From Tanya Tucker's “The Wheels of Laredo' to Trisha Yearwood's “Every Girl in This Town,” here are the 10 best country Americana songs to hear now
Don DiLego, “Your Great Escape”
A longtime collaborator of New York staple Jesse Malin, Don DiLego makes his own kind of big-city alt-country music. On “Your Great Escape,” he grapples with the departure of a former flame whose memory still burns brightly. He’s angry one minute and nostalgic the next, promising his ex that he’ll “always wish you well. . .on your long, long ride through hell.
A throwback track fit for a slow dance at a 1980s honky-tonk, “You Look Good in Neon” scratches the same nostalgic itch as Midland’s “Drinkin’ Problem.” There’s steel guitar, synthesized strings and a smooth vocal delivery, all wrapped into a leisurely tribute to last calls and barroom romance.Two East Nashville luminaries join forces on this easygoing duet, which finds folksinger Don Gallardo trading harmonies with Lilly Winwood .
No, this isn’t a Lady Antebellum cover. Instead, Maybe April’s “Need You Now” is a bright, summery salute to new love, laced with light touches of banjo and syncopated percussion. Bandmates Katy DuBois and Alaina Stacey share lead duties throughout, harmonizing their way through a song whose emphasis on togetherness could easily double as a message of sisterhood.
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