Just like the title says, this article is being made now and constantly going to be maintained throughout the year, as more bands release new material in the second half of the year. I will add more titles as I dig and purge through tons of music I do not care for, to find what I DO LIKE, and bring to you. I spend a long and extensive amount of my personal time digging and looking for likeminded people that make likeminded music. To be frank, I really enjoy all types of music, not just what I feature here, but I mainly enjoy Country and Country sub genres the most.
I have focused on festivals and news more than anything else for the last ten years, but I have been veering off that and focusing on my TOP 50 and favorites list for what has already transpired in 2025. I try to run my operation on a fiscal year type deal, and this is my “half over” point. Now, as I approach my year’s end, I usually post many of these articles now and I work on them as the year ends. I understand that a lot of other media-based websites work on things differently, but that is how I like to run things because instead of a big paper list, I can work while you can enjoy it now.
Sales. Sales. That is the main reason that I do it the way I do it is to hopefully generate sales for the existing albums on the list here. This is a business just as much as any other business out there now. When you pay to support your friend’s band, you are enabling it to go on! Bands and artists need funds to continue to roll, and I am hoping that you find a few YOU LIKE and buy them (also, at the time of this writing, there may be a few titles not out yet, sorry).
Now, these are all types of genres mixed up into one list, and it is too long to include links, so you may have to spend a little time dissecting all of this information here. Please feel free to spread it around and share it like I am doing here. So, let’s delve into some of what I have already found in 2025, that I wanted to share with you. And THANK YOU for reading what I do.
Peter Rowan — Tales Of The Free Mexican Airforce
Randy Lee Riviere — Farmland Blues
Meredith Moon — From Here to the Sea
Special Consensus — Been all Around this World
Kassi Valazza — From Newman Street
Leftover Salmon — Let’s Party About It
Jesse Welles — Devil’s Den
Seth Walker — Why the Worry
Rodney Crowell — Airline Highway
Olivia Wolf — Silver Rounds
Watchouse — Rituals
Warren Haynes — The Whisper Sessions
Benjamin Tod —
Willow Avalon — Southern Belle Raisin’ Hell
Taylor Rae — The Void
West Texas Exiles — 8000 Days
Vickie Vaughn — Travel On
Jack Browning — Speak Your Mind (But Ride a Fast Horse)
Arlo McKinley — Live At The Burl
The Best Of Route 3 — Live At The Station Inn
Shelby Means — Shelby Means
Robbie Fulks — Now Then
Webb Wilder — Hillbilly Speedball
Moe Bandy — Songs I Missed
Kinky Friedman — Poet Of Motel 6
Annie Stokes — Ghostwriter
Ashleigh Flynn And The Riveters — Good Morning Sunshine
Willie Nelson — Oh, What A Beautiful World
The Barlow — High Spirits
Turnpike Troubadors — The Price Of Admission
Susto Stringband — Volume 1
Hayes Carll — We’re Only Humans
Sam Stoane — Tales of the Darkwest
Mo Pitney And Guests — Cherokee Pioneers
Chaparelle — Western Pleasure
Billy Strings/Bryan Sutton — Live At American Legion
Willie Carlisle — Winged Victory
Murder By Death — Egg And Dart
Mary Chapin Carpenter — Personal History
North Mississippi Allstars — Still Shakin
Hayden Pedigo — I’ll be Waving As You Drive Away
Even Bartels — To Make You Cry
Trishia Yearwood — The Mirror
Bryce Leatherwood — Bryce Leatherwood
Hogslop String Band — Down The Road
The Shootouts — Switchback
Dan Ashley — Small Town Nights
Hannah Juanita — Tennessee Songbird
Rodney Crowell — Airline Highway
Ketch Secor — Story The Crow Told Me
Lorrie Morgan — Dead Girl Walking
Kathryn Legendre — Here’s Your Honky Tonk
Ward Davis — Bordello Sessions
Benjamen Dakota Rogers — This Ol Way
Tami Neilson — Neon Cowgirl
Tanner Usrey — These Days
Trevor Bahnson — Anything Beautiful
Silverada Texas — 42
