True Grit: Country Singers With Sandpaper Pipes Redefine the Genre’s Sound and Balance

The modern country male voice is made from scratch. The grainy sound of Luke Combs, the wild rasp of Chris Stapleton, the sandpaper tone of Thomas Rhett or the gravelly delivery of Dierks Bentley — they’re not sideline features of just a handful of country guys. Added to the voices of Brantley Gilbert, Morgan Wallen, […]