#alt country

[praybrayaway]

Bright are the stars that shine

Dark is the sky

I know this love of mine

Will never die

[g0ldengaze]

TVZ w/ critters and creatures of sorts 🌕

[whitelightwildflowers]

[acidtripper666]

Sierra Ferrell via Instagram

[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.

[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 😅)

[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 —

[agirlnamedbone]

Ian Noe // Appalachia Haze

[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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qJ4VIAJVXU

Honorable Mention:

[praybrayaway]

Watch over me

[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

[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