Rolling Country 2020

yeah, i think it's time for a thread.
Katie Pruitt

Hope recovery efforts in East Nashville and elsewhere from tornado are progressing

So yall may know that Willie's got an album due in April, Dixie Chicks (studio set) in May; first singles from both are out. But this is as far as I've gotten in catching up with email:

STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES RETURN WITH GHOSTS OF WEST VIRGINIA MAY 22nd, 2020 VIA NEW WEST RECORDS

TO APPEAR IN COAL COUNTRY AT NEW YORK CITY’S PUBLIC THEATER NOW THROUGH MARCH 29th

ROLLING STONE COUNTRY PREMIERES “DEVIL PUT THE COAL IN THE GROUND” TODAY
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/steve-earle-new-album-ghosts-of-west-virginia-958755/
Steve Earle & The Dukes will release Ghosts of West Virginia on May 22nd, 2020 via New West Records. The album was produced by Steve Earle and engineered by Ray Kennedy at Jimi Hendrix’s legendary Electric Lady Studios in New York City. The 10-song set is Earle’s 20th studio album and was mixed entirely in mono, lending a sonic cohesion and punch. In recent years, Earle has experienced partial hearing loss in one ear and can no longer discern the separation that stereo is designed to produce. The recording features his latest incarnation of his backing band The Dukes; Chris Masterson on guitar, Eleanor Whitmore on fiddle & vocals, Ricky Ray Jackson on pedal steel, guitar & dobro, Brad Pemberton on drums & percussion, and Jeff Hill on acoustic & electric bass.

Ghosts of West Virginia centers on the Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion that killed twenty-nine men in that state in 2010, making it one of the worst mining disasters in American history. Investigations revealed hundreds of safety violations, as well as attempts to cover them up, and the mine’s owners were forced to pay more than $200 million in criminal liabilities.

Today, Rolling Stone Country has premiered the first single, “Devil Put the Coal in the Ground.” The song is a tough-minded recognition of the dangers of the mining life and the pride of doing such a demanding job in the face of danger. Rolling Stone Country says, "...in 'Devil Put the Coal in the Ground,' Earle employs a heave-ho work-song rhythm to conjure the pride of working men as they descend into the mines. With a bluesy, hypnotic musical backdrop, droning fiddle, and pounding percussion, Earle drawls his lyrics in a way that almost sounds like a taunt: 'The good lord gimme two hands/Says is you an animal or is you a man.' It transforms into a psychedelic guitar odyssey, thrilling and anxiety-ridden all at once." Hear "Devil Put the Coal in the Ground" HERE.

Earle started working on the album after being approached by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, a playwrighting team that would create Coal Country, a theater piece about the Upper Big Branch disaster. They interviewed the surviving West Virginia miners, along with the families of the miners who died, and created monologues for their characters using those words. Working closely with Oskar Eustis, Public Theater’s Artistic Director, they workshopped the songs and text for nearly four years. Earle functions as “a Greek chorus with a guitar,” in his words. He is on stage for the entire play and performs seven of the songs that lead Ghosts of West Virginia, including the powerful “It’s About Blood,” in which Earle blazons the names of all the men who died. “The actors don’t relate directly with the audience,” Earle explains. “I do. The actors don’t realize the audience is there. I do.” The songs provide personal, historical and social context for the testimony of the play’s characters. Currently in previews, Coal Country officially opens on March 3rd at The Public Theater in New York City and runs through March 29th. Tickets and more information can be found HERE.

In ten deftly drawn, powerfully conveyed sonic portraits, Earle explores the historical role of coal in rural communities. With Ghosts of West Virginia, Earle says that he was interested in exploring a new approach to his songwriting. “I’ve already made the preaching-to-the-choir album,” he says, specifically alluding to his 2004 Grammy Award winning The Revolution Starts...Now. As anyone politically attuned as Earle understands, there are times when the faithful need music that will raise their spirits and toughen their resolve. But he came to believe that our times might also benefit from something that addresses a different audience, songs written from a point of view that he is particularly capable of rendering.

