50 Best Country Songs About Easter
Best Country Music Picks for Easter Celebrations
There’s a strange kind of calm that hangs in the air on Easter morning. Not the sleepy quiet of winter holidays, but a softer pause where the light feels warmer and the day stretches slower. Maybe you’re on a porch with coffee, the hum of conversation mixing with the sound of someone tuning a guitar. Maybe you’re in the kitchen, windows cracked, and a radio somewhere in the house drifts in with something gentle but steady. The good Easter tracks don’t try to make the moment grand. They lean into that in-between space, where reflection and small joys meet in a way you feel before you even notice it.
Country songs can pull this off in a way few genres can, though there’s no shortage of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that carry a similar glow. It’s in the way the harmonies slow down without losing their weight, the way the lyrics can feel rooted in dirt and sunlight at the same time. Some are steeped in faith, some in family, and some in the simple pleasure of a Sunday with no rush. They don’t chase big drama. They sit in the room with you while the day unfolds, letting the details breathe.
It’s not all mellow though. A few songs hum with that undercurrent of celebration that seems to spill out of open doors after the church service wraps. Laughter across yards, the smell of something grilling, kids running barefoot with grass stains already working their way in. That kind of easy, unplanned joy has its own rhythm and these tracks know how to ride it. Here are the best country songs for Easter listening.
Top 10 Easter Country Songs
1. 'I Saw the Light'—Hank Williams
2. 'The Old Rugged Cross'—Johnny Cash
3. 'Because He Lives'—Karen Cole
4. 'He Is Risen'—Keith Lancaster and The Acappella Company
5. 'In the Garden'—Alan Jackson
6. 'Three Wooden Crosses'—Randy Travis
7. 'Long Black Train'—Josh Turner
8. 'Go Rest High on That Mountain'—Vince Gill
9. 'When I Get Where I'm Going'—Brad Paisley featuring Dolly Parton
10. 'Jesus, Take the Wheel'—Carrie Underwood
Country Music Songs of Faith and Hope #11—20
11. 'Hallelujah, He's Alive!'—The Chuckwagon Gang
12. 'Holes in the Floor of Heaven'—Steve Wariner
13. 'I'll Fly Away'—Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch
14. 'He Lives'—The Statler Brothers
15. 'I Saw God Today'—George Strait
16. 'There Was Jesus'—Zach Williams and Dolly Parton
17. 'Blessed Assurance'—Alan Jackson
18. 'Redeemed'—The Inspirations
19. 'Love That Wouldn't Stay Buried'—Risen & Redeemed: A Country Gospel Easter
20. 'Nothing But The Blood of Jesus'—Carrie Underwood
Redemptive Country Songs and Christian Themes #21—30
21. 'God's Been Good To Me'—Keith Urban
22. 'The Stone Rolled Away'—The Rushing
23. 'God & Country'—Anne Wilson
24. 'What a Beautiful Name'—Hillsong Worship
25. 'Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me)'—Casting Crowns
26. 'I Saw The Light'—Josh Turner featuring Sonya Isaacs
27. 'Living Proof'—The Lesters
28. 'Will The Circle Be Unbroken'—Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
29. 'I Believe'—Tammy Wynette
30. 'New Beginnings with the Lord'—Akeem Healy
Country Music Hits About Resurrection #31—40
31. 'Farther Along'—Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris
32. 'Amazing Grace'—Kenny Rogers
33. 'Where I Find God'—Larry Fleet
34. 'The Unclouded Day'—Randy Travis
35. 'The Cross Stands High on Golgotha'—The McKameys
36. 'Raised with Him'—The Wilburns
37. 'Roll That Rock'—Billy Ray Cyrus
38. 'He's Got The Whole World In His Hands'—Loretta Lynn
39. 'Just As I Am'—Carrie Underwood
40. 'God's Country'—Blake Shelton
A List of Country Faith Songs #41—50
41. 'Blessed Is the Man'—Cody Johnson
42. 'Hallelujah for the Cross'—The Gaither Vocal Band
43. 'Jesus Paid It All'—Selah
44. 'His Hands'—Kenny Rogers
45. 'Why Me'—Kris Kristofferson
46. 'One Day At A Time'—Merle Haggard
47. 'Where I'm Standing Now'—Gary LeVox
48. 'The Calm Of My Storm'—The Nelons
49. 'Dancin' in the Country'—Tyler Hubbard
50. 'Don't Ever Die'—Ryan Upchurch
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