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One of the longest-running themes in country music features a guy who’s left behind as his girlfriend heads off for the big city in search of a star-quality life.

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That separation story played out in George Jones & Tammy Wynette’s “Southern California,” David Frizzell & Shelly West’s “You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma,” Dan Seals’ “Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)” and Randy Travis’ remake of “It’s Just a Matter of Time.” More recently, Morgan Wallen threaded a version of that tale into “More Than My Hometown.”

Newcomer Kevin Powers’ fresh take on the idea – “Move On,” featuring Shaboozey – casts it in a modern, folk-country package: brisk, catchy, mostly acoustic.…