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[–] Norgur@fedia.io 75 points 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months ago

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

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months 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 7 months ago

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

[–] rab@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

Townes Van Zandt is the peak of country music for me

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'd put Marty Robbins above Johnny Cash, though I guess he's more western than country.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's okay, we play both kinds of music here.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

YOU AIN'T THE GOOD OL' BOYS!!

[–] insomniac_lemon@kbin.social 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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 7 months ago

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

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

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