Dillon Carmichael

“The new music, the most contemporary it would get is ‘90s country,” he says with a slow, middle-Kentucky drawl.

The mid-tempo love song from Carmichael's next project stays out of the mush, but finds the burly baritone baring his heart in public.

The legend lives on 30 years after his death.

They sound great together!

He says it's one of his personal favorites.

New year, new music.

The best country albums of any given year are situational.

Who's got your vote in 2018?

They told him he'd have to pay his dues, and he did. He has. He is.

The gritty performance calls to mind some classic country greats.