This playlist tracks what’s happening from the heart of the country scene to its outer edges. Find fan favourites you already love next to breakout stars and emerging voices. Topping the list this week is Eric Church with “Hands of Time”, a standout cut off the country superstar’s just-released new album, Evangeline vs. the Machine. The preternaturally cool genre stalwart sounds as easy and assured as ever on the laidback and groovy track, which celebrates staying young at heart even as the years fly by. Ever a charismatic singer, his feisty and freewheeling vocal sells the conceit at the song’s heart: There’s nothing, even getting old, that a good song can’t heal. Produced by long-time Church collaborator and Music Row mainstay Jay Joyce, Evangeline vs. the Machine is Church’s eighth full-length studio album and follows the Chief’s ambitious 2021 triple LP, Heart & Soul. Check back here early and often for updates, and if you hear something you like, add it to your library.