Kelsey Waldon’s country songs feel as steady as what’s under her boots

When a country song makes you tap your toe, that’s your body sending your brain a hint that this song is only pretty good. Toe tapping isn’t dancing the same way that chewing gum isn’t eating. It’s a reflexive expression of the mildest satisfaction, and at best, a confirmation of the world beneath your feet while your mind floats away.

Kelsey Waldon doesn’t write toe-tapping country songs. If you need proof, buy a concert ticket and get there early enough to stake out some turf up front. You’ll see the 34-year-old Kentucky native doing a different kind of footwork onstage while she sings her high-lonesome music, keeping time with the heels of her boots, as if her songs are things that need to be stomped out of the ground.

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