/r/CountryMusic
A sub about (mostly) independent country music - the good stuff you don't hear on mainstream radio.
Join us for Honky Tonk Saturday Night, Bakersfield Soundday, Blue(s,grass) Monday, and even for some pop country, alt-country, and undefinable country. Stay for posts about country music history, interviews, event announcements, and more.
Share your favorite songs and find some new favorite artists. Grab a seat at the bar, there's a good band playing!
RULES
No bigotry: This includes, but is not limited to, racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia.
No NSFW images/videos
No memes or image macros
Link directly to the music, and use the correct title format: i.e. no screenshots of you listening to a song. Use this title format: Artist - Title. Additional song info (like 'Live' or 'Acoustic' or a performance source) can be included in parentheses or brackets after the title. Anything else you want to say can go in a comment after the post is submitted.
No spam: Spam includes using clickbait titles and repeatedly posting/commenting about an artist, account, website, or playlist, whether you are the artist/owner or not. If your post history is nothing but shilling for someone, that is considered spam, not meaningful contributions to the sub.
Playlists and self-promotion: Posting playlists, and/or music self-promo, can be posted up to twice a month. Self-promo must be tagged as such if it is a post submission. Promoting your own podcasts/articles/review videos is welcome, but again, please tag it. Note that sneaking your own material into playlists that you post is considered self-promo leaning on spam.
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Nick Brumley
Were really on a Presley Haile bend, and she seems to play a lot with Nick Brumley.
This song of his is just amazing.
19:45 UTC
How was your weekend? Did you hear some new music or go to a show you want to tell us about? Did you discover some cool new artist online? Did you learn something about country music? Tell us about it!
Happy Sunday! Did you find something new to listen to? Did you go to a show? Tell us about your week, and country music, or whatever's on your mind!
19:00 UTC
Nick Bosse, Randy houser opener
Nick Bosse, the singer songwriter who opened for Randy Houser in Connecticut , is a very talented young man. Please check out his music,! He's local to the area, but I hadn't heard his music until the Houser show. If you're someone who likes to check out lesser known musician's, I suggest giving Nick Bosse a listen.
15:34 UTC
Some people are saying my new song is country. I didn’t write it with country in mind. Is this country?
06:55 UTC
It's Honky Tonk Saturday!
Honkytonk is the original sound of electric country, the sound you associate with Hank Williams and early George Jones and Ernest Tubb and the sound that influenced a lot of neotraditional 1990's country such as Alan Jackson and of course the honky tonk man, Dwight Yoakam.
It was characterized by heavy dancing rhythm that goes well with the two step, and usually steel guitar and fiddle along with twangy electric guitar and a unique twangy vocal style that was developed to cut across the sound at a loud bar of drunks with a bad sound system in the early days.
It's developed over the years including some recent evolution. Some of the Texas dancehall bands have an even more exaggerated beat and singing style now than you would have heard in neotraditional 1990s country or the 1950's original. Tracking down the history of who influenced whom is really fun if you're into that kind of country music history hobby.
We'll be posting (mostly modern) honky tonkers every Saturday for your edification! Click on the 'honky tonk' flair tag to see other tracks and discussions we've posted here in the past.
Here's some reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honky-tonk
here's a playlist of old classic honkytonk through the ages: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL679_2jmbaFHAFebq3szErCvTD0CNyZdt
here's the same thing according to Spotify:
15:30 UTC
Who are your Top 5 Favorite Country Singers of All Time?
My Top 5 Favorite Country Singers of All Time are:
Randy Travis
Dolly Parton
George Strait
Loretta Lynn
Johnny Cash
02:19 UTC
Favorite country rock songs 2024
00:05 UTC
Favorite country songs 2024
00:05 UTC
Los Angeles FireAid Show - Shout Out to all the Country acts that pitched in to help
Oh wait.......??????
Shout out to Jelly Roll
18:07 UTC
Bad Ass George Jones Stories
15:51 UTC
Johnny Cash/George Jones/Tompall & The Glaser Brothers/Gordon Terry/June Carter
15:04 UTC
JP Harris plays Dark Thoughts
11:48 UTC
BroMesa plays Njut av livet
11:10 UTC
Charley Crockett plays Lonesome Drifter
10:59 UTC
This would make a hell of a 80’s or 90’s style country song
In This Life by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole would make a hell of a country song imo. Imagine Clint black or Alan Jackson singing this. Something a long those lines
https://youtu.be/tr5aWs9gErk?si=BL7KWkyfMTZ2Cynb
Makes me wonder. Any other songs people think are perfect to be recorded in a country style?
23:57 UTC
Older Music Suggestions
I feel like I’m listening to too much country pop made from the 2010’s-2020’s. Does anyone have any recommendations for any older songs and/or artists? I also would like recommendations for more actual country songs. Thanks in advance!
21:08 UTC
The Song That Got Me Into Country: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams w/ His Drifting Cowboys ~1949
15:28 UTC
Merle’s planned escape from San Quentin
04:29 UTC
Why is the ukulele so uncommon in country music?
I myself play a little ukulele - not much, but at least better than guitar, he he - and I think it fits very well into country.
23:55 UTC
I just finished this portrait of Willie! 🎨
18:47 UTC
Tell Him I'm Dead played by Brennen Leigh
17:37 UTC
It's Western Wednesday on r/CountryMusic!
We celebrate Western Wednesday around here!
Post your artists from anywhere west of the Mississippi, songs about ye olde west, songs about ranching, songs about horses, songs about cowboys and girls, and songs about the rodeo today!
Fantasy spaghetti western sounds, murderous gunfighters, cheezy western swing, and all other things western , real or imaginary, happen today!
you can click on the Western Wednesday flair/tag to see some past posts.
15:01 UTC
Opry 100 lineup
12:31 UTC
The Killer - Another Place Another Time
22:27 UTC
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