There are countless ways to find new music with radio, streaming services, physical albums, and more. So it’s no question that, these days, country music fans have a plethora of music waiting to be heard right at their fingertips. With such a variety of tunes to navigate through, Charted is serving listeners everywhere with its weekly On The Radar series, which highlights and showcases new music each week so you don’t have to.
Here are 5 fresh songs to add to your playlist:
“Painkiller” — Vincent Mason
Vincent Mason shares his smooth southern drawl on his latest song, “Painkiller,” released via Interscope/MCA Nashville/Music Soup. The breezy tune, written alongside Nashville tunesmiths Jessie Jo Dillon, Luke Laird, and Chase McDaniel, captures the storyline of finding an unexpected, short-term love that takes all the cares away. Sonically,“Painkiller” is reminiscent of John Mayer, with its free-wheeling and guitar-driven melody, making the song fit for both country and pop radio.
“Painkiller” is the latest taste of music from Mason’s upcoming debut album, set to drop later this year. The track follows recent releases, “Wish You Well” and “Waitin’ On You To Wear Off” as well as the singer/songwriter’s breakout hit “Hell is a Dance Floor,” which surpassed 160 million streams and was recently certified Gold by the RIAA.
Vincent Mason’s “Painkiller” HERE.
“Watching You 2.0 ” — Rodney Atkins feat. Elijah Atkins
Anyone who has heard Rodney Atkins’ 2006 award-winning smash “Watching You,” will be familiar with the melody and lyrics to the aptly titled “Watching You 2.0.” In “Watching You 2.0,” Atkins resurrects the 2006 3x-Platinum single, this time featuring his 23-year-old son, Elijah Atkins, who was the muse for the original version of the track. Written by Atkins, Steve Dean, and Brian Gene White, and produced by Atkins, Michael X O’Connor, and Seth Mosley, “Watching You 2.0” celebrates the bond between a father and a son and shines a light on how the relationship shapes a child growing up.
“He said “I’ve been watching you dad, ain’t that cool? / I’m your buckaroo, I wanna be like you / And eat all my food and grow as tall as you are / We got cowboy boots and camo pants / Yeah wе’re just alike, hey ain’t wе dad? / I wanna do everything you do / So I’ve been watching you,” Elijah sings, showcasing his now grown-up vocals on the bittersweet chorus.
“I wrote ‘Watching You’ after my son Eli’s preschool teacher told me he was singing ‘If You’re Going Through Hell’ in class,” Atkins wrote of the track via a post on Instagram. “It hit me… I’ve got little eyes watching everything I do. That moment became the heart of the song. My son, Eli, grew up on this song. Now he’s singing on it, and nothing makes me more proud. ‘Watching You 2.0’ brings our worlds together – his way, my way, one message.”
Stream Rodney Atkins’ “Watching You 2.0” HERE.
“Cowboy Sh!t” — Karley Scott Collins
As she prepares to release her anticipated upcoming debut album, Flight Risk, in the fall, Karley Scott Collins unveils the latest sneak peek into the record with “Cowboy Sh!t.” Setting a high bar, the track finds Collins making a bold and fiery statement as she tells a cowboy that she’s not one to mess with. Prideful of the way she was raised, she knows how to rope a man in just as much as she knows how to drop them, serving up a warning that she’s tougher than she appears.
The western-style song, which includes edgy pop elements was penned with Sam Backoff and KK Johnson and includes the lyrics, “Got a pistol in the glove box, steel toe on the gas / Don’t need no one for nothing, daddy raised me like that / Know how to love and leave ’em, baby, I don’t get attached / Get thеm roped in good and make it hurt real bad / Ain’t no troublе you can cause I ain’t been in / Yeah, it takes one to know one, I call it how it is / And that’s some cowboy s**t / That’s some cowboy s**t.”
“Cowboy Sh!t” comes as Collins is spending time on the road as an opener for Keith Urban’s HIGH AND ALIVE TOUR, which kicked off on May 22 and runs through Oct. 17.
Stream Karley Scott Collins’ “Cowboy Sh!t” HERE.
“I’d Love To” — ROTUNDO feat. Tayler Holder
ROTUNDO, a Ohio-born Nashville transplant and member of the US Army, has enlisted Tayler Holder for a captivating collaboration on “I’d Love To.” This intriguing track is one of three duets on the rising star’s debut album, We Were Desperados, which arrived on May 23. Featuring vivid country storytelling over soothing guitars and an R&B-tinged melody, “I’d Love To” finds the artists swapping verses on lyrics about catching feelings for someone from across the room, who is seemingly in a relationship with someone else. With plenty of confidence, the singers know without a doubt that the romance won’t last long, and they’re ready to swoop in to get the girl of their dreams.
“He don’t give you them looks like that / See it written all over your face / Tellin’ me that you wanna come back / Got me outta my mind all the way to my place / Whisper in your ear all the things that he never says / You been making scenes in my dreams with them cherry reds / He’s the only thing that you got to lose / Well baby it ain’t nothing, he don’t love you like I’d love to,” they sing throughout the chorus of the song, written by Rotundo, whose full name is Michael Rotundo, alongside Brian Bunn, Rose Falcon, Jacob Hackworth, and Garrett Nichols.
Stream ROTUNDO’s “I’d Love To” feat. Tayler Holder HERE.
“More Like Jesus” — Micah Fletcher
Micah Fletcher is showing gratitude for a good-hearted woman in his current faith-filled track “More Like Jesus.” Serving as a dedication to a love interest who saved him from living a life of desolation, Fletcher feels a sense of responsibility to return the favor and become the best version of himself to align with his love interest’s good qualities. Fletcher expresses a desire to “be more like Jesus” in the track that follows songs like “Good God,” “Like A Stone,” “The Look In Your Eyes” and “Just One Night.”
“I just wanna be more like Jesus / More together and less in pieces / I wanna be the cornerstone / She can lean on what kind of love she can count on,” Fletcher sings, putting his whole heart into the spiritually-driven lyrics, which he wrote with acclaimed songwriter Phil O’Donnell. “I ain’t saying I wanna walk on water / I wanna love her like I almost lost her / Cause I was like a torn sail in the wind / When she took me in from a lost world / I just wanna be more like Jesus for her, ohh, for her.”
Stream Micah Fletcher’s “More Like Jesus” HERE.
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