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[–] Norgur@fedia.io 75 points 2 years ago (7 children)

As long as Johnny Cash is considered Country Music, it's not possible to "hate country music" anyway.

[–] peto@lemm.ee 40 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Country music doesn't have to be bad. Which means that the recent stuff is a deliberate stylistic choice. Do with that as you will.

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny cash, Dolly Parton…I don’t like “country music” but can enjoy all of these artists. Country music has been bastardized by clearchannel, along with almost all other types of music. Fuck clearchannel (now rebranded as “I heart radio” which is…such a stupid fucking name)

[–] mihnt@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

"i heart corporate daddy for telling me what music to listen to"

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There's so much great music everywhere, and I truly enjoy nearly all music. But if you listen to FM radio it's a damn shame that almost all of it is just the stale, overplayed, corporate safe stuff. THAT is the country most people dislike

Newer bands I can think of with an old school country feel are First Aid Kit, Gregory Alan Isakov, Secret Sisters etc. And the new Hunger Games movie soundtrack is a great sampler of slow and fast folk/bluegrass vibes

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Local radio station plays Isakov, I wouldn't have labeled him country, but I like him a lot.

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's fair the acoustic indie/folk/country categories blur together in my head

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

The recent corporate stuff. There is still indie country and some of it is pretty good. Not something I actively listen to or anything, but I've heard good things before.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago

We owe our appreciation of Johnny Cash to Rick Rubin who rescued him from literal dinner theater hell.

[–] rab@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Townes Van Zandt is the peak of country music for me

[–] insomniac_lemon@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I'm the opposite side of the same coin: if I like it, I don't consider it country music.

Lots of stuff without twang I'd just call folk music (add other terms if needed, American, western etc).

Also I'm glad the same thing didn't happen to rock. Like there is a certain mostly-post-grunge vocal style popular in the 2000s that'd be really annoying if it was part of most rock music.

[–] CodingCarpenter@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Folk, blue grass, fast grass. All amazing and technically country...but not to me

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Country is like Rock, it's a side genre with mini genres. Johnny Cash and Kane Brown aren't the same