There’s a case to be made that Alternative Country, or Alt-Country as it’s more often called, hasn’t ever really been a legit genre. One will be hard-pressed to get any of the artists lumped in with ...

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Some call it y’allternative. Others call it alternative country. Some call it insurgent country music. All of those labels refer to, more or less, the same type of music. And that is alternative, ...

If you're going to nominate alt-country acts such as Flatland Cavalry, Red Clay Strays and 49 Winchester at your awards show, wouldn't it make sense to also nominate the sub-genre's very biggest stars ...

Dan Wriggins has worked plenty of odd jobs. Before founding alt-country band Friendship, he coiled rope on a lobster boat in Maine. A few years later, Wriggins was a groundskeeper for a grand, private ...

Thirty years ago, alt-country/punk legends the Supersuckers opened for the Ramones and White Zombie at Hara Arena. GeeGee Bradley was at that show. Now, three decades later, nearly to the day, ...

From the grit of basement punk shows to the soul of alt-country ballads, Bob Lefevre’s sound has grown without losing its edge. Lefevre’s musical journey began in Wyoming’s limited punk scene, ...

Search “alternative country” and up comes a list of artists that includes Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Corb Lund, Sturgill Simpson, Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, Son Volt and an artist performing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Treaty Oak Revival, the Red Clay Strays, Minnesota’s own bluegrass favorites Trampled by Turtles and, of all acts, the Beach Boys ...

Americana artists draw from American roots music, but many also mix punk and rock with the early sounds of country, folk, and bluegrass. While Americana is now more commonly used to describe the ...