{"id":1880627,"date":"2026-04-13T21:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1880627"},"modified":"2026-04-13T21:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:22:08","slug":"emily-ann-roberts-willow-avalon-80-acres-more-5-must-hear-new-country-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1880627","title":{"rendered":"Emily Ann Roberts, Willow Avalon, 80 Acres & More: 5 Must-Hear New Country Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tThis week\u2019s crop of new songs come from both newcomers and established hitmakers. Emily Ann Roberts continues releasing solid songs, most recently this flirty, \u201990s country-dipped track. Meanwhile, Willow Avalon teams with Jason Isbell for a stunning heartbreak ballad and Jo Dee Messina brings musical gravitas to her empowering new song.<\/p>\n

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\n\tCheck out all of these and more in\u00a0Billboard<\/em>\u2018s roundup of some of the best country, bluegrass and\/or Americana songs of the week below.<\/p>\n

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Emily Ann Roberts, \u201cMy Future\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\tEmily Ann Roberts has been steadily building an arsenal of breezy uptempo tracks and heartfelt ballads. Her warm country twang is perfectly suited for this flirty, fiddle-laced track, which delves into the first blushes of romance. She sings of meeting someone and quickly envisioning a future with them together, including a wedding day, mornings spent sipping coffee together and starting a family. \u201cWhen you know, you know, and I know it\u2019s you,\u201d she croons sweetly, while the song brims with her signature bubbly personality.<\/p>\n

Willow Avalon (feat. Jason Isbell), \u201cCardinal Sin\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\tWillow Avalon teams up with Jason Isbell, melding their distinct harmonies with quiet precision on this superb song about betrayal and consequences. Backed by lush strings, they give an understated, intimate delivery of a portrait of a marriage-ending decision, on lines such as \u201cI\u2019m here drinking doubles \u2019cause I set fire to our wedding vows.\u201d Avalon has already established herself as a top-shelf vocal stylist and keen songwriter, thanks to singles and projects including her 2025 album Southern Belle, Raisin\u2019 Hell<\/em> \u2014 pairing with a writer and artist of Isbell\u2019s stature feels like a natural alignment.<\/p>\n

Kenny Whitmire, \u201cThought Twice About Loving You\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\tWhitmire and his co-writers Drew Parker and Lindsay Rimes spin a thoughtful, romantic ode of enduring love on this earnest ballad. \u201cI can\u2019t think of one time I\u2019ve looked into your eyes\/ And wished it was someone else\u2019s lookin\u2019 back,\u201d he sings, while this song\u2019s classic country feel serves as a perfect vessel for Whitmire\u2019s warm twang. He\u2019s fast cementing himself as a mainstay for fans of timeless country sounds.<\/p>\n

Jo Dee Messina, \u201cDon\u2019t Let Them Hide Your Beautiful\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\tMessina wields both charismatic energy and time-wrought wisdom in this uplifting anthem. \u201cEveryone\u2019s an expert on the things you need to be and everything you need to change,\u201d she sings, exposing societal pressures that people of all ages can succumb to, and instead, daring listeners to feel full confidence in all the things that make them unique. Bridges<\/em>, Messina\u2019s first album of new music in a decade, is slated for June 5.<\/p>\n

80 Acres (feat. Treaty Oak Revival), \u201cMess We Made\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\tDylan Marlowe has formed the five-member band 80 Acres with Christian Strahley (drums), Ethan Leak (guitar), David Medlin (guitar) and John Frisch (bass). They just released a self-titled EP, which includes a new collab with Treaty Oak Revival. This furious rock track dips heavily into full-throttle, grungy guitar stylings and pummeling percussion, while setting the scene of a crumbling romance that\u2019s beyond repair on lines such as, \u201cIt feels like lately it\u2019s been damage control.\u201d Adding TOR to the mix ups the stakes on what feels like a summer anthem for the broken-hearted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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