The country genre is abounding with women aspiring to write, record, and tour in the genre, and they are moving mountains to make their voices, and songs, heard. Here are two up and coming female country artists I discovered in the last few weeks to listen to, share, and keep your eye on.

It's a sunny Sunday afternoon in Tujunga when I meet Sharon, known in the music realm by her stage name of $hareBear, for the first time. She comes in with a huge smile on her face, gives me a big hug, and I feel like I already know her. 

I have always been obsessed with New Music Friday (and New Music Tuesday before the switch) and Spotify and Apple Music have made discovering new releases that much easier for me. Each week I stumble across more new music than my brain (or iPhone storage) can handle thanks to Spotify's Discovery tab, and it does not disappoint. Here are just a few of the albums (both new and old) I stumbled across this past week

Go ahead, turn on your local station and listen for an hour. I'll wait...

What did you hear? Notice anything about the artists played?

If you guessed that the artists were almost entirely male, well you'd be right.