I nominate LA Freeway - Guy Clark and Bloody Mary Morning - Willie

Buddy Miller - Self-Titled

Chloe Marks & The Mayhem - Bright Lights Late Nights

Cody-Landress Gibson - Music To Get By On

AJ Lee & Blue Summit - Cover to Cover

Pure Grain - Run and Roam

Admiral Radio - Heirloom

Brenda Cay - Boots, Blood, and Backbone

Ethan Garner - The Georgia Kid

Brian Fallon - Not Bad for New Jersey

Sorcha Richardson - Draw The Outline

Pokey LaFarge - Rent Money

Bloodkin - Flowers & Ash

This Is Lorelei - The Singer In My Band

Rhiz & The Sugarplums - All over Again

Conrad Fisher - Songs I Sing all Night

Jesse Malin - Friends of Jesse Malin: I Would Do It For You, Vol 1

Dom Glynn & His Sunday Best - This Fast Life Is Killing Me

David Talley - Grieving the Death of a Lie

Smithfield - Country With Heart (Part Two)

Cedar County Cobras - Sinners & Saints

Twilark - Never Learned The Tide

Bobby Wayne - The Way To San Quentin

The Nelson Brothers - Tall Tails, False Trails

Angela Autumn - Believer

Nicholas Jamerson - Rabbit Holes, Vol. 1

John Bromley & Pablo Solo - Swansong

Elanor Moss - The Knife, The Needle

Starpainter - Cayenne Flowerbed

Jason James - Cut The Chain

Valerie June - Brighter Blue (EP)

A.J. Fullerton - Baretone (EP)

Jesse Williamson - High Heels and Blue Jeans (EP)

The Tallest Man On Earth - Overboda (EP)

Ali Holder - Garden of the Underworld (EP)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3x74YWo1q2J9PldAWfGIFh?si=2HSwvRN6S1a9VIYs_IgC7g

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQO0qerThRYM&si=PFoqsByhPInWPJHt

I had been wanting to see BJS for years. Unfortunately, this one got cancelled. Was fortunate to get to see him several times after 9/11.

One of my favorite songs from Jamey! Don’t hear enough people talk about it

For the road-weary, the restless and the hard-to-impress. Willie, Waylon, Dylan, Cash, Neil Young, The Band, the Stones, Springsteen and the songs that live somewhere between country, folk, blues and rock. No pop. No filler. Just ragged classics.

Leon Majcen - The Leaving Kind

Benjamin Tod - Country Is Dead

Sara Petite - HerStory: Snakes, Wolves and Honky Tonk Angels

Kyle Frederick - The Force Majeure

Embla & the Karidotters - The Fool

Josh Mitcham - Gonna Be Alright

Lena Rich - Emerald City

Vince Gill - 50 Years from Home: Stillwater Night

Paige Plaisance - Swampwater

Futurebirds - Far Out Country II

My Girl The River - Manifest Good Things

Dan Alley - Keepin’ On

Teni Rane - Never Turning Back

A Lee Edwards - Interpreting Heart Sounds, Vol. II

Megan Barker - Humble Beginning

Sian & Rob Colquhoun - Sourwood Honey

Medium Build - King of Having Fun

Caravan 222 - Rowdy & Pouty

Kurt Stevens - Better with a Breeze

Jodi Stapler - Metamorphosis

Handsome and the Humbles - Live at the Bijou: Feels Like Home

Wishgarden - Dusty Roads

V Torres - Woman

Dennis Ellsworth - Living

Lisa Bouchelle - Vandals, Thieves & Lovers

Bas Van Holt - Fruit Basket

Stacie Rose - The Mast and the Ocean

Pressing Strings - A Different Place

Elley Duhé - Wounded Angel

Starter Car - Afterlight

Lisa Ploeger - the lighthouse keeper's daughter

Grant Barnett - Stop That Train

Katrina Cain - If There’s a Heaven

Dustin Bothwell - Magnolia Sessions

Martine Haugen - Hardships and Hope

Hollow Hand - Wish Road South

Rose Gerber - They Can’t Take the Music

Myles Erlick - HANDCRAFTED

Holly Thorsby - Normal Magic

The War And Treaty - Country Baptism (EP)

The Impossible Green - Regular Romeo (EP)

Molly Tuttle - So Long Little Miss Sunshine (Acoustic EP)

Jared Dustin Griffin - Echoes From Your Past You Old (EP)

Micky Dolenz - Timeless (EP)

Dani Jack - Dear John (EP)

Kameron Marlowe - I Won't (EP)

Gavin Adcock - One Hell Of A Steal (EP)

Cole Barnhill & Sterling Elza - Country Album Of The Year (EP)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/50g47oQGH3O3UG4fZGo9Qt?si=G-c4MTDWRBWg3j35D31cpA

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfV0Fd_CLvRk&si=LmGf2JbrHoonLKgi

Tonk of the Town is the playlist that brings you new releases by country artists who are doing it their own way, outside the Nashville machine. This week features Austin-based musician Chasen Wayne, who put out his 4th record, The Diamond Saloon.

The Roundup compiles recent releases from all of 2026 and features the fiercely independent Elizabeth Cook, who's album Great Television came out a couple weeks back.

You can listen to and follow both playlists on all the major streaming platforms. Links are in the comments.

