/r/altcountry
Alt Country - "Because punk-rock is too hard to sing."
"Alternative Country" is a rather ambiguous term that can mean a wide variety of music to an even wider range of people but here's wikipedia's definition of Alternative Country. And these are just some examples:*
This community exists to discuss alt country music. Text posts should discuss topics related to alt country music, artists, performances, trends, themes, or anything else directly or indirectly related to alt country. Link posts should link to reviews, articles, videos, and music. Please review our new rules, especially in regards to self-promotion.
community guidelines
The following guidelines are under development and are subject to change.
- Reddiquette and reddit's content policies always apply.
- Be civil. No abuse will be tolerated.
- All posts should be related to alt-country music. Comments should be related to the subject.
- Meme or other low quality content will be removed.
- Self-promotion is allowed; please see details below
- Moderators are always right. If you have an issue with a mod, please take it up in modmail. Public spats will be removed and users banned.
self-promotion guidelines
The following guidelines are under development and are subject to change.
- If you have not been assigned flair that identifies your affiliation, you must clearly identify yourself as being affiliated with the band, artist, publication, or website you are promoting. Message the mods to receive your flair.
- If you are here to post a link or self-post to promote your own music or content, do so no more than once every 4 weeks (once a month).
- Self-promotion in the comments should be infrequent and organic to the discussion.
- Ensure that self-promotion is not the majority of your contributions to the community and reddit as a whole. (In other words, if most of your posts/comments are self-promotion either here or throughout reddit, then you are not welcome here.)
Also, be sure to check out our friends:
/r/CASH/ | /r/country/ | /r/DBT/ | /r/folk/ | /r/GunslingerMusic/ | /r/HankIII/ | /r/justintownesearle/ | /r/LucindaWilliams/ | /r/mymorningjacket/ | /r/Old97s/ | /r/OutlawCountry/ | /r/RedDirtMusic/ | /r/SteveEarle/ | /r/texascountry | /r/uncletupelo/ | /r/Wilco/ |
It has been pointed out that "alt" means "old" in German; and it's been pointed out that alt country might be the real heirs to the old Johnny Cash tradition...
"It's not alt. country. It's called 'Country.'"
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LoneHollow - Does My Ring Burn Your Finger (Buddy Miller)
01:22 UTC
Wilco - Passenger Side (A.M.)
23:34 UTC
Sixteen Horsepower - Flowers in my Heart
23:03 UTC
NEWS-CERO - meteorologist Ben Nichols?
This guest weekend meteorologist on ABC24 in Memphis this weekend. Made me do a double take and laugh. Then quickly add some Lucero inspired weather predictions.
22:42 UTC
Tony Logue - Whipping Post Intro / Grindstone Live at The Bright Box Theater Winchester, VA
19:43 UTC
Julia Barfield - "Keep to Me"
13:27 UTC
Ben Nichols and Red 40-- February 3, 1995
12:05 UTC
What was your favorite alt album from 2024?
Mine was Easy Company by Futurebirds
03:43 UTC
Todd Day Wait, country classic sounds.
20:53 UTC
Taylor Hunnicutt - Queen of Alabama Live at the Bright Box Theater Winchester, VA - 2/1/25
16:31 UTC
Julien Baker & TORRES - "Sylvia" (Official Music Video)
12:58 UTC
Hungover Thinkin' (Acoustic) - Lola Kirke
Does anyone else find the acoustic versions of her singles to be better than the studio ones?
05:03 UTC
Other "forgotten" country from the 60s and 70s along the lines of Willis Alan Ramsey?
If you aren't familiar with Willis Alan Ramsey, he put out one album in the early 70s and then effectively disappeared. It was largely forgotten until the 21st century when people came to appreciate just how good (and ahead of its time) it was.
Had a gritty, stripped down sound that other outlaw singers in the 70s would continue and perfect, but it's so great. Not an ounce of fat on the album. Wondered if there are other similar "ahead of its time" albums from the late 60s and early 60s that are equally good and were equally forgotten.
04:00 UTC
Roaring Sun - View So Blue
Just got this random recco on YT, only has a couple hundred views and its pretty good.
