The Common Linnets embrace and enrich all the hallmarks of American roots music—images of dusty, empty highways and broken dreams, chiming acoustic guitars, and the sorrowful wail of a pedal steel. But here's the twist: their sweet and lonesome harmonies originate not in the Deep South, but rather in The Netherlands. The core Linnets are Ilse deLange and Waylon, whose intertwining voices recall the ache of The Civil Wars. The band placed second in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, and their entry “Calm After the Storm” was a European smash. The Linnets do American country music proud.