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"Nobody was asking me to deliver a record or influence what I was making. So, yeah, with the risk, there's a lot of freedom ..."

So many to choose from!

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The neo-traditional country stars of the 1980s and '90s paved the way for a new generation of musicians who have followed in their footsteps.

Get to know the singer-songwriter on the rise

Flip through the photo gallery to meet just a few of the new country women you'll want to get to know -- and the legends they remind us of.

"Country music often highlights the pitfalls of our human behavior, the heartache and pain that some of us just seem more prone to in life ..."

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