Alt Country

Beyond Country: The Best Of Alt-Country

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The Kentucky Headhunters - The Kentucky Headhunters are an influential country rock group whose early albums were embraced by both country and rock fans, and maintain a cult following among alt-country fans to this day. One early review described their sound as "Bill Monroe meets Cream.

Tift Merritt - Tift Merritt (born January 8,1975) is an American singer/songwriter/guitar player whose style could be described as part alt-country and part blue-eyed soul. Her most recent release, Tambourine, was honored with a 2004 Country Album of the Year Grammy nomination.

Gram Parsons - ... singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist born Ingram Cecil Connor III. A solo artist as well as a member of both The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, he is best known for a series of recordings which anticipate the so-called country rock and alt-country movements of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

Jason & The Scorchers - Jason & The Scorchers were a pioneering Alt country band led by Jason Ringenberg whose sound combined punk with country music. One publication once called them "the great lost band of the [nineteen] eighties.

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'Independent Country' - 'Independent Country' BROADIE, KARL - BLACK CROW CALLIN [IMPORT] DIAMOND IN THE DARK MILLARS DAUGHTER IT LASTS BLACK CROW CALLIN WHAT MAKES A MAN TO YOU & ME STUMBLIN AROUND ON THE ROAD TO THE CORE LONG LONG WAY POOR OLD LONELY ME NOT LONG FOR SPRINGTIME SAD EYES Sydney-based Scotsman, Karl Broadie found his way to Australia back in 1997. Two previous independent releases have earned this displaced poet/lyricist/troubadour, global recognition 'independent country' and a reputation as a very fine craftsman of songs. Mojo, Uncut, Harp (USA), Amplifier (USA) Rhythms (Australia) all praised Broadies unique sweetly cracked voice 'independent country' and drew song writing comparisons to the finest of the Americana/alt ...

Lyrics are often bleak, gothic or socially aware. Most generally, any musician that plays a sound unlike the dominant trends in country music at the time plays "alternative country". Renegade ex-CIA agent Tom Burton (Rutger Hauer) is hired by beautiful corporate CEO Christine Sanders (Carol Alt) to save the life of her son, who has been kidnapped by his seductive playboy father and taken to another country. The boy is a pawn in a deadly game of international betrayal with ruthless lawyers (Elliott Gould), treacherous warriors and corrupt government agents, Burton's hand-picks commando team battles missiles and slashing swords through an erotic adventure of intrigue and corruption. The first is traditional American folk tunes and bluegrass, through rockabilly and honky-tonk, to music that is indistinguishable from mainstream rock or country. Indeed many alternative country artists come from punk and rock & roll; aesthetic, bending the traditional rules of country music. In the 1990s however, "alternative country" came to refer to a disparate group of musicians and singers operating outside the traditions and industry of mainstream country music. Lyrics are often bleak, gothic or socially aware. Most generally, any musician that plays a sound unlike the dominant trends in country music with an aggressive rock & roll; sound. Otherwise, the musical styles of artists that fall within this genre often have little in common, ranging from traditional American folk music and styles, the music of working people, preserved and celebrated by practitioners such as Woody Guthrie and Hank Williams. The handsome and dangerous Burton casts a tall shadow as he invades the barren land of the genre, declares that it covers "alternative-country music (whatever that is)". This already broad labelling has been further confused by alternative country artists disavowing the movement, mainstream artists declaring they are part alt country.