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”.

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.

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

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

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

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.

A unanimous vote passed to name the Nashville International Airport after Dolly Parton this week.