"Country Alt" is what I call songs I like. It ranges from Phosphorescent to Americana to Bob Manning and Kimberly Murray. I tend to my Country Alt playlist like a bitch does for a pup. Songs are added...songs are removed.
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
that’s my motto Colter Wall - Cowpoke / Caroline Dee White - Way Down Early James - Blue Pill Blues Patsy Cline - Walkin After Midnight
CMAT
Orville Peck
John Prine Sturgill Simpson Also my buddy just started a country radio show that has lots of old tracks
