It was about a month ago I caught Jars of Clay performing live at the Aotea Center. Before they got on stage, there were a few random artists who went up to show off their jigs. Yes, jigs. There was this guy who strummed his way through on his acoustic guitar promoting a few songs from his new album. He played some good country songs. He is Luke Thompson, New Zealand's featured artist. Heard of him?

Check his songs out at his site (On autoplay mode):

http://www.lukethompsonmusic.com/

And this, "Say You'll Stay" by him is good.