First Country is a compilation of the best new country songs, videos and albums that dropped this week. Women dominated country releases this week as the Dixie Chicks marked their long-awaited return with comeback single “Gaslighter” and revered singer-songwriter Brandy Clark dropped her third studio album Your Life Is a Record.
Powerful songs by Mickey Guyton and Ashley McBryde also were unveiled. Guyton’s poignant “What Are You Gonna Tell Her?” offers an honest and unapologetic question to society about the hardships young women face while McBryde longs for home in the stirring “Sparrow,” both from their respective albums out later this year.
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