Copyright 2016 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air.TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Kelsey Waldon is a young country singer from the town of Monkeys Eyebrow, Ky. She's just released her second album titled "I've Got A Way." Rock critic Ken Tucker says Waldon's distinctive approach to a classic country sound is exciting. KELSEY WALDON: (Singing) Dirty, old town, dirty, old town, nowhere's I can go. I've been going too far, and I'm wishing on a star going places where the light can't show. But I keep hanging on. I keep hanging on. Ain't no dirty, old town going to keep me from hanging on. KEN TUCKER, BYLINE: When it comes to enunciating a lyric, Kelsey Waldon has that George Jones thing going. She sings as though through gritted teeth as if it takes an effort to overcome self-consciousness to deliver these songs that she's composed. It's a way of singing that's acutely aware of avoiding excessive emotion or embellishment. The musical version of hardboiled prose. WALDON: Many
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