New country albums are on the horizon for the month of January, and early previews of each record have already found success, earning plenty of plays on the radio airwaves and on streaming services.
The fresh material pouring out of these bonafide country artists is only getting better with each album, showcasing how much they have evolved in their artistry over time. From a legend of The Beatles Ringo Starr to country music star Riley Green, here are six new albums coming out before the end of the month!
Artist: Ringo Starr,
Album: Look Up
Release Date: Jan. 10
These days, it’s acceptable for artists from other genres to crossover into the country music world. Take for example, Beyoncé and Post Malone. In 2024, both artists dropped a country album, releasing Cowboy Carter and F-1 Trillion, respectively. Now, Ringo Starr is following suit with his forthcoming country music debut, entitled Look Up.
Out via UMG Nashville, produced and co-written by T Bone Burnett, and co-produced by Daniel Tashian and Bruce Sugar, Look Up features 11 original tracks that lean on the traditional side of country yet feature some of the minor chord progression stylings that listeners have associated with The Beatles throughout generations. Noteworthy tracks on Look Up include the title track featuring Molly Tuttle, the opener “Breathless” with Billy Strings, and the closer, “Thankful,” featuring Alison Krauss, as well as the previously-released track, “Time On My Hands.” On the album, Starr also shares collaborations with Larkin Poe and Lucius.
Of note, Starr, a former drummer ifor the iconic rock band, The Beatles (who also released a handful of country songs years ago), also plays drums on every track on Look Up, recording the set of songs in Nashville and Los Angeles. Look Up is slated for release on January 10, 2025, and will be Starr’s first full-length album of six years and first country collection of 50 years.
Sneak Preview:
“Time On My Hands”
“Thankful” (featuring Alison Krauss) (Richard Starkey, Bruce Sugar)
Ringo Starr – Look Up Tracklist
- “Breathless” (featuring Billy Strings)
- “Look Up” (featuring Molly Tuttle)
- “Time On My Hands”
- “Never Let Me Go” (featuring Billy Strings)
- “I Live For Your Love” (featuring Molly Tuttle)
- “Come Back” (featuring Lucius)
- “Can You Hear Me Call” (featuring Molly Tuttle)
- “Rosetta” (featuring Billy Strings and Larkin Poe)
- “You Want Some”
- “String Theory” (featuring Molly Tuttle)
- “Thankful” (featuring Alison Krauss)
Pre-order/pre-save Look Up here.
Artist: LANCO,
Album: We’re Gonna Make It
Release Date: Jan. 17
LANCO, short for Lancaster and Company, first burst onto the country music scene with their romantic wedding-ready hit, “Greatest Love Story.” Since then, they have followed that success with many releases. And while the band, made up of Brandon Lancaster, Chandler Baldwin, Jared Hampton, Tripp Howell, and Tim Aven, has shared a slew of singles in the past year, fans have had to wait patiently for another full-length project from the Platinum-selling group.
Now, the wait is almost over as LANCO prepares to share We’re Gonna Make It, due out on Jan. 17 via Riser House Records. The highly anticipated sophomore collection features 14 tracks, including early releases like “Low Class Lovers,” “Sound of a Saturday Night,” and “We Grew Up Together,” the latter of which includes guest vocals by Cory Asbury. Folks will get to hear all of LANCO’s new music live in 2025 as the band gears up for their upcoming headlining We’re Gonna Make It tour in support of the forthcoming project.
Sneak Preview:
“Leaving Looks Good On You”
“You’ll Always Be Me”
“Where I Belong”
“We Grew Up Together” featuring Cory Asbury
LANCO – We’re Gonna Make It Tracklist
- “We’re Gonna Make It”
- “Memories (We Didn’t Know)”
- “Where I Belong”
- “Low Class Lovers”
- “We Grew Up Together” featuring Cory Asbury
- Chandler Baldwin
- “Honey I Lost My Job Today”
- “You’ll Always Be”
- “Come Over”
- “Beer With Younger Me”
- “Sound of a Saturday Night”
- “Leaving Looks Good On You”
- “Million Dollar Memory”
- “Last Call”
- “Nothing That You Could Do”
Pre-order/pre-save We’re Gonna Make It, here.
