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    A country star charts his own course

    Feb 05, 2021 5 minutes
    By Sam Lansky
    PHOTOGRAPH BY KRISTINE POTTER FOR TIME
    Time Off is reported by Mariah Espada and Simmone Shah

    PEOPLE KEEP ASKING T.J. OSBORNE HOW HE’S FEELING, which makes sense, given the thing he’s about to do, but it’s making him uneasy, hearing that question over and over again from so many people—his friends, family and even me. Now, at a photo shoot in Nashville, he insists that he’s feeling good. “I’m ready to put this behind me,” he says, slipping on a jacket.

    T.J. is tall and friendly, with a twangy, sonorous voice that often crests into deep, warm laughter. He’s the lead vocalist of Brothers Osborne, the duo he formed in 2012 with his brother John, a guitarist; together they make soulful country-rock that sounds just as good on the radio as it would filling an arena. Since signing to EMI Records Nashville, they’ve released seven singles and three

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