When my kids were little, I listened almost exclusively to country music. At the time, I was traveling 50+ miles to work, so Connecticut’s Country 92.5 got a lot of radio play. It was the first time since the 80 hair bands that I related to music again. I’d dance with my husband and young children in our living room to the likes of Kenny Chesney, Brooks & Dunn, George Strait, Brad Paisley and Montgomery Gentry, to name a few.

About three years ago, I took a break from the country music genre, because there weren’t any new artists that caught my fancy, and the seasoned artists were pumping out more of the same.

Then, last summer I got acquainted with Luke Combs, Brothers Osborne, Chris Stapleton, and more recently Ashley McBryde. I’ve been obsessed with her debut album “Girl Going Nowhere,” and this song especially, I can’t get out of my head. Sometimes a break is all you need to see things new again.

Want to hear the music that inspires me? You can visit Spotify.com to hear the playlist, titled “Sunday Mornings by an Average Jill,” and follow me on Facebook to read more on Sunday mornings.