Alternative Country

Sub-genre of country music. Emerged 1984. Wikipedia

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62 artists with 248.2K combined listeners. 55% of them sit in the Red Dirt / Texas Country / Contemporary Country community on the map. It shares the most artists with New Americana.

Where Alternative Country sits on the map

• Red Dirt / Texas Country / Contemporary Country · 34 artists (55%)
• Roots Americana / Alternative Roots Rock / Icelandic Indie · 10 artists (16%)
• Stomp And Holler / Chicago Indie / Indie Folk · 3 artists (5%)
• Electric Blues / Texas Blues / Chicago Blues · 2 artists (3%)
• Punk / Socal Pop Punk / Power Pop · 2 artists (3%)
• Afrikaans / South African Rock / Bluegrass · 2 artists (3%)

Strongest pairings in Alternative Country

Alternative Country artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. Charles Wesley Godwin & Arlo McKinley · 6 shared playlists
2. Southall & Sam R Barber · 5 shared playlists
3. Dylan Wheeler & Southall · 5 shared playlists
4. American Aquarium & Hayes Carll · 5 shared playlists
5. American Aquarium & Arlo McKinley · 5 shared playlists
6. Drive-By Truckers & Uncle Tupelo · 5 shared playlists
7. Benjamin Tod & Arlo McKinley · 5 shared playlists
8. The Jayhawks & Drive-By Truckers · 4 shared playlists
9. James McMurtry & Drive-By Truckers · 4 shared playlists
10. Son Volt & Uncle Tupelo · 4 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Alternative Country, for their size.

• New Americana · 10 shared artistsBoth: Lucero, American Aquarium, Pony Bradshaw
• Outlaw Country · 8 shared artistsBoth: Drive-By Truckers, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Charles Wesley Godwin
• Red Dirt · 9 shared artistsBoth: Hayes Carll, Charles Wesley Godwin, Town Mountain
• Roots Americana · 7 shared artistsBoth: Sarah Jarosz, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, James McMurtry
• Modern Folk Rock · 2 shared artistsBoth: The Little Willies, Samantha Crain
• Neo-Traditional Country · 2 shared artistsBoth: Melissa Carper, Summer Dean
• Country Blues · 3 shared artistsBoth: Town Mountain, Taylor McCall, Scrapper Blackwell
• Oklahoma Country · 4 shared artistsBoth: Arlo McKinley, Dylan Wheeler, Chad Jenks

Artists

62 artists tagged Alternative Country, ranked by listeners.

1. Lucero63.2K listeners · Mexican Pop
2. Bill Callahan31.3K listeners · House
3. Lucinda Williams19.4K listeners · Singer-Songwriter
4. John Hiatt14.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
5. The Be Good Tanyas13.4K listeners · Classic Country Pop
6. Drive-By Truckers9.0K listeners
7. Rachel Zegler7.4K listeners · Piano Cover
8. The Little Willies6.4K listeners · Mellow Gold
9. The Jayhawks6.2K listeners
10. Sarah Jarosz6.1K listeners · Indie Folk
11. Uncle Tupelo3.5K listeners
12. Hayes Carll2.9K listeners · Red Dirt
13. Bryan White2.8K listeners · Reggae Rock
14. Son Volt2.7K listeners
15. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real2.7K listeners · Outlaw Country
16. Old 97's2.6K listeners
17. James McMurtry2.3K listeners
18. Charles Wesley Godwin2.2K listeners · Outlaw Country
19. Samantha Crain2.2K listeners · Modern Folk Rock
20. American Aquarium1.9K listeners · New Americana
21. Charlie Parr1.9K listeners · Stomp And Holler
22. Benjamin Tod1.7K listeners
23. Buck Meek1.7K listeners · Modern Indie Pop
24. Chip Taylor1.6K listeners · Outlaw Country
25. Neal Francis1.5K listeners
26. Rainbow Girls1.2K listeners · Indie Surf
27. Lily Fitts1.1K listeners
28. Golden Smog1.0K listeners
29. Town Mountain1.0K listeners · Red Dirt
30. Southall1.0K listeners · Red Dirt
31. Arlo McKinley1.0K listeners · Roots Americana
32. Dylan Wheeler1.0K listeners · Red Dirt
33. Taylor McCall1.0K listeners
34. Fender1.0K listeners
35. Chad Jenks1.0K listeners · Red Dirt
36. Pony Bradshaw1.0K listeners · Indie Folk
37. Sam R Barber1.0K listeners
38. Scrapper Blackwell1.0K listeners
39. Ole Kentucky Road1.0K listeners
40. John R. Miller1.0K listeners · Outlaw Country
41. Luke Bell1.0K listeners · Outlaw Country
42. LECADE1.0K listeners
43. Savannah Conley1.0K listeners · New Americana
44. Del Barber1.0K listeners · Singer-Songwriter
45. War Hippies1.0K listeners · Country Road
46. Otis Gibbs1.0K listeners · Outlaw Country
47. Emily Scott Robinson1.0K listeners · Modern Dream Pop
48. Starling Arrow1.0K listeners
49. Country Dan1.0K listeners · Cosmic American
50. Tim Eriksen1.0K listeners
51. Evan Bartels1.0K listeners · Celtic Rock
52. Robbie Fulks1.0K listeners · Classic Oklahoma Country
53. The Damn Quails1.0K listeners · Classic Texas Country
54. Erin Rae1.0K listeners · New Americana
55. Rachel Baiman1.0K listeners · New Americana
56. Leah Blevins1.0K listeners · New Americana
57. Maya de Vitry1.0K listeners · Modern Dream Pop
58. Rhett Miller1.0K listeners · New Americana
59. Joshua Ray Walker1.0K listeners
60. Melissa Carper1.0K listeners
61. Kat Hasty1.0K listeners · Red Dirt
62. Summer Dean1.0K listeners · Outlaw Country