To be sure, Earle’s politics have not changed. He believes in sustainable energy sources and ending fossil fuels. “But that doesn’t mean a thing in West Virginia,” he says. You can’t begin communicating with people unless you understand the texture of their lives, the realities that provide significance to their days. That is the entire point of Ghosts of West Virginia.

“I thought that, given the way things are now, it was maybe my responsibility to make a record that spoke to and for people who didn’t vote the way that I did,” he says. “One of the dangers that we’re in is if people like me keep thinking that everyone who voted for Trump is a racist or an asshole, then we’re fucked, because it’s simply not true. So this is one move toward something that might take a generation to change. I wanted to do something where that dialogue could begin.” He adds, “I said I wanted to speak to people that didn’t necessarily vote the way that I did, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have anything in common. We need to learn how to communicate with each other. My involvement in this project is my little contribution to that effort. And the way to do that — and to do it impeccably —is simply to honor those guys who died at Upper Big Branch.”

Steve Earle & The Dukes suffered a major loss when, not long before the band went into the studio, bassist Kelley Looney, who had played with Earle for thirty years, passed away. Beyond the death of a longstanding musical partner, Earle was faced with the prospect of finding someone who could share the telepathic musical communication so characteristic of the band. Happily, Jeff Hill, recently of the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, joined the band on bass. “Earle says, “Jeff stepped into the breach, but it was hard. It was really hard.” In addition to the 29 miners killed at Upper Big Branch, Ghosts of West Virginia is dedicated to the memory of Kelley Looney.

Steve Earle & The Dukes' Ghosts of West Virginia will be available across digital retailers, on compact disc, and standard black vinyl. A limited Yellow & Blue West Virginia Swirl colored LP edition will be available at Independent Retailers. An extremely limited to 500 Smoke/Coal Colored Vinyl Edition autographed by Steve Earle is available for pre-order now via NEW WEST RECORDS.

Steve Earle is one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters of his generation. A protege of legendary songwriters Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, he quickly became a master storyteller in his own right, with his songs being recorded by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, The Pretenders, and countless others. 1986 saw the release of his debut record, Guitar Town, which shot to number one on the country charts and is now regarded as a classic of the Americana genre. Subsequent releases like The Revolution Starts...Now (2004), Washington Square Serenade (2007), and TOWNES (2009) received consecutive Grammy Awards. Restlessly creative across artistic disciplines, Earle has published both a novel and collection of short stories; produced albums for other artists such as Joan Baez and Ron Sexsmith; and acted in films, television (including David Simon’s acclaimed The Wire), and on the stage. He currently hosts a radio show for Sirius XM. In 2009, Earle appeared in the off-Broadway play Samara, for which he also wrote a score that The New York Times described as “exquisitely subliminal.” Each year, Earle organizes a benefit concert for The Keswell School, for which his son John Henry attends and which provides educational programs for children and young adults with autism. Ghosts of West Virginia is Steve Earle’s 20th studio album.
Steve Earle & The Dukes Ghosts of West Virginia Track Listing:
1. Heaven Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
2. Union, God and Country
3. Devil Put The Coal In The Ground
4. John Henry Was A Steel Drivin’ Man
5. Time Is Never On Our Side
6. It’s About Blood
7. If I Could See Your Face Again (featuring Eleanor Whitmore)
8. Black Lung
9. Fastest Man Alive
10. The Mine

Steve Earle & The Dukes On Tour (More Dates To Be Announced Soon):
May 10th - North Charleston, WV Culture Center Theater / NPR Mountain Stage * Solo
May 31st - Grand Prairie, TX The Theatre at Grand Prairie - The Lonestar Landfest
June 8th - Kent, OH The Kent Stage
June 9th - State College, PA State Theatre
June 10th - Phoenixville, PA Colonial Theatre
June 12th - East Greenwich, RI Greenwich Odeum
June 13th - North Turo, MA Payomet Performing Arts Center
June 14th - Riverhead, NY The Suffolk Theater
June 18th - Salisbury, MA Blue Ocean Music Hall
June 19th - Plymouth, NH Flying Monkey Performance Center
June 20th - Portland, ME Aura
July 4th - Enoch, AB River Cree Casino & Resort
July 26th - Paso Robles, CA California Mid-State Fair w/ Eric Church * Solo
August 7th - Burnaby, BC Burnaby Blues & Roots Fest
August 29th - Shipshewana, IN Blue Gate Theatre * Solo
September 8th - 11th - Big Indian, NY Steve Earle’s Camp Copperhead
November 16th - 20th - Punta Cana, Dominican Republic All The Best Fest * Solo

