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Genre: Music
Date of upload: Dec 9, 2022 ^^
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Nowadays, you got to look at the indie country scenes out there. Oklahoma/Texas Red Dirt music, Appalachian, etc. Artits like the Turnpike Troubadours, Colter Wall, Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson and the like are HUGE in their respective scenes, but never get mainstream attention or radio play because their lyrical content is actually good. Country should be about telling stories, not crap about beer and trucks.
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I used to be in the camp that thought that all country was trash, but Iāve grown a lot and expanded my music listening. Iāve discovered that just like any genre of music, there is good and bad country. Sturgill Simpsonās āA Sailorās Guide to Earthā is one of my favorite albums of all time.
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As someone who grew up on the 90s and 2000s era of Country Music, I remember there being such an innocent and comforting vibe to it. Artists like Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Vince Gill, Brad Paisley, Alan Jackson, George Strait, Brooks N Dunn, Joe Nichols, and others. Even some of the more poppy acts like Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Martina McBride, Keith Urban still hold a soft spot for my childhood.
But personally, I would say it was really somewhere around 2012/2013ish I just remember there being this huge influx of new artists and a large shift in lyricism and style. Acts like Florida Georgia Line, Sam Hunt, Luke Bryan, and Brantley Gilbert. Aside from some select acts such as Eric Church, the bro country movement made everything in the mainstream become incredibly simplistic where it was the same topics over and over, and it even affected artists I once respected. Women also got shafted out of Nashville for the most part outside of Miranda and Carrie. As someone who still embraces his childhood 90s and 00s nostalgia for the genre, It all was disheartening to see a genre I really respect and love get put under such a corporate commercialized treatment where artists weren't allowed to express themselves anymore. Bro country is what turned me and others away from Nashville and I still don't think they have fully recovered from that period.
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I would also add another artist here by the name of Zach Bryan. He's by far one of the most successful indie country artist of recent years with songs like Something in the Orange and Oklahoma Smokeshow. He was born in American base in Japan, became marine himself, and then quits. Now he's making one of the best country albums of the 2020's so far.
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I'm not exactly a country nerd but I was surprised colter wall didn't make an appearance in this video. He's a great artist I'd recommend listening to "devil wears a suit and tie" and "Kate McCanon" by Colter Wall. He's got a deep grungy folk voice with minimal production but it's phenomenal to listen to.
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@simplystouf2341
1 year ago
Independent Country artists that don't depend on Nashville are growing more and more popular in the mainstream. I'm loving it personally, there are many great artists finding their audience. If you make another vid on americana/country now, Zach Bryan's insane rise is a perfect example. Colter Wall Tyler Childers, etc also have great songwriting and vocals
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