Brett Eldredge, Sunday Drive
Country crooner Brett Eldredge is back with his fifth studio album, Sunday Drive. The 12-track LP finds Eldredge looking within and leaving his comfort zone with the help of super-producers Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk (Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour). The piano-driven lead single “Gabrielle” proves the singer’s new sound feels just as authentic as anything he’s ever done.
Ray Wylie Hubbard, Co-Starring
A true Texas original teams with Music Row for a collaborative concept piece on Co-Starring, as “Snake Farm”-er Ray Wylie Hubbard enlists Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh, Ronnie Dunn, Ashley McBryde and more for 10 swampy tracks filled with funky twang and poetic proselytizing.
Courtney Marie Andrews, Old Flowers
Singer-songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews meditates on the mending of a broken heart in the follow-up to her 2018 breakout, embracing the hard facts of love’s end. With sparse instrumentals providing plenty of space to think, she tenderly decides, “You can’t water old flowers.”
Mac McAnally, Once In a Lifetime
Longtime Jimmy Buffett bandleader Mac McAnally lets his guitar playing and pure love of music shine on Once In a Lifetime, a self-produced smile factory channeling all his laid-back wisdom. Ten adventurous tracks welcome sunburned philosophers of all stripes.