Country singer-songwriter Riley Green, born in 1988, has shown that there’s still room for gritty, old-school-leaning sounds in modern country. The public first got a glimpse of the Alabama native in 2016 during his stint on the U.S> reality series Redneck Island. Two years later, he came on strong with his debut single, “There Was This Girl”, mixing ’90s country vibes with a dash of rock ’n’ roll and earning a huge hit on his first attempt. He stood his stylistic ground on his 2019 debut album, Different ’Round Here, which bore a second big single, the tenderhearted ballad “I Wish Grandpas Never Died”. In 2022, Green teamed up with Thomas Rhett for the chart-topping tune “Half Of Me”, where his shout-out to Alan Jackson showed where his heart lay.