At a time when Music Row was facing charges of commercialism, and uniformity was becoming more common, Jon Pardi emerged as a country music contrarian. His new album, Mr. Saturday Night, stays true to Pardi’s penchant for combining equals and opposites to create something wholly unique.
There’s something appropriately absurd about Jonathan Terrell being a New Artist of the Week two decades into his career. He's been one step ahead of us all since the mid-noughties. It’s no surprise the rest of the world is only just beginning to catch up.