Four-time Golden Guitar winner and Newcastle-based country star Max Jackson has released her highly anticipated new album Dangerous in Denim, adding yet another milestone to a career that’s been accelerating at full tilt since 2024.
Fresh off back-to-back Golden Guitar wins for Best Female Artist, Max continues to prove she’s one of Australia’s most exciting country voices.
Her momentum across has been impossible to ignore with national TV slots, Australian headline runs, major festival stages including CMC Rocks, and a nomination for TikTok Music Artist of the Year.
The latest award season in Tamworth also saw her nominated across Single, Video, Song and Vocal Collaboration of the Year.
Dangerous in Denim captures Max at her most confident and high-energy. She frames the album as a declaration of strength, particularly as a woman in the industry, built on resilience, bravery and a belief in what she has to say.
Across 11 tracks, she sets out to inspire others to show up boldly, chase what lights them up and be, as she puts it, “dangerous” in pursuit of their passions.
The record opens with the newly released Red Dirt ROCKNROLL, co-written with Buddy Owens (known for cuts with Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton). Max says the track sets the album’s energy levels: stadium-ready, anthemic and built for volume.
Its imagery of dirt roads, denim, backbeat rhythms and nods to AC/DC and George Jones make it a celebration of the country-rock identity that shaped her.
Produced by Rod McCormack, the album is stacked with powerhouse collaborators including Kylie Sackley, Kaylee Bell, Phil Barton and members of Sheppard. Every track is co-written by Max, reinforcing her growing reputation as both a vocalist and storyteller.
The album features singles already familiar to fans, including the #1 Golden Guitar Single of the Year Little More Country, her viral cover series now pushing past 30 million views, the emotional ballad A Country Heart Can, which premiered on A Farmer Wants a Wife, and live favourites Hold My Horses and 1990 Somethin’. It’s a body of work that leans proudly into Max’s roots while showcasing her evolution.
Max Jackson’s latest album, Dangerous in Denim, is out now and streaming on all major platforms. To keep up to date with everything Max is getting up to, be sure to follow her on the socials and check out maxjackson.com.au.
