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this excludes songs that have the name but are about a person (ie georgia by phoebe bridgers) and songs only about cities not states (basically all the new york songs ik lol)
home (south / alabama, arkansas) - edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros
sweet home alabama - lynrd skynrd
california here we go - the garden
californiacation - rhcp
california dreamin - the mamas & the papas
folsom prison blues (california) - johnny cash
cool colorado - la femme
delaware - drop nineteens
florida kilos - lana del rey
west coast - lana del rey
west coast - coconut records
idaho - gorillaz
illinois (album!) - sufjan stevens
kansas remembers me now - orville peck
coal miner’s daughter (kentucky) - loretta lynn
michigan (album) - sufjan stevens
mississippi - toro y moi
montana - pierce edens
jersey girl - bruce springsteen
new mexico‘s no breeze - iron & wine
ohio! - the black keys
texas reznikoff - mitski
all my ex’s live in texas - george strait
take me home, country roads (appalachia / west virginia) - john denver
wild west virginia - daniel johnston
bonuses, that i don’t have saved but should be mentioned: afroman’s many wild songs about different US states, bruce springsteen & johnny cashs’ other US state songs
Jun 2, 2024
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ok they are technically folk rock but country-adjacent in my mind!
i spent a lot of my childhood in various Yeehaw states and small towns in the US so here are some more classics i heard a bit growing up, and a few newer likes 🤠 (some are a little folk-leaning):
anything johnny cash!!!
dolly parton (duh) - 9 to 5, jolene
kacey musgraves - good ol‘ boys club, butterflies
hank williams jr - outlaw woman, family traditions
brandi carlile - raise hell
emory quinn - downtown san antone
kenny chesney - no shoes no shirt no problem
the chicks - there’s your trouble, ready to run
willie nelson - mamas don’t let your sons grow up to be cowboys, cowboys are secretly fond of other cowboys
taylor swift (sorry) - picture to burn, our song
woody guthrie - tear the fascists down !!
runaway june - buy my own drinks
maren morris - my church, circles around this town
shania twain - man i feel like a woman!, you’re still the one
darius rucker - wagon wheel
the highwomen - if she ever leaves me
john prine - your flag decal won’t get you into heaven
orville peck - dead of night, cmon baby cry
george strait - all my ex’s live in texas
Mar 7, 2025
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to my knowledge, the only song worth hearing about my home state.
(and, let’s be honest: probably one of five total songs about North Dakota)
(and, let’s be honest: probably one of five total songs about North Dakota)
Jun 2, 2024
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🐴i grew up in nashville listening to classic country and bluegrass with my parents and early taylor swift (like picture to burn) all the time so i LOVE this question
★ she’s acting single (i’m drinking doubles) - gary stewart
★ rhinestone cowboy - glen campbell
★ long black veil - johnny cash
★ jackson - johnny cash and june carter cash (or the trixie mattel and orville peck cover if you’re feeling crazy, it’s still great)
★ cowboy take me away - the chicks
★ women without whiskey - drive-by truckers
★ drunk and high - florry
★ electric lizard - angela autumn
also waxahatchee, mj lenderman, and wednesday if you want more country rock flavors!!
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🤓being traditionally cool is really quite boring and iterative, and it’s actually very cool and sexy to geek out about something you like or share bits of knowledge on a topic you’re passionate about
Aug 17, 2024
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HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WORKER’S DAY!!!! i love having a union, i love being a union steward and getting to support my unit. when my union won its contract, i got a pay bump, better benefits, and increased protection as a worker. 🥳
unions help address racial and gender pay gaps, issues workplaces impose on families and those having kids, addressing unsafe conditions, plus things like better health insurance, wages and overtime, weingarten rights to representation, and more!!!
if you don’t have a union but are thinking about forming one, check out AFL-CIO’s page (linked) or Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee. there’s always more power in a union!! ✊🥖🌹
May 1, 2025
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📖they have FREE SHIPPING through Friday (7/8-7/11)
if you are thinking about buying a book online this week, please buy a book there instead of evil amazon dot com. bookshop benefits local indie bookstores! you also can pick which specific bookstore to support and they have many lgbt-, women-, and bipoc-owned shops listed :)
also they now have ebooks and many are on sale, such as Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower + Talents, Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments, or Talia Lavin’s Wild Faith for under $3 (!) each
Jul 8, 2025