Earle's theatrical experience also incl. writing (and maybe producing) an off=Broadway play about Karla Faye Tucker, born again on Death Row. Other contemporary albums re coal country seem to mine too narrow a vein; he might should have brought in somebody from that neck of the woods, like Angeleena Presley. But concert presentations should be pretty powerful, at least judging by Dukes when they had Looney and Will Rigby.

I am seeing coal country this week and v much looking forward to it. Will report back.

So what can any of you tell me about Kelsey Waldon? She's opening for the DBTs this weekend.

Her latest made my Scene Top Ten, posted above, and here's blogged ballot comments, orig on RC 2019---they do on a while; she's a trip, in her unassuming way:
Another pulsating combo, sonically suggesting proximity to a two-lane blacktop through the mountains: Kelsey Waldon's moderate-budgeteers, especially the unusually prowly but not too nosey pedal steeler Brent Resnick (who performs live "Powderfinger" with her on YouTube) bass guitarist Alex Newnam (sic), and drummer-percussionist Nate Felty, who plays, as does everybody here, with the unobtrusive precision of get-on-with-it confidence, just like their fearless leader, on her latest album, White Noise, White Lines. 2016's I've Got A Way was enthusiastically discussed on Rolling Country, but wasn't quite as together as this, seemed like. (They're both on her bandcamp, with an earlier one I haven't heard yet.) She sounds young, but she's been around---not too much of either: born in "Kentucky 1988," and Daddy don't always do right, she's on record about that, but so is he, and they love each other*. As for the rest, here she jumps right into it: When the sun sinks down and dreams start to drown/And you still don't know who you are/Workin' the ground, pace like a dog in a pound And you still only get so far/And I'd do it again, even if I didn't know how.! Kind of her theme song, because she thinks trying to know it all is a big mistake. Which goes in several directions, like "Sunday Children" ("are bein' lied to"), which sounds like Gil Scott-Heron, although the guest Wurlitzer piano helps .Fave so far is "Very Old Barton": My life is a song; my mind's a picture show/You are the real thing, when you are alone/Drinkin' Very Old Barton with the country radio/Always lonesome, and won't let it go. And if I knew any better, I'd know it's a sin/ But some things are just better, without you knowin' them...How can I be happy, how can I Iove today? Take hold of my own life, and not wish it away? Keep your loved ones close, don't stay far behind...Drinkin' Very Old Barton with the country radio/Always lonesome, and too prideful to show/Have another go-round, don't mind if I do/It's just one of those things we all go through
*daddy's on the/this record, yes---not agreeing/disagreeing with her that he don't always do right, but telling somebody that he heard her on the radio, and sounding moved by that.. The only cover is the closer, "My Epitaph," by the late great Ola Belle Reed (with eerie, hospitable guitar reverb making me think of Pop Staples): When I go from this life, let me go in peace/I Don't want your marble at my head and feet/Don't gather around me oh just to weep and moan/Where that I'm going I won't be alone/The flowers you give, please give them today/Don't waste their beauty on cold lifeless clay/One rose with love could do so much good. https://kelseywaldon.bandcamp.com Oh and Ola Wave, Ola's songs performed by her nephew, Zane Campbell, yet another mavericky mountain citizen:https://zanecampbell.bandcamp.com/album/ola-wave
From this blog's 2016 round-up:
Kelsey Waldon, I've Got A Way: amen to that. Although don't agree w Powers' First Listen intro: "deadpan"? She's right that it be a pan full o' feeling, but Waldon sounds pretty upfront emotional, without ever emoting---she's still indignant when she thinks about people who have fucked with her, or tried to, but mainly impatient, cos she's on her way, so get out of it---unless you've got some endearing young or old charms; she can take a detour while looping back to where "Life Moves Slow", although she's only passing through and doesn't slow down that much herself, and what she really likes about it is it's where "folks still speak their minds": her true roots, or the ones she wants to claim. Also see freewheeling discussion on thread Rolling Country 2016

Yeah, bandcamp for the studio albums, YouTube for some good live bits.

how the fuck does Willie Nelson's voice still sound this good?!

