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Originally Posted by UtahDan
I'm aware of a lot of that but don't consider it country. I like Calexico, Iron & Wine, Be Good Tanyas....add Kathleen Edwards, the Jayhawks, Slaid Cleaves and Billy Bragg to that list and to me what we are really talking about now is Alt-County. That is a WHOLE different deal. I have liked the Dixie Chicks because they have stuck to a blue grass sound, rather than the formulaic country/western crap the dominates the charts. I like Allison Krauss for the same reason. Not aware of Kasey chambers, will have to give him/her a listen.
The independent scene is where most of the good music is coming from now. The internet makes it possible to bypass all the filters to get right to it. Thank goodness.
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Alt-Country IS country. The nashville crap is basically just hillbilly pop. Sha-nee-nee Twang, et al... Aren't singing country.
IMHO there are 3 categories.
Old "Classic" Country (e.g. Don Edwards)
Country (somewhere between bluegrass and folk)
Country Pop (e.g. Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill, etc...)
I recommend:
Old 97's
Ryan Adams
Richard Buckner
Josh Ritter
Dale Watson
The Jayhawks
Wilco
Pinetop Seven
Derailers
Uncle Tupelo
The Bottle Rockets
See also:
Robert Earl Keen
Lyle Lovett