I just dont listen to really anything "country" after the mid 00's. Not into the white chocolate tractor rap bullshit or the luke bryan painted on skinny jeans garbageBrooks lost my respect when he started screwing around with Trisha Yearwood and left his wife for her. Tim McGraw lost my respect when he and Kenny Chesney stole a police horse and assaulted a cop, then used their celebrity status to weasel out of the mess.
Not a lot of country singers I care for anymore - Gentleman George is still good, but I find myself gravitating to the Outlaw artists like Jamey Johnson, Cody Jinx, Stirgil Simpson and Hank III. The crap they call "country" music today is Pop music that *sometimes* has a steel guitar added to the melody.