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.

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.