04:00 UTC
Slobberbone should’ve been so much bigger than it was
Title says. Also, RIP Jess Barr miss you champ. Great musician and a Great Father.
20:44 UTC
Casper Allen & The Naturals - February 2025 shows
18:11 UTC
Kyle Bradley is pretty unknown, but has a damn good sound
01:52 UTC
Alt Pedal Steel
Decided to try and compile all the best pedal steel forward alt country artists out there. Who am I missing?
01:49 UTC
MJ Lenderman: Tiny Desk Concert
00:20 UTC
New Album from Lilly Hiatt *Forever*
If you ever caught a Lilly Hiatt full band show over the last 3 albums, Forever will be a nice continuation. Not fully alt-country, but it's there on several tracks. If you want a more twangy version, catch her solo. Personally, I like rock-Lilly.
22:07 UTC
Tristen - New Punching Bag (2025)
16:11 UTC
Excited for my first trip to this songwriters music festival!
16:10 UTC
Sid Jerr-Dan- Baby Blue
My new song and video.
15:09 UTC
Thanks to the Person Who Made This Playlist - loving it
14:14 UTC
Your weekly /r/AltCountry roundup for the week of January 24 - January 30, 2025
Friday, January 24 - Thursday, January 30, 2025
###Top 10 Posts
| score | comments | title & link | mirrors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 269 | 75 comments | [Just Sharing] Waxahatchee | |
| 187 | 16 comments | [Just Sharing] Lucinda Williams: "As long as people still want to hear my music, I’m not going anywhere" | |
| 115 | 316 comments | [Discussion] How did y’all first hear about/get into Alt-Country | |
| 110 | 5 comments | [Just Sharing] MJ Lenderman: Tiny Desk Concert | |
| 103 | 5 comments | [Just Sharing] Remembering Luke Bell | Western AF | |
| 84 | 18 comments | [Just Sharing] Guitars, Cadillacs (Acoustic) | |
| 59 | 41 comments | [Discussion] New to the sub - what do y'all think about Cracker? | |
| 45 | 5 comments | [Just Sharing] Lucinda Williams: "I’ve been through a lot, but you’ve gotta be a warrior" | |
| 44 | 20 comments | [Discussion] Best Country from 1969? Absolutely insane year for the genre | |
| 39 | 13 comments | [Just Sharing] 16 Horsepower - Black Soul Choir | [Sp] [AM] [Dzr] [SC] |
###Top 5 Most Commented
| score | comments | title & link | mirrors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 17 comments | [Self Promotion] The New Canadiana - a playlist seeking the soul of Canadian folk and country music right now | |
| 0 | 14 comments | [Self Promotion] Is this rock or country | |
| 30 | 8 comments | [Just Sharing] CD Finds | |
| 23 | 5 comments | [Discussion] Why does this photo of John Fullbright from his Spotify look like it was taken by a stalker that has just revealed themself to him? | |
| 30 | 5 comments | [New Music] Tanner Usrey new song |
14:10 UTC
Charley Crockett - Lonesome Drifter (Official Music Video)
11:43 UTC
John Craigie joke about a biblical curse that sounded like... Ewadz?
So I saw John Craigie live in Amsterdam last night. Before playing on of his final songs, he was telling a seemingly unrelated story about Jesus' betrayel after the last supper. In this story, one of Jesus' friends (apostles) bites off the ear of the 'cop' who wanted to arrest JC, "and the cop was like 'f***!'", Craigie said, "of course they didn't have that back then so he probably cursed something biblical like... Ewadz*". A few people in the audience laughed at this and John Craigie said "Ewadz. Back in the states, this joke would kill".
Please advice. What is the word he used that (to me) sounded like something like 'ewadz' and what does it mean? *Since I didn't know the word, there's a 99,95% this is not how it's actually spelled.
05:27 UTC
New to the sub - what do y'all think about Cracker?
I've searched the sub & see they have been mentioned several years ago with tepid reactions. I want to re-engage the question: what do y'all think about Cracker from an alt country perspective? I, personally, would consider them alt country, through thick 90s lenses, but I'm interested in your perspectives.
02:20 UTC
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