The Wonder Women of Country are here to save us from the mundane in modern country music.

Three of country’s most distinctive voices  – Kelly Willis, Melissa Carper and Brennen Leigh – have made their occasional team-ups official with a name and now an album, Wonder Women of Country: Willis, Carper, Leigh, which comes out March 15. 

The EP is a triumph, an easygoing demonstration of the enduring appeal of traditional country music in the hands of three masters of their craft. These songs are as traditional as cornbread yet fresh as a still-warm strawberry just off the vine. 

The Wonder Women were born of mutual admiration and friendship.