Treaty Oak revival — The Taleo Tapes
Tayla Lynn — Singin’ Loretta
Markus King Band –Darling Blue
Pug Johnson — El Chaon
Mackenzie Carpenter — Her Country Queen
Josh Ward — Same Ol Cowboy Different Rodeo
Cave Flowers — Western Spectre
Lanco — We’re Gonna Make It
Ryan Waters Band — Farmalnd Sessions
The Bones Of JR Jones — Radio Waves
James McMurtry — The Black Dog And The Wandering Boy
Presley Haile — Off To Find A Sunny Day
Micky And The Motorcars — Micky And The Motorcars
Vandoliers — Life Behind Bars
Handsome And The Humbles — Draw Some Blood
W.C.Beck — A Mostly Quiet Life
Moonshroom — Take A Trip
Daniel Donato Cosmic Country — Horizons
Margo Price — Hard Headed Woman
Grayson Jenkins — Grand Slam
Garyson Jenkins — Country Parables
Alex Williams — Space Brain
Tyler Childers — Snipe Hunter
East Nash Grass — Bend In The Road
Olivia Wolf — Silver Rounds
William Beckman — Whiskey Lies And Alibies
Tyler Grant — Flat Picker
Sierra Hull — Tip Toe High Wire
Mike Farris — The Sound Of Muscle Shoals
Robbie Fulks — Now Then
Jade Bird — Who Wants to Talk About Love
Devil Makes 3 — Spirits
Vince Gill — 50 Years From Home
James Felice — The Little Ones
Wilson Banjo Co. — Lonely As It Gets
Rachel Brooke — Sings Sad Songs
Reckless Kelly — Last Frontier
Max Wareham — Daggomit
Wyatt Flores — Live At Cain’s Ballroom
Markus King Live
Joe Ely — Love And Freedom
Lilly Hiatt — Forever
Jason Boland And The Stragglers — The Last King Of Babylon
Charley Crockett — Lonesome Drifter
Todd Day Wait — Letter From The Road
Wilder Blue — Still In The Running
JD Clayton –Blue Sky Sundays
Jamie James — Let The Praying Begin
Tennessee Jet — Ranchero
Craig Gerdes — Highs N Lows
Seldom Scene — Remains To Be Scene
George Jones — Lost Nashville Sessions
Sean McConnell — Skin
Josh Mitcham — A Few Cries And A Laugh
Mexican Standoff — Hola Texas
Ghost Hounds — Almost Home
Allison Krauss And Union Station –Arcadia
Dana Cooper — The Ghost Of The Tucumcari
Kristina Murray — Little Blue
Zara Alexandra — Yelling At The Sky
Kat Hasty — The Time Of Your Life
Molly Tuttle — So Long Little Miss Sunshine
Jordan Davis — Learn The Hard Way
Randy Rogers Band — The Going
Jubal Lee Young — Squirrels
Andrew Duhon — The Parish Record
Dylan Kalogris — Go Rest High On That Mountain
Carter Felker — Loser
Pine Hill Haints — Shattered Pieces of The Cross
Hailey Whitters — Corn Queen
Garrett T Capps — Life Is Strange
Free Range –Lost And Found
Sam Outlaw –The Nonessential
Jim Oblom — Live At Aspen’s Place
Jason Scott And The High Heat — American Grin
Kevin Fowler and Roger Creager — Beer Is Making Me
Jaime James — Straight Up
Lumineers — Automatic
Sister Sadie — All Will Be Well
Rachel Mcyntire Smith — Honeysuckle Friend
Jason Isbell — Foxes In The Snow
Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke
Ty Myers – – The Select
Bob Wayne James Woods – – Tombstone Opera
Rachel Brooke – – Sings Sad Songs
Steeldrivers – – Outrun
Brent Cobb – – Ain’t Rocked in a While
Ian Munsick — Eagle Feather
Lukas Nelson — American Bloodline
Muscadine Bloodline — What Was Left Behind
Jon Pardi — Honky Tonk Hollywood
Jesse Daniel — Son Of The San Lorenzo
S.G. Goodman — Played By The Signs
Nolan Taylor — Nolan Taylor
Luke Trimble — Headed Out The Hollar
Stephen Wilson Jr. — Son Of Dad
Morgan Wade — The Party Is Over
Cody Jinks — In My Blood
Larry Keel And Jon Stickley — In My Dreams
Tyller Gummersall — In The Middle
Olivia Ellen Lioyd — Do It Myself
KP Hawthorn — Til The Glitter End
Mose Wilson — That’s Love
The Last Revel — Gone For Good
Todd Snider — High Lonesome and Then Some
Julien Foster — Ghosts of Honkytonks Past
Tristan Roberson — One Night in Dallas
Gena Britt — Streets, Rivers, Dreams and Heartaches
Terry Klein — Hill Country Folk Music
Malin Pettersen — Wildflower
Ross Flora –The Garden
Briscoe — Heat of July
Otis Gibbs — The Trust Of Crows
The Pink Stones — Thank the Lord..It’s the Pink Stones
Cole Chaney –In the Shadow of the Mountain
Kurt Lee Wheeler — Kurt Lee Wheeler
Dylan Earl –Level Headed Even Smile
The Far West — The Far West
