In 2016 Rolling Stone already tipped Joshua Hedley as one of the '10 New Country Artists You Need to Know '. Two years later, this Nashville country crooner and fiddle player lives up to that promise. Hedley takes us back to the sweet country of and . This is even accompanied by a touch of Hollywood, in the form of angelic backing vocals and cowboy romance à la . And that sounds great! Already
… in the opening song Counting All My Tears, Hedley sobs at his ex that he is not doing well, while in the modern cowboy song Weird Thought Thinker he reports that he only feels at home 'on the road'. Every song has a theme that borders on the obligatory, but is always smart or funny enough to transcend it. Hedley seems to have grown into this music, so it never becomes a pastiche. (MR)more
