Our 10 Best Royalty Free Country Music Songs and Playlists to Inspire Your Creative Work

When you’re in the mood to listen to and license a specific type of music—like country music, for example—it’s a major advantage when you have unlimited access to a royalty free music catalog that’s diverse and ever-growing.

(*Cough*, you know, like Soundstripe.)

What’s great about our music library is that we have thousands of songs to choose from that range across a wide variety of styles and genres. Soundstripe is also based in Nashville, Tennessee, one of the country music capitals of the world.

So if it's country music that you’re after, we have a huge selection of high-quality and royalty free country songs to offer, along with many other diverse genres and subgenres related to country, including western, bluegrass, folk, and many more.

10 popular royalty free country songs

Let’s start by giving you some of our most popular royalty free country music selections. These tracks are all hand-picked and feature Grammy-winning artists who know the country genre better than anyone.

We’ll explore some more of the nuances about why you might want royalty free country music or copyright free country music for your videos below, but for now—if you want some quality country music for your videos—dive in below.

Huckleberry Moonshine Rag by Heartland Nights

Description: A high-energy, acoustic song that is best described as calm and fun. Guitar and acoustic guitar are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 214
Key: A Major

2. Pour It Slow by Andy Shaw

Description: A medium-energy pop song that is best described as happy and hopeful. Guitar and acoustic guitar are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 148
Key: A Major

Better Sweater by Desert Dive

Description: A medium-energy, corporate song that is best described as fun and happy. Banjo and guitar are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 106
Key: Eb/D# Major

4. Red Dirt by Reveille

Description: A medium-energy rock song that is best described as fun and inspiring. The guitar and electric guitar are the primary instruments on this track.
BPM: 100
Key: G Major

Beautiful by Joshua Nichols

Description: A low-energy, acoustic song best described as romantic and calm. Acoustic guitar and guitar are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 93
Key: D Major

My Own Road by Andy Ellison

Description: A medium-energy country song that is best described as fun and happy. The guitar and electric guitar are the primary instruments on this track.
BPM: 100
Key: E Major

7. I Wouldn't Mind by Cowboy Kelly

Description: A medium-energy country song that is best described as hopeful and inspiring. Organ and guitar are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 122
Key: A Major

Autumn Drive by Brent Wood

Description: A medium-energy, acoustic song that is best described as hopeful and inspiring. Acoustic guitar and electric guitar are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 93
Key: A Major

Grandpa Jokes by Heartland Nights

Description: A low-energy, acoustic song that is best described as fun and happy. Guitar and steel guitar are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 135
Key: G Major

Delta Queen by Moses Kidd

Description: A medium-energy, acoustic song best described as romantic and hopeful. Guitar and acoustic guitar are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 150
Key: E Minor

This is just a small sampling from the thousands of royalty-free music tracks in our Soundstripe library. If you’d like to check out more right now, dive into our Soundstripe app.

Our most popular country music playlists

It’s no secret that artists like Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, and George Strait have shaped the country music genre. But these days, a new generation of artists — like Lil Naz X — are changing the status quo of what is classified as “country music.”

As the genre continues to evolve from its traditional bluegrass and folk roots, it remains the same: this music is all about storytelling. And that’s true whether artists are using vocals or just the highs and lows of instrumentals.

Given that country music has such a rich history and exciting future, it’s only fair to share three Soundstripe playlists that include a wide range of traditional and contemporary royalty free country songs:

Country Playlist

This collection spans country music genres such as Western, Bluegrass, and Americana.

Country Life Playlist

Real estate curation of Americana music that recalls the wide-open spaces of rural living.

Americana Playlist

Blending together elements of Country, Bluegrass, Folk, and Gospel into a truly unique American style of music.

Southern Roots Playlist

A mix of Southern Rock, Country, and Blues from below the Mason-Dixon line.

The Nashville Sound Playlist

Radio-friendly tracks inspired by the home of country music, Nashville, Tennessee

New royalty free country music songs

As you take on creative projects, access to new music is a huge asset. Fortunately, our Music team releases new songs every week, which means that your country music options are always increasing.

If this is something that interests you, check out these country songs from our library next:

Highway Outa Town by Andy Shaw

Description: A high-energy pop song that is best described as hopeful and inspiring. Banjo and guitar are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 115
Key: F Major

Good Old Days by Reveille

Description: A medium-energy rock song that is best described as fun and happy. The guitar and electric guitar are the primary instruments on this track.
BPM: 100
Key: G Major

Autumn Drive by Brent Wood
Description: A medium-energy, acoustic song that is best described as hopeful and inspiring. Acoustic guitar and electric guitar are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 93
Key: A Major

The Frontier by Alsever Lake

Description: A medium-energy country song that is best described as suspenseful and reflective. Guitar and acoustic guitar are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 90
Key: D Major

Theme Park Train by Mountain Dreamers

Description: A medium-energy, acoustic song that is best described as happy and fun. Strings and violin are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 104
Key: D Major

Looking for more royalty free country music?

Hopefully, we’ve been able to point you toward royalty free country music that will be a great fit for your current or upcoming projects. But if you still haven’t found exactly what you’re looking for, we’re here to help with that too.

Once you navigate to our music catalog and click the “Country” genre filter, you can take different actions to curate the song options to your taste. You can filter based on mood, characteristics, instrument, and a number of other categories.

But that’s not all. If you want to exclude songs that feature banjo sounds, you can click the exclude button and significantly filter down your results based on these criteria. (Here’s what those results would look like.)

The big takeaway here is that you can include and exclude as many (or as few) filters as you want when you’re searching for country music, LoFi hip hop, classical music, or any other genre of royalty free music. This is the easiest and most efficient way to narrow your search from thousands of songs to a dozen, and it only takes a few clicks. You might also enjoy checking out more genres on the Soundstripe blog:

When you sign up for one of Soundstripe’s music plans, you can license all of the music you need and reap the benefits of our lifetime license even if you decide to cancel one day.

If you’re ready to start licensing music from our library, you can view the plan options and sign up here. If you’d rather wait and do more market research on your own, our music can keep you company.

Our 10 Best Royalty Free Country Music Songs and Playlists to Inspire Your Creative Work

10 popular royalty free country songs

Our most popular country music playlists

New royalty free country music songs

Looking for more royalty free country music?

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