Each week, the team at Countrytown finds the best new country songs to add to our weekly playlist, The Country Drop. Here's our picks released this week, September 4, 2026.

Taking her newborn to the ARIA Award ceremony, duetting with Paul Kelly, prioritising authenticity and “creating really good shit!” – Fanny Lumsden proves you can have it all as long as you don’t “try to be perfect”.

Sheppard, Amber Lawrence, Casey Barnes, and others recap huge milestones and preview their upcoming Deni Ute Muster sets in an exclusive check-in with Countrytown.

'Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album' arrives on the same day as the game - 19 November.

"If God tells me to go work at a homeless shelter in Paducah, Ky., I’m outta here," Jelly Roll admitted.

The 2026 CCMA Awards take place on Saturday, 19 September.

Ella Langley, Kacey Musgraves, and Lainey Wilson all could have been excellent headliners for Stagecoach 2027.

The Australian rising stars will share the stage with Riley Green, Zach Top, Garth Brooks, and many others.

Will Max Jackson tour with Florida Georgia Line? Collaborate with them? Something else entirely? We'll just have to wait and see.