35 Most Anticipated Country Albums of 2016
From Loretta Lynn and Vince Gill to Brothers Osborne and Aubrie Sellers


New albums from Loretta Lynn and Sturgill Simpson are among the notable releases set for 2016.
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From long-awaited new projects from legends Loretta Lynn and Hank Williams Jr. to Blake Shelton's "divorce record" and Sturgill Simpson's mysterious follow-up to Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, 2016 promises to be full of country albums that both honor the genre's roots and push its boundaries. Here are the 35 records we're most eager to hear this year.