2026 is off to a hot start, folks.
As always, the first couple weeks of the year were relatively slow in terms of new music releases. By the time we made it to the middle of January, though, it was clear that artists were through with their holiday rest and ready to get back to the grind.
In just the past few weeks, there have been so many amazing album and single releases, and it’s impossible for us at Whiskey Riff to cover every single song that deserves to be heard upon its release. But in my opinion, that is a great problem to have, and it speaks to the strength of the country music scene today as opposed to a decade ago or so.
So, in an effort to draw attention to some of this music, I’ve compiled a list of 30 new songs released over the last month that we didn’t get to cover in depth at Whiskey Riff, but should all be on your radar as a country music fan. I could probably list close to 100 songs that have been released within the past month that we haven’t covered but are still worth listening to, though for the sake of relative brevity, we’ll keep it at 30.
And hopefully in addition to finding a handful of songs to throw on your playlist or keep in rotation, you’ll find a few new artists to explore their catalog, keep up with, and see live as well, because there are so many underrated and up and coming artists waiting to be discovered that are included in this list.
“A World Away” – John R. Miller
“Back To Life” – Cordovas – Back To Life
“Bad Habits and Good Horses” – Julianna Rankin
“Can’t You Hear That Train” – Magoo
“Cast Iron Heart” – Emily Scott Robinson ft. John Paul White – Appalachia
“Cheyenne’s in Carrizo” – Logan Ryan Band – Kamikaze (The Album)
“Chicago in Fall” – Charlie Shafter – SAFARI
“Clouds Always Part” – Tyler Richton and The High Bank Boys
“Creepin’ Jenny” – Time Sawyer
“Daylight Saves” – Calder Allen
“Forgiven” – The Wilson Springs Hotel
“Gone” – Kindred Valley
“Good Things” – Yarn
“Highway Junkie” – Andy Thomas
“I Don’t Care” – Buffalo Traffic Jam
“I Need To Be Still” – Ward Davis
“Junior Stayed Home” – Graham St. Clair Band
“Keep Your Eyes Open” – Railroad Earth ft. Daniel Donato
“Lying To Your Face” – Evan Honer ft. Sierra Carson – Everything I Wanted (& More)
“Murderer” – Tristan Trincado
“Normal Man” – Will Slater – Normal Man
“Off My Mynd” – Old 97’s
“Out for Blood” – Cigarettes @ Sunset ft. Grizfolk
“Out of My Mind” – Josh Mitcham
“Someday” – Rob Baird ft. Julianna Rankin
“Southbound” – James McCann – It’s Been So Long
“The Long Surrender” – NEEDTOBREATHE
“Tulsa County Jail” – The Kruse Brothers – Heartbreak & Honky-Tonk
“Warning You Whiskey” – Brit Taylor
“World of Trouble” – The Montvales
Check out our Under The Radar playlist to hear all of these songs in one place.
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