I NEED it as soon as possible. On his stories, Ernest shared the studio cut of a song he recorded with Lukas Nelson called "A Penny Short," which they previously debuted at the Grand Ole Opry over the ...

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To make a list is immediately to begin second-guessing it. This year that’s especially true below the Top 10, in my list of 20 runner-up albums, for which I had double that many candidates I could ...