You might consider Texan Cody Jinks the Leonard Cohen of modern outlaw country or the Waylon Jennings of moody singer/songwriters. Since the late 2000s, he's brought reflective lyrics, a way with minor-key tunes taken at a measured pace, and a crater-deep voice to the country scene. Jinks has long operated as a DIY artist, but tunes like the emotionally complex ballad "I'm Not the Devil" helped break him through to the upper rungs of the mainstream-country charts in 2016. Since then, he's turned out tender character studies ("William and Wanda") and ominous rumblings ("Which One I Feed") alike.