Take Margo Price’s wonderful new record, Strays. In her fourth studio album, Price exists in multiple time periods at once: There’s the current moment, in which she’s one of country’s most innovative musicians, pushing the genre forward. And how is she doing that? With a sound that’s firmly rooted in the late ’70s, taking inspiration from Seven Year Ache-era Rosanne Cash and Simple Dreams-era Linda Ronstadt, a moment when rock and country were romping around together to create a feeling of something real.
