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  • Andy Hedges – The Westerner
  • Why Won't the ACMs Nominate Alt-Country's Biggest Stars?
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twangville.com /1 month ago

Andy Hedges – The Westerner

It used to be called country & western. Then two or three decades ago, for reasons I’m sure the ethnographers still debate, it just became country music. Western just sort of s...

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theboot.com /1 month ago

Why Won't the ACMs Nominate Alt-Country's Biggest Stars?

Is country music ready for an alt-country Entertainer of the Year? Continue reading…

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tasteofcountry.com /1 month ago

Why Won't the ACMs Nominate Alt-Country's Biggest Stars?

Is country music ready for an alt-country Entertainer of the Year? Continue reading…

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obscuresound.com /4 weeks ago

Sam Platts – “High Country”

“High Country” is a compellingly lived-in Americana success from Texas-based songwriter Sam Platts, originally from Saratoga, Wyoming. Blending pedal steel with upright bass, piano...

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americansongwriter.com /4 days ago

4 Country Artists That Know How To Keep It Country (No 90s Country-Pop Here)

Country music always evolves, but no matter what, that neo-traditional sound still holds its own. Here are some artists that keep it country. The post

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americana-uk.com /1 month ago

Tabasco Birds “Cosmic American Music”

Country music influenced by Gram Parsons, but altogether livelier and rougher around the edges. Cosmic American Music is the debut of Tabasco Birds, an eight-piece from North Texas...

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twangville.com /1 month ago

Hank Alrich – Broken River

It’s well known that the Armadillo World Headquarters was at ground-zero for the Austin music scene in the early 70’s. Gary P. Nunn once noted, “It’s been said that our music was t...

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vulture.com /1 month ago

Country Music’s Middle Road

As MAGA grows more unpopular, the genre once perceived as redder than ever is moving to the center.

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nytimes.com /1 month ago

Is 1990s Alternative Rock the New Country?

Stagecoach Festival started out as the “country Coachella,” but has been morphing into a new home for ’90s rock bands slinging angst and guitar music.

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

3 Country Songs That Bridge Old Nashville and New Nashville

These three artists are all considered neo-traditionalists in country music, more or less. They are bringing old Nashville into modernity. The post 3 Country Songs That Bridge Old...

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eugeneweekly.com /1 month ago

No Sleep `til Brooklyn

Fourth-wave alt-country is hot right now in the broader music industry, with indie-leaning artists like MJ Lenderman and more traditional country singers like Margo Price … Continu...

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

3 Country Songs That Secretly Influenced 1990s Americana

These incredible country songs had a hand in inspiring Americana musicians, as well as the subgenre's boom, in the 1990s. The post 3 Country Songs That Secretly Influenced 1990s Am...

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whiskeyriff.com /3 weeks ago

WATCH: Ole 60 Debuts Powerful New Song In Charlottesville

They can’t miss. Self-described as “not your father’s country band,” Ole 60 has been making waves in the alt. country scene since their debut in 2023. Since bursting onto the scene...

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obscuresound.com /1 week ago

Marley’s Ghost – ‘Honky Tonk’

Honky Tonk is a wholly engaging Americana album from Seattle-based veteran collective Marley’s Ghost. Guided by producer Larry Campbell, the record honors the musical heritage of h...

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indiedockmusicblog.co.uk /6 days ago

Lancaster Rayne – I Don’t Wanna Love You

Somewhere between the cracked neon of a Route 66 dive bar and the clean severity of a desert midnight, Lancaster Rayne has built himself a peculiar and rather wonderful problem. He...

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americansongwriter.com /1 week ago

4 Country Songs That Will Make You Long for Home if You’re From Small-Town America

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americansongwriter.com /1 week ago

4 Country Songs That Will Make You Long for Home if You’re From Small-Town America

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americansongwriter.com /1 week ago

3 Songs From the 1970s That Helped Push the Outlaw Country Movement Forward

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americana-uk.com /1 month ago

Rae Spoon “Assigned Country Singer At Birth”

Non-binary singer returns to their country roots with intimations of mortality. After a twenty-year spell away from the genre, Canadian Rae Spoon returns to their formative years w...

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americansongwriter.com /3 weeks ago

3 Modern Songs That Made Country Music Feel Dangerous

These modern country songs make the genre feel dangerous. If you've ever felt like country was too conventional, check out these songs. The post 3 Modern...

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americana-uk.com /3 weeks ago

Classic Clips: Billy Bragg, Hank Wangford and Brendan Croker “Sin City” – Live on the Whistle Test, Rock Around the Cloc...

The Old Grey Whistle Test (which in its final years was abbreviated to the Whistle Test) was commissioned by David Attenborough and ran from 1971 to 1988. Broadcast annually on BBC...

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

3 Country Albums That Were Considered “Too Different” When They Dropped

These albums were considered "too different" by country fans and labels alike, but have since been recognized for their brilliance. The post 3 Country Albums That Were Considered “...

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americanahighways.org /1 month ago

Dale Watson Envisions a Party with Willie, Waylon, and Whiskey

Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Dale Watson has been railing against mainstream country music for decades. In a 1995 number called “Nashville Rash,” for example, he complained th...

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texasmonthly.com /2 weeks ago

This Former ‘Yellowstone’ Star Returns to Music With a New Voice

On 'They Call Us The Lucky Ones,' his first album since his run on the show, Ryan Bingham, the poet of hard times, has adapted to his new outlook on life.

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