#alt country

[praybrayaway]

Bright are the stars that shine

Dark is the sky

I know this love of mine

Will never die

[whitelightwildflowers]

[cantsayidont]

Six songs for the "I hate country, it's all right-wing dudes who drive pickup trucks!" crowd, in chronological order:

k.d. lang, "Lock, Stock and Teardrops" (SHADOWLAND/Sire Records/1988): The apotheosis of k.d. lang's youthful obsession with Patsy Cline, an old Roger Miller song lushly produced in Nashville by famed country producer Owen Bradley.

Emmylou Harris, "Waltz Across Texas Tonight" (WRECKING BALL/Elektra/Asylum Records, 1995): '70s country star Emmylou Harris co-wrote this song with Rodney Crowell as the intensely wistful climax of her mind-altering 1995 album with producer Danny Lanois.

Neko Case, "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood" (FOX CONFESSOR BRINGS THE FLOOD, ANTI-, 2006): Apocalyptic title track of alt country heroine Neko Case's best album to date. "It's not for you to know / But for you to weep and wonder / When the death of your civilization proceeds you"

Rosanne Cash, "Black Cadillac" (BLACK CADILLAC, Capitol Records, 2006): Cash's valedictory for her late father Johnny Cash, the title track of an album about wrestling with the loss of her father, her mother, and her stepmother in the early '00s. Devastating.

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, "Dwight Yoakam" (SIDELONG, Bloodshot Records, 2015): NB country singer River Shook's twangy drinkin' and depressin' ballad about drowning their sorrows after their girlfriend left them for a guy she met at a country bar.

Karen & The Sorrows: "Guaranteed Broken Heart" (GUARANTEED BROKEN HEART, Ocean Born Mary, 2019): Title track of queer Jewish country queen Karen Pittelman's 2019 album wouldn't be out of place on a Dolly Parton album of the '70s except that the gay content isn't just subtext.

[acidtripper666]

Sierra Ferrell via Instagram

[lesblackwellmusic]

First time posting here so I'll just start with this little instrumental tune I put together called Passing Through Donner's Pass. Inspired by a train ride I took (and not on Amtrak 😅)

[agirlnamedbone]

Ian Noe // Appalachia Haze

[hallison-bre]

Silver Jews performing We Could Be Looking For The Same Thing at The Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio. 8/29/08

— Video credits to Kingofthecastle7 on YouTube —

[tiredsoundsofagnes]

lyrics so bittersweet that it makes me want to cry... mj lenderman you really outdid yourself with this one

[dovebuffy92]

My Top Five Fave Florence Welch Duets

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lvcpmLpukaw

2. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jSWI3tMg0Wk&pp=ygUdZmxvcmVuY2Ugd2VsY2ggZGl6emVlIHJhc2NhbCA%3D

3. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iu7YURHcmKI.

4. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HzDZCvRc6sA

5. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hgs1NwbFx9A

Honorable Mention:

[cherry-hearted]

i’ve been getting into country so much lately. started in february with folk-country and from then on, i’ve gotten into the depths of it.

having watched twisters on sunday is keeping that spark going

[praybrayaway]

Watch over me

[countthefluorescents]

the lord loved me once...

an oldish demo i'll get around to fixing up one of these days.

for now, here's some laura palmer <3

[whitelightwildflowers]

[acidtripper666]

Sierra Ferrell via Instagram

[vyva-melinkolya]

But if the blues are your hunter

You will come face to face

That darkness and desolation

And the endless,

endless,

endless,

endless

Endless,

endless depression

But you are not helpless

You are not helpless

Try to beat it

Try to beat it

[razorsadness]

Originally made as a mix tape in the summer of 2005. A friend gave me this challenge: "I want a mix of songs for a Western film that Terry Gilliam would make. Think "Black Wings" (Mr. Tom) or "The Killing Moon" (Echo & the Bunnymen). If you were to wander a barren expanse in the western portion of this country killing hookers, drinking whiskey, riding a horse with a poorly constructed robotic leg, and running from the devil, what would you want to listen to? What songs would you write?" And this mix is what I came up with.

Klezmerica - Minnesota Tango

Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska

Crooked Fingers - Bad Man Coming

Tom Waits - Goin’ Out West

The Gun Club - A Devil in the Woods

Th’ Legendary Shack*Shakers - Where’s the Devil…When You Need Him?

The Meat Purveyors - I Have a Devil in Me

Grievous Angels - Hanging Songs

Ghoultown - Killer in Texas

Reverend Glasseye - No Road Out of Houston

Slim Cessna’s Auto Club - This Is How We Do Things in the Country

The Kills - Dead Road 7

Calexico - Gypsy’s Curse

Chatham County Line - Arms of the Law

16 Horsepower - Outlaw Song

Frank Morey - Bad Like Jesse James

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand

Johnny Cash - When the Man Comes Around

Puerto Muerto - Hangman’s Song

Beck - Farewell Ride