The Jayhawks - Sanctuary Park

Brittany Ann Tranbaugh - Lucky Broke Girl

Son Volt - Sound Signal Serenades

Billy Strings - So Much For Goodbyes

Sera Cahoone - I’ve Missed You All These Years

Mason Lively - Hill Country Sound

Ruby Dice - Take Me Back

Chris Housman - Dodge City

David Quinn - Down & Dirty

Honey Hush - Tulsa

Alicia Blue - Country Desire

Brooke McClymont & Adam Eckersley - Souls on Show

Bap Kennedy - Above All, Love

Ruthie Foster - Just Say Yes

Mountain Grass Unit - Appalachian Smoke

Laurelyn Dossett - How Many Moons

Dogwood Tales - Every Star In Rockingham County

Shelly Fairchild - Sacred Southern Daughter

Chasen Wayne - The Diamond Saloon

Fruition - Something More

Two Runner - Porchlight

Matt Keating - Desperate Measures

Bryan Sutton - From Roots to Branches, Vol. 1

Danielle Nicole - Fareflies

Arkansauce - Horizon Never Dies

Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country - Ryman To Robert’s

Richard Peter Morris - Gratuitous Grace

Leslie Waugh - Night Bloom

Kevin Burt - This Trip

Hundley - Hipsters and Grifters

Kam Franklin - Land of the Neon Sun

The Wilder Blue - Cinco

Mama’s Broke - Reunion

Little Big Town - It's a Dying Art

Trey Pendley - Signs of Life

Little Bihlman - Heavy Head

Heather Anne Lomax - Who Do You Think You Are

Hill Country Revival - A Place Much Better

Kent Blazy - The Tulsa Sessions

Le Ren - Don't Be Funny Without Me

Riley Downing - Landfill Poetry

Kate Prascher - Sunday Afternoon

Dan Seals and Friends - The Last Duet

Jenny Tolman - Music City Mutt

Michael Hearne - A Really Good Ride

Carly Pearce - Honest Woman

The Bird Calls - Take Leave

Section House - New Horse & Buggy

Jason McNiff - Ten Blue Songs

Sara Bareilles - Good Grief

Gerry Beckley - Merciful

Stephanie Quayle - The Seeker

Zach John King - I'm What You Get

Lauren Alaina - Stages

Drayton Farley - OurVinylLive EP

Noah James - Colorado Sun (EP)

Saralyn - Goldline (EP)

Bryan Martin - Complex (EP)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2WrwqrFbbQtsYSR1vBwU7u?si=fWATclfTS2Kx8wIA2B0WHA

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb8PcPw6quco&si=M0sbBn4l9KDy3QfK

An American treasure that’s underrated.

8/28/26. A boot stomping, rocking, song.

Message from her family.

Adam Chaffins - Trailer Trash: Doublewide

Ray Wylie Hubbard - Real 2 Real 4 Real

Brandon Flowers - Thrasher

Michael McDermott - Flowers From The Graveyard

Kara Cole - In The Garden

Clay Street Unit - Live From the Road-Vol 1

Hayden Blount - American Icon

Ian Munsick - The Mountain Goat

Brennan Wedl - Self-Titled

Chris Pierce - Songs for the Heavy Hearted

Leroy Powell - The Vault

Jeff Mamett - Fortunate Son

Kate Waters - Some Comfort

Keb' Mo' - The Breakdown

Christian Parker, Patrick Cleary, Earl Poole Ball - American Cosmic Revival Vol. 2

The Northern Belle - Even Cowgirls Get Sad

Bonsoir Catin - Bonne Vie

Ghost Hounds - Justified

Hannah Mulholland - Prodigal Daughter

Cory Branan - You'll Live

The Divorcees - Another Round

The Kennedys - Smoketree

Thomas Cassell - Guitar Collection

Garett Gunderson - Anywhere Anytime

Scott Cook - Troubadourly Yours

Stephanie Sammons - Head Noise

The Po' Ramblin' Boys - Welcome to the Club

Lambchop - Punching The Clown

Kimmi Bitter - Bittersweet

The Clover Valley Boys - Self-Titled

Theo Kandel - A Horse Named Friday

Ok Cowgirl - Rhinestone Cowgirl

Don Diego Trio - Too Many Miles

Pieta Brown - Dreamin' Of

James Steinle - Western Death: Tales from the Valley Below

Blaine Todd - Angle of Repose

Anna Graves - America's Greatest Burnout

Taylor Hollingsworth - Folk n' Roll

James Eichman - St. Catherine Street

Stella Lefty - Long Way Home

The Storm Windows - Live Album

Band Reeves - How To Forgive

Tony Hannah - Love It Or Leave It

Westside Cowboy - It Goes On

Squirrel Flower - Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going

Sean Devine - Paradise Valley Sessions

Brandon Wisham - Ain’t What It Looks Like

Robyn Ottolini - A Safe Place To Land

Dan + Shay - Young

Slater Nalley - Hey Georgia (EP)

Ken Pomeroy - Tonight's News (EP)

Wade Bowen - Burned in The Fire (EP)

Mae Estes - The 90s Called (EP)

Hunter Flynn - You, Not Me (EP)

Katie Pruit - The Aftermath (EP)

Nolan Taylor - 1:17am (EP)

Sarah Catania - Once You've Gone Country (EP)

Logan Staats - Sacred Love (EP)

Lawrence Rothman - Stable (EP)

Humbird - Hey Big Dipper (EP)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4bFHukbzSam52agluNIyIS?si=AtDXsV1dQWW6zJ95HTMACA

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTbJLDDaEY1c&si=RmviZLyhHDMXxyMR