Josh Kerr’s songs define new-school Nashville. Hailing from the distinctly non-Southern environs of upstate New York, he brings pure pop to the country table. The results include Abby Anderson’s hurtling but tender twang/Top 40 merger “We Go Together Like” and Keith Urban’s irrepressibly funky “Never Comin Down.” Meanwhile, tunes like Nick Wayne’s “How Do I Get Close” show off Kerr’s way with a slow-burning, soul-slathered ballad of longing.