The title of Rusty Reid’s new single, "Attitude Change," has the sterile ring of a corporate warning, which makes the desperate, heart-on-the-floor plea within it all the more jarring. This is the sound of the final straw, a melodic ultimatum delivered while someone else in the room is looking at the baby, or the TV, or anywhere but at the person whose love is...

“Cornbread And Whiskey” has no interest in sitting quietly in the corner. Kenny Mehler’s 2020 album walks in with a chorus ready for company, a band ready to push it forward and stories that smell like spilled wine and a long drive home. The title track turns a kiss, a curfew and a beat-up Chevrolet into a memory with a grin. “Moses Brown” heads for...