high lonesome
Mountain vocal wail
High lonesome describes a style of bluegrass or country music characterized by tight vocal harmonies, a plaintive quality, and themes of heartache and isolation.
The sound evokes mountain hollows and rural solitude—voices pitched high and longing: That's some real high lonesome singing.
The phrase can also describe a mood of melancholy solitude, or in older usage, a state of intoxication.
- bluegrassAcoustic Appalachian folk music
- old time musicTraditional Appalachian folk genre
- mournfulShowing or feeling grief
- mountainTall natural landmass
- hollerLoud vocal outburst
holler back · coal mining · fiddle · fiddle tune · banjo · plaintive · Appalachian · wailing · keening · solitary · haunting · mandolin · hillbilly · yodel · aching · desolate · pining · hollow
high lonesomeNashville sound
Slick country subgenre
orchestral arrangement · overproduced · easy listening · smooth jazz · elevator music
high lonesomejubilant
Extremely happy, triumphant
celebratory · convivial · feel-good · upbeat
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