Artist: Ryan Waters Band,
Album: All I’ve Ever Known
Release Date: Jan. 17
Ryan Waters is looking forward to introducing himself to fans with the upcoming release of his debut album entitled All I’ve Ever Known — a body of work he’s been working tirelessly on for a year.
A highly personal album, Waters recently took to Instagram, where he provided deeper insight into what to expect out of his collection and also opened up about the inspiration behind his forthcoming album. He captioned, “Growing up, I remember being enamored with the concept of albums—particularly the ones made by my favorite artists. I would stare at the covers for hours, sometimes long before I had even pressed play on whatever now-dated device I was listening to music on then… getting lost in those songs for the first time is a feeling I’ll never forget, the same songs I assume we’ve all been singing along to for decades now when we hear them. This is all just one reason it feels incredibly special for me to announce that MY debut album will be available everywhere on January 17th, 2025.”
Waters also wrote that the songs on the upcoming debut “dive pretty deep into some of the best and worst moments of my life,” which is why he gave his collection its All I’ve Ever Known titles. All I’ve Ever Known will follow singles like “Leavin’ A Little,” “Fireplace,” “Easy,” and many other viral hits.
Sneak Preview:
“Shadow of the Doubt”
Ryan Waters Band – All I’ve Ever Known Tracklist
1. “Deer God”
2. “Whiskey Talkin’”
3. “Shadow of the Doubt”
4. “Bloodstream”
5. “Whiskey on a Weekday”
Artist: Willow Avalon,
Album: Southern Belle Raisin’ Hell
Release Date: Jan. 17
Willow Avalon has a very busy schedule planned for 2025 as she prepares to share her 14-track album, Southern Belle Raisin’ Hell out via Assemble Sound / Atlantic on Jan. 17. Upon first sharing the exciting news surrounding her forthcoming album, Avalon dropped a sneak preview with a new tune, “Something We Regret.”
Prior to that, she shared a series of songs that will also be included on the album, like, “Country Never Leaves,” as well as “Tequila or Whiskey” and “Homewrecker,” which already enjoyed some success, drawing over 100 million views across social media platforms.
The rising country-Americana singer/songwriter has showcased the cover art for Southern Belle Raisin’ Hell, which features her posing for a real-life mugshot.
“Well, cats outta the bag. I got arrested, and now the mugshot is my album cover 🎀 ….,” the Georgia-born artist captioned via Instagram alongside a photo of the cover art for Southern Belle Raisin’ Hell. “Ps: I’m now a law-abiding woman, and I’ve learned my lesson!! Thank you to my kind and ever so amazing lawyer @mccrackenpostonjr, who also probably wrote the best trial story ever. If you like small-town murder trials with an incredible twist, you’ll love his book “Zenith Man.” I thought the wrongful arrest I went through was bad, but good lord, wait till you read the book!!!”
In promotion for her album release, Avalon has planned a 2025 headlining tour, which will take her across the U.S. and the U.K.
Sneak Preview:
“Gettin’ Rich, Goin’ Broke”
“Tequila or Whiskey”
“Hey There, Dolly”
“Yodelayheewho” (feat. Maggie Antone)
“Homewrecker”
“Country Never Leaves”
“Gettin’ Rich, Goin’ Broke”
“Something We Regret”
Willow Avalon – Southern Belle Raisin’ Hell Tracklist
1. “Runs in the Family”
2. “Something We Regret”
3. “Homewrecker”
4. “Yodelayheewho” (feat. Maggie Antone)
5. “Baby Blue”
6. “Country Never Leaves”
7. “Tequila or Whiskey”
8. “The Actor”
9. “Southern Belle Raisin’ Hell”
10. “Gettin’ Rich, Goin’ Broke”
11. “Hey There, Dolly”
12. “Want Me Now”
13. “Damned”
14. “Good Morning, Goodbye”
Pre-order/pre-save Southern Belle Raisin’ Hell here.
