Orville Peck

He doesn't have a chart-topping single on the level of Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road," but singer-songwriter Orville Peck is firmly a part of the ongoing resurgence of country music in popular culture. Always appearing in a fringed leather mask and a cowboy hat, the anonymous Canadian musician's alternative Western style is complemented by a voice that can achieve the baritone favored by classic country acts like Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard. His debut album, Pony, is filled with dusty ballads that harness twangy lap steel guitar melodies and reverb-drenched drums, lending a fresh contemporary energy to the genre.