Alternative country

Matt Hillyer of Texas-based Eleven Hundred Springs Alternative country is a term used to describe a number of country music subgenres that tend to differ from mainstream or pop country music. The term is sometimes known as alt-country and...

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...Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard) is 47. Actor Blair Underwood is 45. Actor Robert Maschio is 43. Rap DJ Terminator X (Public Enemy) is 43. Alternative country singer Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) is 42. Actor David Alan Basche is 41. Television chef...

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Last Night No Depression Festival @ Marymoor Park Posted by Sam Machkovech on Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 5:48 PM Alt-country cornerstone No Depression folded its magazine operations in Seattle a year ago. Naw, it ain't dead: Now the mag is a...

In this article: No Depression, Gillian Welch, Loretta Lynn, David Rawlings, Hank Williams, and Seattle

...and less commerciality, no matter who the band/artist is. Overdubs are good to use like spices on food, carefully and sparingly. Q: Alt-country has seen a rebirth in recent years with more indie-leaning acts like Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes...

In this article: Son Volt, Wilco, Jeff Tweedy, Jay Farrar, My Morning Jacket, Alt-country, Ideology, The Denver Post, Fleet Foxes, and Band of Horses

...music should be bound up with a particular place you've lived and loved (and maybe hated), Molina could be the best guide. If the Alt Country tag has stuck fast, you could say it's Will Oldham's fault, since he put out that first Songs:Ohia...

In this article: Jason Molina, Magnolia Electric Co., Alt Country, What Comes After the Blues, Trials & Errors, Neil Young, Didn't It Rain, Hank Williams, Ghost Tropic, and Appropriation

...goes up at 3 p.m. at the Jubilee, 506 Main St. in Fort Worth. $14-$16. 817-338-4411; www.jubileetheatre.org. Earle on the Townes Alt-country star Steve Earle's latest album, Townes, pays tribute to Fort Worth native Townes Van Zandt,...

In this article: Steve Earle, Mahalia Jackson, Fort Worth, Alt-country, Father's Day, Townes Van Zandt, North Richland Hills, and Dallas

...is 70. Singer Jean Knight is 66. Activist Angela Davis is 65. Rock musician Corky Laing (Mountain) is 61. Actor David Strathairn is 60. Alt-country singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams is 56. Rock singer-musician Eddie Van Halen is 54.

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RALEIGH, N.C. - Started with a meager print run more than a decade ago, alternative country magazine No Depression helped launch the careers of Ryan Adams and Wilco. As it picked up subscribers and advertising dollars, it also exposed fans...

In this article: No Depression, No Depression, Caitlin Cary, Ryan Adams, Wilco, E mail, Son Volt, and Gillian Welch

...concert albums are overpriced, under-produced stalling tactics designed to keep fans happy until the artist has something new to say. Alt-country hero Fulks can make fun of such releases, because "Revenge!" avoids those traps. For one...

In this article: Robbie Fulks, Yep Roc, Alt-country, Believe, and Cher

Wed: Alt-country star Lucinda Williams, 56, to her manager Tom Overby, 50, onstage and between sets before a crowd of 1,500 fans at Minneapolis's First Avenue nightclub Friday night. The bride wore all black with high-heeled boots, reports...

In this article: Jennifer Siebel, Gavin Newsom, California, Alt-country, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minneapolis, and First Avenue