The Best Country Music of 2017

There are many fine country musicians making music that is relevant and affecting in these troubled times. Here are ten of our favorites.

                                      
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        Little Big Town: Tornado
    
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        10 Sep 2012

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Little Big Town: A Place to Land

Little Big Town leans into contemporary country with a terrific mix of harmony work borrowed liberally from 1970s country-rock and their own brand of life-and-love ballads and jangly rockers.

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The Best Country Music of 2017

There are many fine country musicians making music that is relevant and affecting in these troubled times. Here are ten of our favorites.

Girl Crushing It: On the Queer Failures and Successes of Country

Guessing the Grammys 2016: Expect Weirdness

Little Big Town: Tornado

Little Big Town: A Place to Land

Little Big Town leans into contemporary country with a terrific mix of harmony work borrowed liberally from 1970s country-rock and their own brand of life-and-love ballads and jangly rockers.

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