You know who you are, yeah, I owe you one”
On Easy Does It, Dylan Scott mixes eternal love, heartbreak, and nostalgia in a way that he manages to make look easy.
Country Swag Picks:
Twice
What He’ll Never Have
Till I Can’t I Will
I Owe You One
Easy Does It Track List:
What He’ll Never Have (Dylan Scott, Logan Robinson, Ricky Rowton, Robbie Gatlin)
I Hate Whiskey (Taylor Phillips, Michael Ray, Jon Kraft, Jaxson Free)
Easy Does It (Chris DuBois, Jeb Gipson, Jordan Gray)
This Town’s Been Too Good To Us (Dylan Scott, Ashley Gorley, Ryan Vojtesak, John Bryon, Taylor Phillips)
Twice (Charlie Handsome, Jaxson Free, John Byron, Taylor Phillips)
Country Till I Die (Benjamin Joel Johnson, Taylor Phillips, Ryan Vojtesak, John Byron)
Back Forty (Adam Craig, Kyle Clark, Patrick Murphy)
You’d Think I Was A Cowboy (Dylan Scott, Will Weatherly, Jaxson Free, Michael Whitworth)
Till I Can’t, I Will (Dylan Scott, Taylor Phillips, Jesse Frasure, Chase McGill, Ashley Gorley)
I Owe You One (Morgan Wallen, Ashley Gorley, Mark Holman, Ernest K. Smith)
Dylan Scott shares new album, ‘Easy Does It,’ out now on all streaming platforms.
Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news and announcements about future Dylan Scott releases.
Easy Does It 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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