“I’m no authority on masculinity, but I don’t feel un-masculine or embarrassed by having feelings,” he said. AdvertisementBut as Universal Music Group Nashville President Cindy Mabe points out, country music changed in Stapleton’s wake. “Right after ‘Traveller,’ every artist that came to town had a beard,” said Mabe, who oversees Stapleton’s label, Mercury Nashville. “His soul has been around a lot longer than he has,” Pink added, before mimicking one of the singer’s key riffs from his slow-rolling rendition of the country classic “Tennessee Whiskey.”“Come the f— on, Chris!”Morgane and Chris Stapleton at the Country Music Awards, Apr. AdvertisementStapleton ventures well outside that cocoon with “Watch You Burn,” almost certainly the rawest, angriest song he’s ever released.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 10, 2020 19:21 UTC