Hold Your Horses

Greetings to fans of real country 

music, and welcome to this week’s 

Essie Country’s 21st Century Real Country Music Song of the Week, for the week of 01/18/26 thru 01/24/26.


Hold Your Horses 

by Anne Wilson

Released 10/17/25

Intro by Gene Johns

 

Anne Wilson is a bit of an anomaly for Essie Country. Anne has achieved notable success with her Southern twang-style voice, but not in country music. She is an American Christian singer with a Grammy nomination, as well as a two-time GMA Dove Award winner and a three-time K-Love Fan Award winner. 

 

Her Christian singles have performed well on the Christian charts, including a number five hit, “Sunday Sermons,” a number four hit, “Strong,” and a chart-topping single, “My Jesus.” She has six other singles that made it into the Top 50 of Christian charts. 

 

This twenty-three-year-old Lexington, Kentucky-born artist hasn’t produced many country songs. She caught my attention when I discovered this week’s Essie Country’s 21st Century Real Country Music Song of the Week, “Hold Your Horses,” on Spotify. While I’m not fond of the occasional use of a choir in the background of this song, doggone it, it’s still a really good song. 


I believe Anne has the potential to become a real country music star and earn the same level of accolades in country music as she did in her Christian music. I won’t be holding any horses back when considering adding Anne’s “Hold Your Horses” to my personal real country music playlist. 

 

You’re invited to hear Anne perform a solid, real country music song, “Hold Your Horses.” All you need to do is grab the reins of the link below and ride the internet connection to the YouTube video “Hold Your Horses,” by Anne Wilson.


                     Hold Your Horses 

                       by Anne Wilson

                     https://youtu.be/FaUcwijQfq4?si=gkpwx0VO-vbBOidB

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