The moment the jaunty guitar kicks in on John Smyths’ new single, "Now I'm Wiser", you feel a familiar, comfortable warmth. It’s the sound of a good chair in a bar where the floor is sticky with spilled truths. And then the story starts, a classic yarn of a hard-living past yielding to a peaceful present. Smyths, a Dutch ex-metalhead singing country out of...

With his performance of the song, you can immediately see he is good at what he does, and there are no questions about it. reubencmg released his newest track, "I Don't Know," and his energy, flow, and delivery are viewed as top-tier by many rap aficionados. He comes off as a forthright person in this new song, and he makes it plain that with or without...