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

Josiah and the Bonnevilles

Another amazing month of country music in the books.

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.

“As It Seems” – Eli Adams

“Baby Blues” – James Tucker

“Blue Stars” – Blue Stars – Vincent Neil Emerson

“Cordova Street Blues” – Jarrod Walker

“Dead Man Walkin'” – Waylon Wyatt

“Everything Keeps Changin'” – Railroad Earth ft. Paul Hoffman of Greensky Bluegrass

“Family Man” – Trey Pendley

“Going Gone” – Josiah and the Bonnevilles

“Good Day” – Yarn – Saturday Night Sermon

“Ghost Moon” – Futurebirds

“Great Value Childers” – Moonlight Mile

“Hands in the Dirt” – Susto String Band

“Heart” – Charlie Marie

“Heartache” – Duane Betts

“Homemade Margaritas” – Thomas Csorba

“Leave The Light On” – Sam Burchfield

“Like A River” – Connor Daly

“Misfit Hearts” – Zachary Baker – Dark Horse

“Moon Over Montana” – The Brudi Brothers – Dark and Stormy EP

“My Side of the Mountain” – Old Crow Medicine Show ft. Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, & Molly Tuttle

“Never Gonna Love This Down” – Erin Viancourt

“Red Shoes” – Maggie Rose

“Roll the Dice” – Steep Canyon Rangers

“Shoot Me Straight” – Joshua Ray Walker

“Small Town Living” – Josh Mitcham

“Someone Who’s Done This Before” – Kolton Moore & the Clever Few

“The Birds Know” – Jim Lauderdale and The Po’ Ramblin Boys – The Birds Know

“Try Again” – The Deslondes

“Tollbooth” – John R. Miller

“Woman (Your Love Is Right)” – Rob Baird

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

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