COUNTRY MUSIC NEWS

Just days after letting With Heaven On Top  loose on the world, Zach Bryan does what he’s always done best: he pulls everything back to the bone. Zach Bryan by Lucas Creighton On the heels of the album’s January 9 release, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter has unveiled With Heaven On Top (Acoustic)   a raw, 24-song companion that strips the project down to nothing but voice, guitar, and nerve. No polish. No padding. Just songs, as they were written to survive. Released dig

Vince Gill doesn’t release music so much as he releases truth, carefully measured, lovingly lived-in, and sharpened by time. With Brown’s Diner Bar , the third installment in his ambitious year-long project 50 Years From Home , Gill continues to do what few artists six decades into a career can still manage: say something new by telling it exactly like it is. Photo credit: David McClister Out now via MCA, Brown’s Diner Bar  follows October’s I Gave You Everything I Had  and N

Some songs arrive fully formed. Others take on a life of their own. If I Were The Wind  belongs to the latter, a tender, unfinished idea that found its completion through family, memory, and music. Written by the late Chad Sellers alongside rising Texas Country artist William Beckmann, If I Were The Wind  is rooted in quiet devotion and restraint. It’s a song about wanting to be more for someone you love, wishing you could lift them, carry them, and take them somewhere new, w

Two years is a long time to sit still in a town that rewards noise. In Nashville, especially, the unspoken rule is simple: release, repeat, remind the world you exist. But newcomer Gavin Marengi did the unthinkable. He waited. Photo Provided That wait becomes the heartbeat of “Breathing Years,”  Marengi’s quietly devastating new single, is a song that doesn’t just mark a release, but a return. Or maybe more accurately, an arrival. A couple of years ago, industry voices urged

Meghan Patrick has never been afraid of telling the truth, even when it hurts. But with Golden Child: The Final Chapter, she isn’t just telling it anymore. She’s owning it. Photo Provided Out now, the six-song deluxe release doesn’t feel like an add-on or an afterthought. It feels necessary. A final inhale before closing the door on the most personal chapter of her career and an exhale that sounds like relief. Where Golden Child first cracked the door open last year, The Fina

At four minutes long, Clay Street Unit’s new single “Drive”  doesn’t ask much of your time, but it rewards every second of it. Photo Credit - Tobin Voggesser The Denver-based breakout group kicks off the year by hitting the gas on a song that feels both forward-looking and deeply rooted, a love story told at highway speed where ambition and affection try to share the same lane. Built around a nimble, commanding mandolin line, “Drive” lives at the crossroads of bluegrass preci

Luke Combs – Sleepless in a Hotel Room Luke Combs leans into quiet vulnerability with “Sleepless in a Hotel Room,” a song that captures loneliness in its most honest form. Rather than leaning on big hooks, the track thrives on atmosphere and emotion. Combs paints a picture of late-night thoughts that creep in when the lights are off and the world feels far away. The hotel room becomes a symbol of distance, both physical and emotional. His signature vocals feel restrained but

Abbey Cone is done settling, and on her new single “Change The Man,”  she says exactly what so many people wish they’d heard sooner. The Nashville-based, Texas-born singer/songwriter kicks off the new year with a sharp, empowering anthem that flips the classic country narrative on its head. Instead of sticking it out and hoping for better days, Cone offers a much simpler solution: if the man won’t change, change the man. Co-written with Madison Kozak and co-produced by Jack S

Jacob Hackworth — “Bad As I Do” Jacob Hackworth leans into raw honesty with “Bad As I Do,” a track that embraces flaws instead of hiding them. The song explores self-awareness and the complicated nature of relationships built on imperfection. Hackworth’s gritty vocal tone gives the lyrics extra weight, making each line feel lived-in. The production stays grounded, blending traditional country elements with a modern edge. Lyrically, the song captures the moment you admit you’r

Robert Bacon is wasting no time stepping into the holiday spotlight. The country artist is closing out the year on a high note with the release of his new Christmas album, What Christmas Means To Me,  out now everywhere, and it’s quickly becoming clear that this season has his name written all over it. Coming off a Holiday Album/EP of the Year win at the 2025 Josie Music Awards , Bacon is leaning into a festive run that feels both earned and effortless. That momentum has foll

When Justin Andrews sings, he doesn’t just tell a story, he drops you right into it, boots on the dirt, wind in your hair, and a summer night stretched as far as the eye can see. His new single, “Silverado Sunset,”  captures that golden-hour feeling, the kind of night where life is loud, love is new, and the only thing on the agenda is chasing daylight in a beat-up hunter-green ’03 Chevy. The song first hit Justin’s radar when he started working with producer Will Weatherly.

