NEW COUNTRY MUSIC

That’s Just Me is more than a fitting title for Riley Green’s new album, it feels like a mission statement. After building his career around the music he genuinely loves, Green digs in his heels, quiets the outside noise and delivers a record that sounds entirely on his own terms. Photo Courtesy Of Riley Green Written and recorded during a pivotal year in his life, and amid the biggest tour of his career, the 23-song project is undeniably ambitious. That kind of tracklist can

Riley Green - Thats Just Me At its core, That’s Just Me is a songwriter’s album. Green understands that country music does not need to be complicated to be powerful, it simply needs to be honest. Across 23 tracks, he proves that a well-told story, a strong melody and a point of view rooted in something real can still carry tremendous weight. The result is Riley Green at his most comfortable, confident and creatively grounded. That’s Just Me does not feel like an artist trying

Chancey Williams joins forces with fellow cowboy and country artist Ned LeDoux for “Things a Cowboy Ain’t Ever Gonna Say,” a spirited new single that celebrates Western living with plenty of humor, personality and traditional-country punch. Credit: Kenzie Holmberg Clocking in at just three-and-a-half minutes, the track wastes no time getting straight to the good stuff. Williams and LeDoux trade their way through a hilarious list of phrases no self-respecting cowboy would ever

The singing mailman is becoming a country star, and “American Rust and Radio” sounds like the moment Preston Cooper’s remarkable story gets its own movie. Photo Credit: Jon Taylor Sweet Blending the youthful nostalgia of John Mellencamp’s “Jack & Diane” with the open-road electricity of Tom Petty’s “American Girl,” Cooper delivers an anthemic heartland rocker built for backroads, rolled-down windows and fading summer light. It feels familiar without becoming derivative, drawi

For Chanel West Coast, “Tennessee” is more than just another country song, it’s a reflection of where she is in her life and how she found her way back to her dreams. Following the success of “Down To The Filter,” the television personality and recording artist is opening up about motherhood, perseverance, and finding her place in country music with her deeply personal new single, “Tennessee.” The song tells the story of Chanel rediscovering herself after years of navigating

On the anniversary of his father’s passing, Wilson turns grief into a masterful, full-body gut punch that may be one of the decade’s most powerful songs. Photo Courtesy Of Stephen Wilson Jr. There is something deeply satisfying about watching the rest of the world finally recognize what you have known for years. All Country News has long believed Stephen Wilson Jr. was a star. We have watched him carve out a lane that belongs entirely to him, one built on truth, grit, stagger

With Midland by his side and a new chapter underway at BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville, Jade Eagleson is helping lead traditional country music back into the spotlight. Photo Credit: Bree Fish Jade Eagleson was once told his music was “too country.” These days, that criticism sounds more like confirmation that he was on the right path all along. The country traditionalist recently sat down with All Country News to discuss staying loyal to the sound that shaped him, joining forc

Eric Church - On The Road You can feel the miles in Eric Church’s vocals. On “On The Road,” there’s a lived-in weight to his delivery that gives this reflection on music, memory, and mortality its punch. He sounds like a man who knows exactly what the ride has given him, and understands he won’t get to take it forever. Written by Church and produced by longtime collaborator Jay Joyce, the song follows a career through the moments that stick: playing beneath the Northern Light

Valerie Ponzio does not merely hit the open road on “American Smoke,”she sets the American dream on fire and watches what survives. Courtesy Of Valerie Ponzio The third single from her forthcoming EP, Reina, due October 9, is a roaring, restless anthem built for windows-down drives and festival-sized singalongs. But beneath its Springsteen-sized sweep lies something far more complicated. Ponzio captures the intoxicating promise of freedom while keeping one eye fixed on how qu

The Texas-born duo opens up exclusively to All Country News about finding their identity, fighting to finish the record and taking their signature harmonies to new heights. CREDIT: ERIKA ROCK For Smithfield, Country With Heart, Part 2 is more than the next installment of a musical project. It is the sound of two artists finally understanding exactly who they are, and refusing to walk away before the rest of the world hears it. The Texas-born duo of Jennifer Fielder and Trey S

Three months isn’t much time to build a future. It’s plenty of time to give someone a summer they’ll never forget. On his upcoming single, “Three Months Long,” Christian Parker explores the kind of romance that comes with an expiration date, and the temptation to fall into it anyway. Co-written with Neil Perry, the song draws from Parker’s brief relationship with an older woman whose carefree spirit and spontaneous approach to life pulled him in. That personal starting point

There’s something lovely about a memory that catches you off guard and leaves you smiling. A familiar face comes to mind, an ordinary afternoon suddenly feels a little warmer, and for a moment, the distance between then and now disappears. Erin Kirby captures that feeling in “Cross My Mind,” a bright, cheery song that welcomes the past with an open heart. Credit: Brandon Gentry Offering a lighter side of Kirby, the track finds its charm in the simple pleasure of remembering s

Country music has always been at its best when it reaches beyond the familiar beer-and-truck clichés and tells stories that genuinely matter. On her deeply personal new EP, Dear John, Dani Jack proves just how powerful the genre can be when an artist is willing to dig deeper. The title may initially seem unexpected, there isn’t actually a song called “Dear John” among the project’s five tracks. Instead, the entire EP serves as Jack’s goodbye letter to her late friend and co-w

Ethan Garner doesn’t spend The Georgia Kid chasing country music’s latest trend. Across seven sharply drawn stories, the rising singer-songwriter plants his boots in Southern soil and builds something unmistakably his own. Courtesy Of Ethan Garner A Piece of Home “The Georgia Kid as a collection of songs is symbolic of where I am at now but also where I have been. These are the first songs I’ve ever released, and they are a little piece of my home in Georgia, and represent ho

Jackson Dean + Laci Kaye Booth - The Moon And The Wolf The beauty of “The Moon And The Wolf” is that it refuses to promise daylight. This is not a sweeping love story or a declaration of forever. It is about the kind of connection that may evaporate by morning but feels endless while it is happening. Wild, wounded and suspended in time, “The Moon And The Wolf” turns a lonely night into something nearly sacred, and proves Dean and Booth can create serious magic in the dark. Re

Charlie Reece digs deep into the shadows on “Built On Her,” a brooding country-rock story song that carries the rough-edged intensity and emotional bite of early Brantley Gilbert. Dark, heavy and deliberately unresolved, the track finds Reece leaning into the kind of storytelling that leaves bruises. Rather than revealing every answer, he lets the tension build around the edges, creating a song that feels as much like a warning as it does a confession. Its gritty country foun

In an exclusive conversation with All Country News, Gardner opens up about the album’s final chapter, working with Kristian Bush and the fan-chosen anthem fueling her next era. Courtesy of BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville For Lanie Gardner, Faded Polaroids was never quite finished. The original album captured the heartbreak, growing pains and hard-earned lessons of her early twenties—but Gardner knew one final piece of the story still needed to be told. As she prepares to step i

Jackson Dean has always sounded most at home where the pavement ends and the shadows take over. On “The Moon And The Wolf,” he travels even deeper into the darkness, and brings Laci Kaye Booth along for the ride. Photo Credit: Gus Black The first release from Dean’s upcoming expanded album, Magnolia Sage (In Full Bloom), arriving October 9, is a hypnotic slow burn about two fiercely independent souls allowing themselves one fleeting moment of vulnerability. Haunted, narcotic