HARDY

Celebrating the kind of little Southern towns he calls home, Hardy is rooted in down-and-dirty country and arena rock. On his first two EPs for Big Loud -- 2018's This Ole Boy and the next year's Where to Find Me -- and his 2020 full-length debut, A Rock, he mined this macho blend without succumbing to the amiable swagger of bro-country or the stylish country-R&B fashions of the late 2010s. Separate from his recording career, Hardy worked as a songwriter, scoring a hit with "Up Down," a single from Morgan Wallen featuring Florida Georgia Line, which led that superstar duo to c...