I like Keith Urban. Though truthfully, he's just twangy adult contemporary soft rock. The man can flat out shred, really sings his songs, and paid his dues playing clubs in Australia playing American country. Like Brad Paisley, I can ignore the schmaltz because there is real inspired talent there and the pop hooks are nowhere near as offensively phony as the faux "outlaws" of modern bro-country. Those guys don't pretend to be hard luck stories and they DID pay their dues (Paisley played Dollywood near here for years before he hit it big)