30 New Country Songs That Need To Be On Your Radar – January 2026

2025 was an amazing year for country music.

Music aside, the year certainly had its ups and downs, but that’s besides the point. From January all the way through December, country music artists delivered all year long, and as a whole, they never seemed to take their foot off the gas. Even as the holidays rolled around.

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.

“Already Gone” – Wells Ferrari ft. Evan Honer

“A Million Ways” – Marfa

“Be Careful Throwing Stones” – Leah Blevins

“Break Me Down” – Jonathan & Abigail Peyton

“Couple Extra Hours” – Johnny Mullenax

“Dancing on the Moon” – The Infamous Stringdusters

“Deland” – Roc Helton

“Dig In” – Wes Bayliss

“Dirty Work” – Andy Thomas

“Don’t Come Home” – Colton Bowlin

“Florida Pony” – Rambler Kane – Sirens & Flames EP

“For Good” – Matt Koziol

“Gringo” – Tony Joe White ft. Waylon Jennings – The Real Thang (Deluxe Edition)

“Hello Heartbreak” – Rocco Gorelik – Rocco Gorelik EP

“If I Had A Dime” – Tristan Trincado

“It’s Called Doubt” – Drayton Farley

“Madison” – Kitchen Dwellers

“Mr. Music Machine” – Dylan Ault

“My Love” – Levi Turner

“Never Say Die” – Margo Price – Hard Headed Woman (Deluxe)

“No Direction” – Band of Heathens

“Old Driveways” – Hollerhead ft. Lance Rogers

“Riverboats” – Kyle Harvey

“Sky High” – The Ransom Brothers

“Somehow, Some Way, Somewhere, Some Day” – Palmer Anthony

“Suitcase” – Clover County

“The Problem Was You” – Upstream Rebellion – Headwaters

“Time Can Be Spent” – James McCann

“Without a Fight” – Josh Meloy

“You’re Forgiven My Love” – Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence

Check out our Under The Radar playlist to hear all of these songs in one place.

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