Jack Schneider — Streets Of September
Eric Bolander — Old Tattoo
Jubal Lee Young — Squirrels
Jeremy Pinnell — Decades
Greensky Bluegrass — XXV
Secret Emchy Society — Queen Of Assholes
Nick Shoulders — Refugia Blues
Shawn Camp –The Ghost of Sis Draper
Amanda Shires — Nobody’s Girl
Phil Gammage –Motel Called Loneliness
EmmyLou Harris — Spyboy release
Farmer and Adele — Over the Great Divide
Hayes Carll — We’re Only Human
Ashley Monroe — Tennessee Lightning
Nicholas Jamerson — The Narrow Way
Nicki Bluhm — Rancho Deluxe
Brennen Leigh — Don’t You Ever Give up on Love
Will Overman — Stranger
Daniel Rodriquez — Harboring Perals
Molly Tuttle — So Long Little Miss Sunshine
The Vandoliers — Life Behind Bars
East Nash Grass — All God’s Children
Vicki Peterson — Long After The Fire
Seth Walker — Why The Worry
Rich O’Tootle — God Is A Gentleman
Cole Chaney – – In The Shadow of the Mountain
Cam Pierce – – A Thousand Lonely Horses
Jesse Lovelock and the Velvet Voives
William Beckmann — Whiskey,Lies and Alibis
Leon Majcen — Making a Livin’ (not a killin’)
Joe Stamm Band — Little Crosses
Lance Roark — Bad Reputation
Sunny Sweeney — Rhinestone Requiem
Jake Worthington — When I Write the Song
Justin Wells — Cynthiana
Morgan Wade — The Party is Over
Dustin Brown — Dustin Brown
Cory Cross — Doi’n Fine
Wesley Hannah — Magnolia
Red Dirt Rangers — Red Dirt Town
Jon Wolfe — Barstool Therapy
Courtney Patton — Carry You With Me
Muscadine Bloodline — And What Was Left behind
The Far West — Everything We Thought We Wanted
Mattie Schell –Everything Means Nothing
The Honeydogs — Algebra For Broken Hearts
West Texas Exiles — 8000 Days
Grey DeLisle and friends — It’s All Her Fault ( A tribute To Cindy Walker)
Helene Cronin — Maybe New Mexico
Dar Williams — Hummingbird Highway
Parker McCollum
Those Poor Bastards – – Songs Of Desperation
Bee Taylor – – Jam in the Van Live
Kathleen Edwards — Billionaire
Terry Klein — Hill Country Folk Music
Orville Peck — Appaloosa
Town Mountain — live From Drop of Sun
Kaitlin Butts — Yee haw Sessions
The Lumineers — Automatic
The Red Clay Strays — Live From The Ryman
Amy Speace — The Blue Rock Session
Uncle Lucius — Live in 2025
Willie Nelson – – Oh, What A Beautiful World
Matt Daniel – – The Poet
Weldon Henson – – Stone Cold Country Gold
Tony Joe White — The Real Thang (deluxe re issue)
Ben Garcia — Western Skyline
Jess Jocoy — Cul – De – Sac Kid
Kat Hasty — The Time of your Life
Sam Grisman — Sam Grisman Project
Stephen Wilson Jr. — Son of Dad Deluxe
Muscadine Bloodline — Longleaf Lo-fi
Lucas Wayne — Wookin Overtime
Gnarly Darling — Gnarly Darling
Joe Kocher — Farewell
Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives – – Space Junk
John Berry — Live from the Country Music Cruise
Joshua Hedley — All Hat
Seldom Scene — Old Train
Olivia Ellen Lloyd — Do it Myself
Rose’s Pawn Shop — American Seams
The Texas Headhunters
The Cowboy Junkies — More Acoustic Junk
Jake Kohn — Where do we go from Here
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band — Night After Night
The Prickly Pair
Joshua Quimby — Quimby Does Hank
Pete Berwick — Bedtime For Bikers
Alison Brown and Steve Martin — Safe, Sensible and Sane
Anne Wilson — Stars
Joshua Ray Walker — Stuff
Shelley Ren’a — Miles Away
The Hammer and the Hatchet — Here We Are
Rosy Nolan – – Main Attraction
Garrett Hendricks — Northwest and Southbound
Ole 60 — Smokestack Town
Caitlin Canty — Night Owl Envies the Mourning Dove
Colby Acuff – – Enjoy The Ride
Supersuckers – – Liquor, Women, Drugs and Killing
Robert Jon and the Wreck — Last Goodbye
Dallas Burrow – – The Way the West was Won\
Richie Owens – – Redemption
John Prine – – Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings (deluxe re issue)
Shawn Camp – – The Ghost of Sis Draper
Carter Faith – – Cherry Valley
Lauren Watkins – – In a Perfect World
C.J. Lewandowski and Bobby Osbourne – – Keep On Keepin’ on
Unspoken Tradition – – Resilience
Shelby Means
Lance Roark — Bad Reputation
Sister Sadie – – All Will Be Well
Blaine Bailey – – Indian Country
Ian Munsick – – Eagle Feather