Masterpiece — Benny G Benny G returns with a track that feels both personal and proudly self-defined in “Masterpiece.” The song leans into a reflective tone as he sings about the messy, imperfect, and beautiful parts of life that ultimately shape us. Benny’s voice carries a weathered honesty, making every lyric feel like a conversation with someone who’s been through it and come out stronger. The production is warm and rootsy, giving the track a timeless country feel. What st

Clever isn’t just releasing new music, he’s leveling up an entire world he built earlier this fall. Coyote (Deluxe) , out now, takes the foundation of his debut album and kicks the doors open with a fresh batch of tracks that sharpen the edges, deepen the emotions, and pull listeners even further into his unmistakable universe. Known for years as “the music industry’s best-kept secret,” Clever has already lived a thousand creative lives collaborating with giants like Justin B

Aaron McBee’s new album Who I Am  hits like the kind of record you only make once, when the truth burns too bright to stay buried. From the moment the opening chords land, you can hear the grit of Texas, the ache of old wounds, and the unfiltered honesty of a man who’s lived what he writes. Growing up steeped in grunge and post-grunge, McBee never aimed for a neat label. Instead, he leaned into the bruised, real edges of emotion, heartbreak, loss, regret, and shaped them into

Nashville’s rising country-pop star Peech. is giving fans more of what they love with the release of his re-packaged EP, Tell Me, Again . Building on the viral success of his single “Tell Me,” which has already racked up over 6.7 million streams, this new project offers a deeper look into the emotions and storytelling that make Peech.’s music so resonant. “At its core, Tell Me  is about being there for someone no matter what you’re going through yourself,” Peech. explains. “I

Benjamin Tod has always been a voice for the ones life didn’t go easy on, the workers with tired hands, the dreamers with more bruises than victories, the people who learned resilience not by choice, but by necessity. His new single “Hell I Have”  doesn’t just tell that story it breathes it. “The summers in the south keep you drooling from the mouth / But at least you got a roof overhead” There’s no glamor here, no sugar coating just truth baked into heat, hardship, and hard

Some songs are just begging to be reimagined, and that’s exactly what Ashley Anne  and Grace Tyler  have done with their new duet, “Please, Please, Please” .  Originally a pop favorite, the track now carries a fresh country twist, blending the voices of two of Nashville’s rising stars in a way that feels playful, heartfelt, and unmistakably country. The collaboration began when Grace was invited to record a song for the 615 House’s “Can You Make It Country”  series. She imme

Some nights in a bar stick with you, and for Kyle Kelly , one particular evening inspired his newest single, “Levi’s & Leather” .  Playing in dives and honky-tonks over the years, Kyle has seen it all, but there are moments that feel electric, when someone walks in and commands the room. That night, it was a woman in a black leather jacket and Levi’s jeans. As Kelly describes, she “basically turned every head at the bar her direction,” and he couldn’t help but capture the ene

Sometimes, the hardest nights remind us that brighter days are ahead. That’s the message behind Carson Beyer’s  new single, “God’s Up To Something.”  The song blends heartfelt lyrics with a hopeful, melodic pulse, creating a track that’s as comforting as it is honest. From the very first line, Beyer reflects on life’s ups and downs, the dark turning to light, the challenges that leave us feeling “down to nothing,” and the faith that carries us forward. Over a stirring arrange

Breakup songs land differently when they feel real, raw, lived-in, human. Earlier this year, Ricky Manning  delivered exactly that with “Someone Else & Jesus”  a quiet heartbreak ballad that quickly cut through the noise of the internet and straight into the chest. Turns out, Dasha felt it too. After hearing the song for the first time, she shared with fans that it “quite literally stopped me in my tracks… some of the best songwriting I’ve ever heard in my life.” That kind of