A native Tennessean, Mandy Barnett has a built-in hillbilly twang, but can also sing inflectionless country rock, à la Ronstadt. Her album is one of the best major-label country debuts of the last 12 months: Now let's see if she can breach the walls of that bastion of sameness, country Top 40. B+
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