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This week\u2019s crop of new songs features Zac Brown Band <\/a>teaming with Dolly Parton<\/a> for an uplifting new track. Meanwhile, Brandi Carlile<\/a> previews her upcoming album with the new anthem \u201cReturning To Myself.\u201d Collabs continue as Shaboozey<\/a> teams with Stephen Wilson Jr. for a brooding, while NEEDTOBREATHE joins forces with The Red Clay Strays on a compelling song of redemption and grace.<\/p>\n Check out all of these and more in\u00a0Billboard\u2018s roundup of some of the best country, bluegrass and\/or Americana songs of the week below.<\/p>\n More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n Zac Brown Band feat. Dolly Parton, \u201cButterfly\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Parton has long proven she\u2019s exemplary at teaming with artists for inspiring collaborations, from her Brad Paisley collab \u201cWhen I Get Where I\u2019m Going,\u201d to her Grammy-winning collabs with For King & Country and Zach Williams. Here, she teams with Zac Brown Band for an uplifting, soulful collaboration, with tightly-woven harmonies and lush strings, while Parton\u2019s shimmering soprano is a perfect foil for Brown\u2019s grainy, powerful voice. \u201cYou don\u2019t have to practice anything that they preach,\u201d they sing, coming together on a song about accepting one\u2019s self and being unafraid to break free from unhealthy situations in a quest for peace.<\/p>\n Brandi Carlile, \u201cReturning to Myself\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Carlile, an 11-time Grammy winner, previews her first solo album in four years, with this gorgeous title track. \u201cReturning to Myself\u201d ponders the benefits and costs of shifting from collaboration to self-focused efforts. \u201cOh, what an easy way to be\/ Only kneeling at the altar of the great and mighty me,\u201d Carlile sings, considering the heightened emotional merits of loving and helping those around oneself, but also the essentialness of prioritizing oneself. Along the way, it seems she finds that the two may not be mutually exclusive, as she sings, \u201cReturning to myself is just returning me to you.\u201d Carlile has spent the past few years as a key collaborator with artists including Joni Mitchell, Tanya Tucker and Elton John. Returning To Myself is out Oct. 24 via Interscope Records and Lost Highway.<\/p>\n Jackson Dean, \u201cMake a Liar\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n With his song \u201cHeavens to Betsy\u201d riding in the top 15 on Billboard\u2018s Country Airplay chart<\/a>, Dean releases this groovy track finds him feigning indifference to an ex-lover on lines such as \u201cI don\u2019t want you to want me\/ You ain\u2019t what I need,\u201d but eventually those defensive walls crumble as he dares his ex to prove him wrong. Written by Dean with Luke Dick and Randy Montana, the new song has a slinky, sultry vibe, while showcasing Dean\u2019s superb, soulful vocals.<\/p>\n Emily Ann Roberts, \u201cJack and Jill Daniel\u2019s\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Roberts, who just signed a label deal<\/a> with RECORDS\/Sony Music Nashville, offers up a dramatic tale of heartbreak and betrayal that leads to life-changing success. \u201cShe put the fire in his heart\/ He put the burn in the bottle,\u201d Roberts sings, pouring just the right amount of spitfire twang into the track to make it steeped with believability. Written by Roberts, Trent Willmon, Ryan Beaver and Jeremy Spillman, \u201cJack and Jill Daniel\u2019s\u201d further builds Roberts\u2019s reputation as a stellar singer-songwriter, with a voice and perspective wholly her own.<\/p>\n Shaboozey and Stephen Wilson, Jr., \u201cTook a Walk\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Shaboozey, who just celebrated his second<\/a> No. 1 Billboard Country Airplay hit with \u201cGood News,\u201d teams with Wilson Jr. on this song that\u2019s featured as the ending theme in the film The Long Walk. This moody track explores the search for connection during life\u2019s uncertain pathways, as Shaboozey sings, \u201cThe key to life is enjoying the journey\/ When you don\u2019t know the end.\u201d Stately percussion and lush guitar work frame the artists\u2019 commanding vocals, elevating the song\u2019s sense of world-weary intensity.<\/p>\n NEEDTOBREATHE (feat. The Red Clay Strays), \u201cMomma Loves Me\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n NEEDTOBREATHE and The Red Clay Strays team up on this track written by NEEDTOBREATHE\u2019s Bear Rinehart and produced by Dave Cobb. Together, the two groups wrap their soulful, gospel music-tinged harmonies around this song of forgiveness, grace and gratefulness. Restrained instrumentation keeps the focus on Rinehart and Red Clay Strays lead singer Brandon Coleman\u2019s commanding voices. \u201cI ain\u2019t scared of where I\u2019m going\/ I ain\u2019t proud of where I\u2019ve been,\u201d Rinehart sings, tracing a story of disappointments, wrong choices and painful consequences, but ultimately finding happiness in the unrelenting, freely-given love of a mother and belief in redemption. The two groups\u2019 blend is strikingly powerful.<\/p>\n Best of Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Billboard’s Newsletter<\/a>. 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