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Ruston Kelly recently unveiled shirts adorned with the words “Dirt Emo,” a pretty spot-on term to describe his sound that melds some Southern flourishes, like steel guitar and evocative, narrative songwriting, with the emotional draw — and communal cry-along quality — of emo’s best anthems. On Saturday night at Nashville’s …

Last time we heard from Ruston Kelly in April’s foul-mouthed “Asshole,” the Nashville alt-folkie was getting himself thrown in jail. On his aching new song “Jericho,” the first to be premiered from his debut LP Dying Star, the walls he’s surrounded by are metaphorical. “Jericho” finds Kelly channeling the dark …