Radney Foster

Perfectly viable songwriters can go their entire careers without writing a single couplet as arresting as those cranked out by this Del Rio-bred bard. From Foster & Lloyd through 2017’s For You to See the Stars, Foster’s country take rings sentimental without veering into the lachrymose. He recently recast “Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)” in Spanish as a prayer for children separated from their families at the border. – Greg Beets