Roots Round-up: Music from the men tries to catch up to the women's high standards

In 2013, the young females put a whipping on the young males when it came to creating fresh, intelligent country music. You could say it was a Pistol-whipping, as in the Pistol Annies, along with Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark, solo Pistol Ashley Monroe, and such young veterans as LeAnn Rimes and Kellie Pickler.