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Jess Jocoy aims to be as honest as Ashley McBryde<\/a>. Her new song “Cul-de-Sac Kid” is a pretty good start.<\/p>\n The Washington native is nothing if not authentic across this building ballad. Lyrically, Jocoy gets to questions of identity in country music and beyond \u2014 far beyond.<\/p>\n She tells Taste of Country that her upcoming Cul-de-Sac Kid<\/em> album (Oct. 24) will bring more of the same.<\/p>\n “I see my style of music going in the direction of Ashley McBryde, because she has such an honest way of telling stories,” Jocoy shares\u00a0ahead of the exclusive Taste of Country premiere of “Cul-de-Sac Kid.<\/a>“<\/p>\n “But she also keeps a thread of hope in her songs.”<\/p>\n We asked the Belmont University graduate to share three songs that inspired this new project, and she chose titles most fans of McBryde would agree are among her best.<\/p>\n The song “Cul-de-Sac Kid” is available at all digital streaming platforms now.<\/p>\n “Girl Goin’ Nowhere”:\u00a0<\/strong>The song \u201cGirl Goin\u2019 Nowhere\u201d hits deep \u2014 for so many of us artists, I\u2019m sure \u2014 because for all the times you get knocked down, your true love of music is sometimes the only thing pushing you to keep going for it; even when it doesn\u2019t love you back, you keep chasing after the dream.<\/p>\n For me, I\u2019m so blessed to be supported in my career, but that doesn\u2019t mean I don\u2019t face rejection and setbacks. It also doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m where I thought I\u2019d be by now, but I\u2019m learning that I\u2019m right where I\u2019m supposed to be. \u201cGirl Goin\u2019 Nowhere\u201d gives a voice to the big picture: the long road is going to lead you to where you\u2019re meant to go. It\u2019s a song that makes you smile knowing that you will see the fruits of your labor if you keep at it!<\/p>\n “Little Dive Bar\u00a0in Dahlonega”:<\/strong>\u00a0“Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega\u201d also leans into the spirit it takes, not just as a musician, but as anyone who goes through tough times only to find something good come from it. The amount of times I\u2019ve faced a hardship and could\u2019ve (and would\u2019ve) very easily let it get me down, only to serendipitously find that I needed that encounter to lead me to something better.<\/p>\n The verse lyrics are just so sincere: We\u2019ve all got a good friend we ain\u2019t seen in awhile or have been homesick for greener grass. Not to mention, I used to play at a little coffee shop\/speakeasy in Dahlonega, Ga. so that song always takes me back to those shows.<\/p>\n “Light\u00a0on\u00a0in the Kitchen”:<\/strong>\u00a0It\u00a0makes me think of my mom. If there\u2019s one person who\u2019s stood by me through the thick and the thin, it is and will always be her. She\u2019s always ready to offer guidance when I need it, but also knows there are just some things you have to find out for yourself. There\u2019s some advice in that song that I know she\u2019s passed along to me so when I listen, I smile thinking of her.<\/p>\n That\u2019s the kind of songwriter I want to be someone who writes with honesty, someone who tells it like it is, but also never forgets to include some kind of silver lining. The songs on Cul-de-Sac Kid<\/em> do just that:\u00a0They tell stories about love, change, anxiety, resilience and hope, all in a way, I believe, folks will be able to connect with and understand.<\/p>\n You can’t talk about 2000s country music without spending time on these 25 women. Each is a trailblazer with an original voice and perspective.<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n No offense to the men of country music, but some breakups just require a woman’s perspective. This list of 27 great country breakup songs by women, for women includes hits from every decade, dating back to the 1960s.<\/p>\n Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire and Crystal Gayle are the icons, while newcomers like Lainey Wilson, Kacey Musgraves and Carly Pearce prove they know what heartbreak feels like. Click each link to enjoy 27 songs from 27 different women of country music.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n25 Most Important Country Women of the Last 25 Years<\/h2>\n
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