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The Good
A Sides/B Sides, Rachel Baiman: Baiman has been releasing songs from this all-star collection of duets over the course of this year, and now they're all out! Pony Bradshaw, Kaia Kater, Caroline Spence and more — it's the sound of the other side of Nashville, collected for our enjoyment. — NW
"Volunteer," Gowa Gibbs: More for the "country radio in a better world" playlist — if you've gotta do paint-by-numbers country pop, make it fun! Like this song! — NW
“Ain’t Enough Cowboy Songs,” Ashley McBryde: Sounds like something that could have been released in the nineties, in the best possible way. It opens with a fiddle, for godsakes! Ashley’s voice is also completely underrated…buttery, twangy, emotive. I’d take a whole album just like this. - MM
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