This week on Ben’s Country Music Show, Eric Church’s newly released concept album Evangeline Versus the Machine as Album of the Week. Ben highlights the album’s orchestral textures and commentary on the challenges of creativity in a commercialised industry. News from Nashville covers the announcement of Mary Chapin Carpenter’s upcoming album Personal History, Dylan Gossett’s debut release Westwood, Gretchen Wilson’s appearance on The Masked Singer US, and Alan Jackson’s planned retirement from touring. In The Vault segment we revisit Jim Reeves’ 1959 hit “He’ll Have to Go.” Plus there’s the UK Country Charts and the winners from the 60th ACM Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire, including a discussion on the tradition of spoken-word recitations in country music.