"I'm trying to bring back the traditional values of old-school country music, with a modern twist," says Braxton Keith, whose rootsy honky-tonk sound mixes contemporary hooks with the traditional twang of storytellers like Marty Robbins and Merle Haggard. It's a sound that's already taken hold in Texas, where the Midland native penned his first tunes as a teenager. Since then, the 20something songwriter has remained busy on the road (where he drives his own tour bus from gig to gig) and the recording studio (where his debut single, "Make Up Your Mind," racked up more than 1 million streams on Spotify alone, followed by viral hits like "A Little Bit Closer," "Cold Hard Steel Sand," and "Settle for a Beer").