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Must-hear songs by Valerie June, Shonna Tucker, and Don Bryant, the 78-year-old Grammy-nominated soul man
By Lawrence Matthews
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names.
Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. (Check out last week’s best songs.)
Shonna Tucker, “A Brother’s Love”
This country-soul lullaby from Alabama singer-songwriter-bassist Shonna Tucker is a touching ode to fraternal companionship and the type of trust that turns close friends into family. “I ain’t your mama,” Tucker, a former member of Drive-By Truckers, sings over her gently plucked mandolin, “but I feel like I am.” The song was recorded remotely with Oklahoma singer-songwriter John Calvin Abney, but it pl