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Though it was the closing track of Kacey Musgraves’ 2018 instant classic Golden Hour, “Rainbow” has earned its place topping the year-end edition of Today’s Country, which looks back on 2019’s most important tracks from the heart of the country scene to its outer edges. The song is a serene masterwork that incorporates singer-songwriter vulnerability and glistening electronic textures into Musgraves’ country cleverness and camp. Despite an utter lack of radio support at a time when women face towering barriers to success in the country mainstream, with an Album of the Year Grammy win in early 2019, the album generated steady buzz that grew into a genre-transcending popular embrace. The broader appeal of Musgraves’ music was undeniable, and fans held her sentimental piano ballad “Rainbow,” with its wispy tunefulness and tender reassurances, especially dear. Check back early and often for updates in 2020, and if you hear something you like, add it to your library.

From Willie and Waylon through alt-country and Americana, country music has a long history of artists planted in the present but still connected to tradition. These songs offer an alternative to country-pop polish—modern country that calls back to the form at its most stripped-down and direct. Our editors regularly update this playlist. If you like a song, add it to your library.

An irresistible synth melody. A snare drum loaded with reverb. A guitar line that’s tight and powerful. If the song you’re listening to has at least one of these things, it may be from the 1980s, the decade when disco waned and hip-hop emerged, Madonna blew up in the U.S., the hitmaking team of Stock Aitken Waterman pumped out smash singles for Rick Astley and Dead or Alive, and Michael Jackson broke sales and chart records around the world. Of course, thanks to MTV, this was also a decade when the biggest stars weren't just heard but also seen, as the music video gave artists a new medium to explore. Peter Gabriel mastered the form with psychedelic mini-masterpieces to complement his vibrant art-pop, while Prince, in the midst of reinventing rock ’n’ roll, turned out two feature-length film masterpieces with classic soundtracks to match.

“Hey Siri, play the Country Drive playlist.”