Elizabeth Bowersox - “Red Hot Summer”

One of San Diego's most prolific up-and-coming songwriters is back with another winner. Over the past few years, country musician and recent San Diego Music Award winner Elizabeth Bowersox has quietly assembled an impressive catalog of singles, a live compilation, and last year's excellent California Queen EP, which firmly established her knack for balancing classic singer-songwriter country with the widescreen hooks and polish of modern Nashville.

Her latest single, "Red Hot Summer," leans fully into its title, delivering a rollicking country anthem tailor-made for long days, warm nights, and open roads. Driven by punchy twang, flirty lyrics, a hypnotic freewheeling guitar solo, and one of Bowersox's most commanding vocal performances to date, the track builds toward an instantly memorable chorus anchored by the infectious refrain, "Cause it's a Red Hot Summer when I'm rolling with you." It's confident, catchy, and impossible not to sing along with.

Whether you're cracking open a tall boy before a backyard barbecue, heading out for a beach bonfire, or gearing up for a full-blown hoedown, "Red Hot Summer" feels destined to soundtrack the season. Give the track a spin and let it become your Cali-Country summer anthem of 2026.