4 X GOLDEN GUITAR WINNER, MAX JACKSON, RELEASES HER HIGHLY
ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM, DANGEROUS IN DENIM
AWARDED BACK TO BACK GOLDEN GUITAR WINNER FOR BEST FEMALE ARTIST
Max Jackson has been on a roll since the start of 2024 with no signs of slowing down across 2025 and into 2026. After a string of hit singles, 4 x Golden Guitar Awards to her name, national TV performances, Australian headline shows, a CMC Rocks main stage performance and a TikTok Music Artist of the Year nomination; Max Jackson releases her highly anticipated new album, Dangerous in Denim, out now. Listen/download here.
The release is perfectly timed, with Jackson also announcing her UK debut this March at Country 2 Country Festival, Europe’s largest country music festival, marking a major milestone in her rapidly expanding global career.
Adding to her list of accolades, Jackson was also named the Golden Guitar’s Best Female Artist of the Year for the second year in a row. The Golden Guitars are held in the Australian country music capital, Tamworth, every January. Jackson was nominated across several other categories including Single of the Year, Video of the Year, Song of the Year and Vocal Collaboration of the Year.
Describing her new 11 track album release, “Dangerous In Denim represents where I’m at right now; it’s confident, high energy and dressed to take over the world. The title of the album, Dangerous In Denim, to me, means that when you show up in the world confident and comfortable in who you are, you really are a force to be reckoned with, and you really can achieve anything.”
“Particularly as a female artist in the music industry, I have learned through the years that there is no other way to do this than to work harder, be braver and be stronger – and never give up on knowing that what you have to say is important. I hope this collection of music really inspires other people to be themselves & be brave & ‘dangerous’ in the pursuit of what lights them up too!”
Coinciding with the album release, Jackson drops another track, ‘Red Dirt ROCKNROLL‘. The album opens with ‘Red Dirt RocknRoll’ and was penned with Buddy Owens (Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton). As Max describes, “It sets the energy bar – I’m talking stadium anthemic”.
Dangerous in Denim was produced by Rod McCormack with Max Jackson co-writes on all tracks on the album. Other songwriting credits include Buddy Owens (Miranda Lambert/Blake Shelton), Kylie Sackley (Sam Hunt/ Walker Hayes). Lauren McLamb & Kate Wilson (Max McNown/ Dierks Bentley), Kaylee Bell, Nicholas Wolfe, George & Amy Sheppard, Gavin Carfoot, Phil Barton and Nolan Wynne.
The album features a slew of hit singles that have all impacted the National Country Airplay Charts, including the #1 Golden Guitar Single of the Year winning ‘Little More Country’. A song that led to Jackson’s viral series of country covers done a ‘little more country’; which now has over 30 million views across platforms. It also includes the powerfully beautiful ballad, ‘A Country Heart Can’, which made it’s debut on Channel 7’s National TV show, A Farmer Wants A Wife. Not to mention the rousing live performance favourites, ‘Hold My Horses’ and ‘1990 Somethin’’.
ABOUT MAX JACKSON:
Max Jackson’s love of country music began in the small country town of Coonamble New South Wales (Pop. 2750), where she got her first guitar at age five and started writing and singing songs. After moving to Newcastle, she performed at local country music nights, landed her first professional gig at 13, attended the CMAA Junior Academy twice, and later graduated from Sydney’s renowned Talent Development Project.
Inspired by strong female storytellers, from Dolly Parton and Shania Twain to Lainey Wilson and Kacey Musgrave, Jackson focused on songwriting, travelling to Nashville and Los Angeles to refine her craft. Mentored for over 14 years by her childhood idol Gina Jeffreys and producer Rod McCormack, she has opened shows for Gina and recorded all her music with Rod.
Her debut album Life Of The Party (2020) earned critical praise for its sharp songwriting and vibrant production. In 2022, Jackson won Australia’s biggest country music competition, Toyota Star Maker. In 2023, she signed with Stephen White Management and ABC Music. Her first single with the label, ‘A Little More Country’, reached #1 on the Countrytown National Airplay Chart for two weeks. She performed at CMA Fest in Nashville, SXSW Sydney and became Ambassador for the Tamworth Country Music Festival. In 2024, she won Best New Talent at the Golden Guitar Awards and performed at major festivals across Australia. This year, she has gone on to win another two Golden Guitar Awards for Female Artist of the Year and Single of the Year with ‘A Little More Country’.