Artist: Kane Brown,
Album: The High Road
Release Date: Jan. 24
Fans have already gotten a taste of Kane Brown’s upcoming album, The High Road, with releases like “Backseat Driver,” “Miles On It,” “Fiddle in the Band,” and “I Can Feel It.” And on Jan. 24, they will be able to hear the project from front to back. Featuring 18 tracks in total, some of the tunes on The High Road include collaborations with artists like Marshmello, Jelly Roll, Khalid, and Brad Paisley, as well as his wife, Katelyn Brown, who appears on two tracks.
“This is by far my favorite album, from the sequencing to the songwriting to the different sounds. There’s definitely a song for everybody,” Brown previously told AP News of the collection out via Sony Music Nashville/ Zone 4. “My other albums, I always kind of, you know, cared what people thought about. And this album, we don’t… we gave our everything into the songs.”
Brown will celebrate his release with a headlining tour of the same name, which kicks off on March 13, in San Diego, Calif. Scotty McCreery, Mitchell Tenpenny, Dasha, and Ashley Cooke, will serve as openers on select dates of the trek. The High Road is the follow-up to Brown’s 2022 album, Different Man, which spawned hits — “Bury Me in Georgia,” “Like I Love Country Music,” “One Mississippi,” and “Thank God,” featuring Katelyn.
Sneak Preview:
“Fiddle In The Band”
“Miles On It”
“Backseat Driver”
“Body Talk”
Kane Brown – The High Road Tracklist
1. “I Am”
2. “Fiddle In The Band”
3. “Backseat Driver”
4. “Miles On It” (featuring Marshmello)
5. “Says I Can”
6. “3”
7. “Rescue” (featuring Khalid)
8. “Haunted” (featuring Jelly Roll)
9. “Start A Fire”
10. “Body Talk” (featuring Katelyn Brown)
11. “Gorgeous”
12. “Beside Me”
13. “I Can Feel It”
14. “Things We Quit” (featuring Brad Paisley)
15. “Back Around”
16. “Stay”
17. “Do Us Apart” (featuring Katelyn Brown)
18. “When You Forget”
Pre-order/pre-save The High Road here.
Artist: Ty Myers,
Album: The Select
Release Date: Jan. 24
Ty Myers burst onto the country music scene in 2024, earning rapid success with his Ends of the Earth EP. Now fans can look for even more from the talented 17-year-old with the upcoming release of The Select, his debut album, which drops on Jan. 24 via RECORDS Nashville/Columbia Records and is named after a place that his literary idol, Ernest Hemingway, would often stop at called, Le Select.
The Select, produced by Brandon Hood and Tommy Detamore, will include 16 tracks, 12 of which were co-written by the singer/songwriter. Myers has already treated listeners to preview singles, like “Ends Of The Earth,” “Worry Is A Sickness,” “Tie That Blinds,” and “Drinking Alone,” which has earned more than 30 million streams and counting.
Sneak Preview:
“Too Far Gone”
“Let ‘Em Talk”
“Ends of the Earth”
Ty Myers – The Select Tracklist
1. “Ends of the Earth”
2. “Real World Now”
3. “Worry is a Sickness”
4. “Let ‘Em Talk”
5. “Love Is Two Faced”
6. “Somewhere Over You”
7. “Never Get Tired (of Loving You)”
8. “Firefly”
9. “Can’t Hold Me Down”
10. “Man On The Side”
11. “Thought It Was Love”
12. “Too Far Gone”
13. “Drunk Love”
14. “But Me”
15. “Drinkin’ Alone”
16. “Tie That Binds”
Pre-order/pre-save The Select here.
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