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6 Must-Hear New Country Songs: Ella Langley, Megan Moroney, Zach Top & More


This week's new music includes a Billy Strings and Zach Top collaboration, and music from Ella Langley, Megan Moroney, Sam Barber, and Ashby Frank.

Langley sinks into a swirl of self-torment, angst and confusion on this slow-burn ballad, lamenting “She gets the version I wanted of you” with a wounded worldliness to her vocal that suggests she’s lived the heartbreak in the lyrics. Whereas the bulk of his early songs have been sparse and acoustic, “Different Kind of Pain” evinces his musical trajectory, infused with shot of energy in the chorus thanks to churning guitar and echoey background vocals. A swirl of breakneck and top flight musicianship, Frank’s vocals and mandolin are bolstered by Seth Taylor’s acoustic guitar, Matt Menefee’s banjo and Travis Anderson’s bass playing.

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