/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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Here's a honky-tonk (anti?) Christmas song: 12 Steps of Christmas
18:12 UTC
Mark Chesnutt - As The Honky Tonk Turns
17:45 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
Low-Down Slim - Country Sessions - Volume 9; No Reason To Quit (full vinyl DJ set, 69 minutes) - Tracklist & more info in comments
19:16 UTC
Horse Farmland (Playlist)
Support and like my playlist Horse Farmland that you can play whenever you just love the country, horses, and cowboy living! It’s filled with bluegrass country instrumentals!
11:58 UTC
Long Shot - Baillie & The Boys
One of my favorite country music songs from 1989.
09:15 UTC
Seán Fahy plays Country Christmas
08:52 UTC
Pullin’ Back The Reins - K. D. Lang
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08:49 UTC
Lawson Bates plays Cowboy Christmas
08:49 UTC
This old song made me think of Charley Crockett for some reason.
Is it just me?
03:09 UTC
Never ever Forget Mr Keith Whitley
17:40 UTC
Maggie Rose Annual Christmas Concert-Free Livestream
16:18 UTC
Charley Crockett - Odessa
00:51 UTC
What are some songs like
The nights went out in Georgia by Reba McEntire?
20:44 UTC
Tommy Prine - "A Stock Music Christmas" Trailer
19:29 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
A song I remember from when I was young
I remember it sounded like an older man singing, and i think the lyrics somewhere were “even when it’s all over” and there was a part about figurative monsters chasing you through the woods. I remember listening to this song from the years 2012-2017 maybe, It could’ve came out before that.
08:59 UTC
Anybody know the song where is basically is saying those answers are for the angels or the dying man something like that
06:29 UTC
The Duhks - Beyond The Blue
02:00 UTC
Jimmy Wakely - Easy To Please ~1947
15:05 UTC
Trampled by Turtles - On My Way Back Home (feat. LeAnn Rimes)
14:15 UTC
Welcome to Blue Monday! Bluegrass, country blues, and bluesy country
... Mondays around here might also include old time music and or rockabilly. Maybe even songs about blue, the color, or blue, the emotion...
Please make separate standalone posts for songs you want to share!
(I locked the comments because people will see your contribution better if it's not lost in the comments of this announcement)
14:00 UTC
Jake Xerxes Fussell plays Close My Eyes
08:27 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
Foghorn Stringband-Forsaken Lover
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MeRwNhFWgDM
More oldtime than country but so damn great.
17:57 UTC
JP Harris-Sometimes Dogs Bark at Nothing
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tKb5BcM50yU&list=RDMMtKb5BcM50yU&start_radio=1
As far as lyrics go, maybe the best song I've heard this year (although it's not a new release).
16:20 UTC
Scott Andersen - I wish I had me a honky tonk
04:09 UTC
India Ramey - Never Going Back
00:39 UTC
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