alt-country
Roots rock offshoot
Alt-country is a style of rock music that draws on traditional country, folk, and roots music while maintaining indie rock sensibilities and production.
It emerged in the 1980s and 90s as an alternative to mainstream Nashville country, incorporating twang and pedal steel alongside distorted guitars.
Their sound blends alt-country with punk influences.
Acoustic Appalachian folk music
- folk-rockAcoustic tradition electrified
- honky-tonkRough country music venue
- AppalachianEastern U.S. mountain region
- hillbillyRural mountain dweller stereotype
old-time · mountain music · gospel · blues · rockabilly · singer-songwriter
Sharp vibrating sound
- steel guitarSlide-played stringed instrument
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- mandolinPlucked eight-string lute descendant
dobro · harmonica · acoustic · honky-tonk · lap steel · slide guitar · fingerpicking · lo-fi
Crushing emotional pain
- whiskeyOak-aged grain spirit
- small-townLimited local outlook
- working-classManual laborers as group
- ruralOf the countryside
highway · loneliness · redemption · barrooms · dusty roads · pickup trucks · freight trains · restlessness
bluegrass
Acoustic Appalachian folk music
- folk-rockAcoustic tradition electrified
- honky-tonkRough country music venue
- AppalachianEastern U.S. mountain region
hillbilly · old-time · mountain music · gospel · blues · rockabilly · singer-songwriter
twang
Sharp vibrating sound
- steel guitarSlide-played stringed instrument
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
mandolin · dobro · harmonica · acoustic · honky-tonk · lap steel · slide guitar · fingerpicking · lo-fi · rawness
Wilco
Radio acknowledgment of orders
- Blue MountainJamaican highland coffee origin
heartbreak
Crushing emotional pain
- whiskeyOak-aged grain spirit
- small-townLimited local outlook
- working-classManual laborers as group
rural · highway · loneliness · redemption · barrooms · dusty roads · pickup trucks · freight trains · restlessness · alienation
- Roots Rockroots rock, Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, Wilco, CCR
- AmericanaAmerican flag, Fourth of July, bald eagle, Thanksgiving, apple pie
- folk musicfolk, folk music, folk songs, folk ballads, folk ballad
- Alt Rockgrunge, indie rock, post-grunge, post-punk, new wave
- Southern Musicbluegrass, delta blues, Dixieland, gospel, honky tonk
country, alternative, country music, Americana, alt-rock, alt-pop