Maren Morris “The Bones” hit #1 on country charts.

Totally recommend KBST's daily lunchtime all-requests show, Call-in Cafe.

Streaming now: https://streamdb5web.securenetsystems.net/v5/KBST

Willie is joining Luck Reunion for Luck Presents: ‘Til Further Notice, a free live streaming event taking the place of what would’ve been this year’s Reunion taking place in Luck, TX. This is a hard time for our industry and fellow artists, so we’re banding together to give the fans a show and rally support around our community - all from our respective quarantine locations. Join us today, March 19 from 6-11 PM Central for a concert to fit the times. You can access the stream via http://luckreunion.com/tilfurthernotice and https://www.twitch.tv/luckreunion #tilfurthernotice #stayhome https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/web-view?a=HyyMmC&c=JHTXpz&r=qkGsFkJ&g=HnFx3Z&k=97faa58695796ebf0b4e6e5e97d74243&m=NJnjbc

Katie Pruitt starting now

SCHEDULE
*SUBJECT TO CHANGE

6:15 PM - Ida Mae
6:25 PM - Nikki Lane
6:35 PM - Thomas Csorba
6:50 PM - Tami Neilson
7:00 PM - Lucinda Williams
7:15 PM - Devon Gilfillian
7:25 PM - Ian Ferguson
7:35 PM - Katie Pruitt
8:00 PM - David Ramirez
8:10 PM - Paul Cauthen
8:20 PM - Randy Houser
8:30 PM - Lucius
8:40 PM - Tré Burt
8:50 PM - Early James
9:15 PM - Margo Price & Jeremy Ivey
9:30 PM - Kurt Vile
9:40 PM - Sunny War
9:50 PM - Paul Simon & Edie Brickell
10:10 PM - Jewel
10:50 PM - Nathaniel Rateliff
11:15 PM - Willie Nelson, Lukas Nelson , and Micah Nelson

Hosted By: Ray Benson

Holy Crap, I instantly heard why you guys are swept away by Pruitt, gotta get the album.

Will also have to check more David Ramirez: gearshifting (solo acoustic) melodies, strong vox wothout oversinging, deft twangy vibrato, reminds me of Steve Young, but a little mellower, Chris Smither maybe?

Ramirez is gonna be on the ACL benefit tomorrow too.

https://www.acl-radio.com/acl-stands-with-austin/

Thanks, will check that too: 8 pm Central. Listening to station stream now.

does that Willie livestream live anywhere accessible now? I'd like to send it to my mother-in-law

Maybe at least some of it somewhere. Also liked brief isolation set by Pau Cauthen: very Southern voice x Elton John Lennon piano, then Randy Houser, even more Southern, like he was gonna quaver but too thick an accent, but was agreeable enough for another setette (think he's known more as a writer?) Computer crashed and I went back to medicare.gov. Next night checked the xpost ACL benefit for a while: David Ramirez got really sub-Dylan mumblecore on verses, better on choruses (another Dylanette effect, come to think of it). But, based on the Luck's Reunion performances, will still check his albums (on spotify, anyway).

Oh yeah, a couple of Lynn Anderson reissues, Sony Legacy press release here:
https://mailchi.mp/2911/legacy-recordings-re-releases-lynn-andersons-classic-albums-cry-and-listen-to-a-country-song-to-all-digital-providers?e=2d74d5e1e7

Just saw this---if you can't see it, it's Sunny Sweeney livestreaming tonight, 7 Central, on facebook and instagram: http://sunnysweeney.com/livefromquarantine/

http://sunnysweeney.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Web-Home-1024x683.png

Also sunnysweeney.live/youtube

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/grand-ole-opry-vince-gill-marty-stuart-brad-paisley-970267/

I missed this stream. Read good things about it

I saw a photo. They social distanced on stage!

I don't really know where to post this because it's not really country, but damn if this ain't the best album I've heard this year: https://danielromano.bandcamp.com/album/visions-of-the-higher-dream

I mean, it's definitely country in parts.

