This week's plate of new country music features the return of Brothers Osborne with a new four-song project and the high-octane, fiddle-heavy release of Kane Brown, while CCM/country artist Anne Wilson teams up with country creator Jordan Davis. See all this and more Advertising sign last week's favorites below.
Brothers Osborne, “Break Mine”
An unfettered night of passion could prove just the elixir the two lovers are looking for. TJ Osborne lends his earthy, sultry pull to lines like “If you're looking for a heart to break/ Get here in a straight line,” while John Osborne's bluesy guitar shredding is embellished with piano and percussion. The title track for the multi-CMA and ACM-winning brother duo's new four-song EP, “Break Mine,” was written by the Brothers alongside Shane McAnally and Pete Good.
Kane Brown, “Fiddle in the Band”
Tragic guitars, relentless percussion, handclaps and the requisite incredible fiddle are in step on Brown's latest release. Here, a tale of a night out on the town, hopping from bar to bar, takes a slight twist. It's not the general party scene or some lover chasing, but the diverse strains of music, from country to pop to hip-hop. The chorus delves into its passionate connection to a far-reaching array of sounds, drawing inspiration from Memphis blues to Nashville-derived country sounds. was coming,” he sings. This song is a low-key, high-octane rocket of music. Brown wrote the song with Gabe Foust, Jordan Walker and Russell Sutton.
Wyatt Flores, “Wish I Could Stay”
This Oklahoma native's precocious songwriting style has seen his budding career grow on the power of his songs, including the pleading “Please Don't Go” and “Break My Bones.” Flores' latest is a mix of slide guitars and piano with his unfiltered, conversational vocal style, which can deftly and spontaneously run from rock angst to old-school country twang. The thoughtful “Wish I Could Stay,” written by Flores with David DeVaul, centers on the desire to stay in a meaningful moment indefinitely, “because love gets the best of us all.” “Wish I Could Stay” is from his upcoming new EP, Half lifewhich is expected in April and follows its previous release, last year life lessons.
Anne Wilson with Jordan Davis, 'Country Gold'
Jordan Davis and CCM/country artist Anne Wilson team up for this ode to the sometimes overlooked simple pleasures of farm life, where the meaning of wealth takes on a different shape – true friendships, building a home from scratch and miles of fields and dirt roads. Wilson wrote the song with longtime collaborators Jeff Pardo and CCM singer-songwriter Matthew West.
“The richest people I've ever met/found country gold,” they sing. Their harmonies mesh well, with Davis' raw country vocal providing a steady foil to Wilson's palate-pleasing vocal prowess.
Dylan Gossett, “If I Had a Lover”
“Coal” hitmaker and Texas native Gossett delivers a new batch of songs on his new EP Songs in the gravel — including “If I Had a Lover,” for which he collaborates with Ian Fitchuk (Kacey Musgraves, James Bay). The song begins with just Gossett's glowing vocals and an accompanying harmony on the catchy chorus, before warm guitar and percussion take over. He is broke and single, but sings wistfully of his plans if he had a lover and a dollar. “If I had a dollar, I'd sell the whole screamer and buy that girl a ring,” he sings. Gossett's career has taken off since the viral hit of “Coal,” but with “If I Had a Lover,” “Somewhere Between” and other songs from his upcoming project, he's proven he's got plenty of musical gems in his arsenal.
Ashlie Amber, “Keep You Around”
She was devilishly single, until an unexpected encounter brings a change of heart. A whirlwind of harmonies and R&B/country/pop grooves collide beautifully with Amber's sultry, airy vocals on this dance-ready track. “Keep You Around” is from Amber's upcoming EP Mo.
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