Calgary, AB

Amy Nelson’s take on country music leans pop, but not in a “Top 40 Country” way. With that wickedly warbled voice and a preternatural understanding of melody, she’s a reminder that country has always been the music of unity that rallies excitement to simultaneously party and stick it to the man. Check out her banjo skills and one-of-a-kind voice on her enduring 2019 album Educated Woman.