And other parts, not.

The isolated Opry set made me v drowsy (as Vince Gill in particular usually does), but this should be a wake-up call---if it doesn't show, it's BRANDI CARLILE, of the so-far healthy lungs, livestreaming during ACM presentation (which may be all livestreams) April 5:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EUCp57jUcAAzc6j?format=jpg&name=medium

Joe Diffie, a Grammy Award-winning country music hitmaker, died Sunday from coronavirus complications. He was 61. https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/2936782001 And Jackson Browne has tested positive.

John Prine's bad off with it too.

Fuck. I love Joe Diffie. Prine too, for that matter (everybody does, I guess).

I am so sad about Joe Diffie. 8yo crüt was a big fan

Kalie Shorr released an amazing album last year---now she says she got c-19 while in quarantine (tho did go for groceries):

@kalieshorr
Despite being quarantined (except for a handful of trips for groceries) for three weeks, I managed to contract COVID 19. I'm feeling significantly better, but it's proof how dangerous and contagious this is. It's endlessly frustrating to see people not taking this seriously.

This McBryde album is loud. I'm impressed.

Wow...came out last year, but Koe Wetzel's "Ragweed" coulda been commercial alternative top 10 circa 1993

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMkAkfPWEA0

That aforementioned AMC livestream fest w Brandi Carlile and many others is tonight:

What is ‘ACM Presents: Our Country’ about?
According to the official CBS website: ACM Presents: Our Country will feature intimate conversations and at-home acoustic performances with top artists, along with clips of their favorite moments from the Academy of Country Music Awards’ 55-year history. Stars will appear from their homes via video chat to share heartfelt thoughts and perform acoustic versions of country hits.

Among the performers at the event will be Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Kane Brown and John Legend, Luke Bryan, Brandi Carlile, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Sheryl Crow, Florida Georgia Line, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Tim McGraw, Old Dominion, Brad Paisley and Darius Rucker, Thomas Rhett, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani, Shania Twain, Carrie Underwood, and Keith Urban.
Thanks nj.com, more incl various ways to watch w links to same:
https://www.nj.com/tv/2020/04/how-to-watch-acm-presents-our-country-concert-live-stream-guide-start-time-schedule.html

Think I might skip most of the acoustic at-home etc.; a little bit goes a long way.
But here's one more, re that Steve Earle project upthread (saw it too late for the Fecebook stream, but will be rerun and maybe posted somewhere):
Steve Earle is set to perform a special live stream this Sunday, April 5th beginning at 3pm Eastern via his Official Facebook page as well as the Sirius XM Outlaw Country Official Facebook page as well. The solo performance will commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion that killed twenty-nine men in West Virginia on April 5th, 2010, making it one of the worst mining disasters in American history. The audio from the live stream will also air via Earle’s weekly Hardcore Troubadour radio show on SiriusXM Outlaw Country, Channel 60, next week (premiering April 11th at 9pm Eastern).

Earle’s live stream performance will feature the songs he wrote for and performed in Coal Country, a new play with music based on the disaster written by Jessica Blank and Erik Jenson and directed by Jessica Blank. Opening on March 3rd to critical acclaim at The Public Theater in New York City, the production was postponed after two weeks due to COVID-19.

announcement from Michael Timmins---seems like it should go on a Rolling thread for recurring exposure:

... we have some new music for you to listen to and hopefully provide you with a small distraction. It's a set of songs that we've been working on for the past year and which we were set to launch when our worlds turned upside down. The plan was to release a very limited edition, audiophile double-album made up of a re-mastered, re-cut version of All That Reckoning along with a second disc that contains the new music, Ghosts. We have the test pressings and they sound beautiful. But, as you all know, logistics are difficult right now, so we are delaying the release of the vinyl (there will be no CD) until the world returns to something resembling normal.

In the meantime we have decided to release the new music on streaming sites everywhere. It's an intense set of songs, but that's probably not a surprise to you....read on if you are interested in the genesis of Ghosts.

