Country singer-songwriter Riley Green, born in 1988, has shown that there’s still room for ultra-twangy, old-school-leaning sounds in modern country. The public first got a glimpse of the Alabama native in 2016 during his stint on reality series Redneck Island. Two years later, he came on strong with his debut single, “There Was This Girl”, mixing ’90s country vibes with a dash of rock ’n’ roll and earning a huge hit on his first attempt. He stood his stylistic ground on his 2019 debut album, Different ’Round Here, which bore a second big single, the tenderhearted ballad “I Wish Grandpas Never Died”. In 2022, Green teamed up with Thomas Rhett for the chart-topping tune “Half Of Me”, where his shout-out to Alan Jackson showed where his heart lay.