****

In July of 2018 we released our album All That Reckoning. Two months later our mother died and we realized that there was more reckoning still to come. Ghosts is the result of that realization; a suite of songs revolving around grief, pain, fear, anxiety, beauty; a set of songs examining the complexity of emotions that subsume us after losing a parent. We were writing and creating these songs while we were touring ATR and as they took shape it became clear to us that they belonged as part of, or at least as an addendum to, the songs that make up All That Reckoning. They deal with the ultimate reckoning, the reckoning that comes with the death of a loved one and the reassessing that one goes through as one tries to process such a loss.

The concept behind this project was to present it as a two disc vinyl-album set. All That Reckoning and Ghosts work best as two bodies of work, reflecting off of each other, but you know what they say about the best laid plans of men....so in the meantime enjoy, enjoy, enjoy. You can stream Ghosts here (the music is being added to more streaming sites every day):
stream
https://cowboyjunkies.lnk.to/Ghosts

sam hunt album... thoughts? i pretty much love it

Farm Aid, the non-profit organization whose mission is to build a vibrant, family farm-centered system of agriculture in America, and AXS TV, the premier U.S. cable channel for music programming, presents a special broadcast of At Home With Farm Aid, featuring performances by acclaimed artists and Farm Aid Board Members Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews, on Saturday, April 11, starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

The hour-long live event reunites Farm Aid president Willie Nelson, joined by his sons Lukas and Micah, with fellow music legends and Farm Aid board members Mellencamp, Young, and Matthews for an intimate performance to raise funds and awareness for farmers impacted by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The unique concert captures the quartet as they each tune in from their own homes and studios to deliver an unforgettable night of music that viewers will not want to miss. At Home With Farm Aid airs as part of AXS TV's new "@Home And Social" initiative-an ongoing series giving artists a platform to broadcast live performances from their homes and studios directly to their fans, with proceeds supporting those in need as a result of the coronavirus. Viewers can enjoy the simulcast on AXS TV and at https://www.farmaid.org/, as well as across the Network's various social media platforms.
...Additionally, viewers can relive powerhouse performances from Nelson, Mellencamp, Young, Matthews and more when AXS TV presents The Best Of Farm Aid 2019 on Sunday, April 12, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The two-and-a-half-hour special compiles footage from AXS TV's live broadcast of the 2019 festival, giving viewers the best seat in the house for hit-packed sets from Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Tanya Tucker, Margo Price, Yola and Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real, among others, as well as Bonnie Raitt's previously-unaired performance of "Devil Got My Woman"-seen now for the first time on television.
http://www.axs.tv/ https://www.farmaid.org/

Tyler Mahan Coe
@TylerMahanCoe
· Apr 7
How has there never been a tribute comp from women artists to Merle, called Girl Haggard?
Show this thread

Margo Price
@MissMargoPrice
Okay, when this is all over, I want to start this cover band. I’ll play drums and sing. The line up is all ladies and we only play Merle Haggard songs. GIRL HAGGARD. Who’s in?

Margo Price
@MissMargoPrice
·Apr 7
This is obviously a joke y’all Face with tears of joy but maybe we’ll play *one* show

(Also says there will be a new Margo album out this summer.)

Yeah, it got bumped from May(?). Sturgill produced. I started a thread for her that didn't take off: The Margo Price c/d

X-post — I want to hear the Sam Hunt album but haven’t gotten to it yet

i like it a lot! "young once" is my shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3KT-2fBIZo

honestly reading about it, i feel like the hip hop narrative is pretty overplayed. just think it's a really good modern country record w/ some slight affectations

I have really, really enjoyed Aubrie Sellers' album from this year.

aubrie's record features steve earle and is pretty psychy and has a lot of surprising touches, like a squealing theremin on one song, and one song starts off with a legitimate scream. it's very kacey though aside from that

Tre Burt is folk and not country but it's Prine-adjacent so I'm putting it here
https://treburtmusic.bandcamp.com/album/caught-it-from-the-rye

i like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L9obo3cuas

Realized while listening to "2016" that Sam Hunt's voice has quite a bit of Richard Buckner in it.

That Sam Hunt “Young Once” song does not have the hiphop signifiers he has been labeled with. Just modern country that utilizes the formula in a good way.

The Caylee Hammack one is a tad more traditional but still formula country that works.