Alternative Country

Also known as:
Alt Country, Alt-Country and Alt.Country

Overview Edit

Alternative Country (or Alt.Country, or Alt-Country) refers to music which shares characteristics of Alternative music and Country music. Prominent artists who may be described as Alt. Country include Wilco, who come from a Country background but often sound like an Indie Rock band, and Jenny Lewis, who is known as the lead singer of Alternative band Rilo Kiley, but who also records Country-tinged solo albums.

Neko Case

Neko Case

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Top ranked Alternative Country releases

15877846 RELEASE Listen Please try again. Wilco (The Album) Listen Wilco (The Album) 2009 Wilco
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7604692 RELEASE Listen Please try again. Washington Park Serenade Listen Washington Park Serenade 2007 Steve Earle
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4558278 RELEASE The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways The Very Best of Emmylou Harris:… 2005 Emmylou Harris
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1162998 RELEASE Shadowland Shadowland 1988 k.d. lang
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823688 RELEASE Listen Please try again. Summerteeth Listen Summerteeth 1999 Wilco
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4324630 RELEASE Listen Please try again. Illinoise Listen Illinoise 2005 Sufjan Stevens
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5727609 RELEASE Listen Please try again. The Little Willies Listen The Little Willies 2006 The Little Willies
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3328450 RELEASE Listen Please try again. Near Truths and Hotel Rooms Listen Near Truths and Hotel Rooms 2003 Todd Snider
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7358607 RELEASE Listen Please try again. This Is Somewhere Listen This Is Somewhere 2007 Grace Potter and the…
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519472 RELEASE Listen Please try again. The Trinity Session Listen The Trinity Session 1988 Cowboy Junkies
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5370655 RELEASE Listen Please try again. Walk the Line Listen Walk the Line 2005 Various Artists
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1519544 RELEASE Listen Please try again. Live by Request Listen Live by Request 2001 k.d. lang
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640158 RELEASE Listen Please try again. Time (The Revelator) Listen Time (The Revelator) 2001 Gillian Welch
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618026 RELEASE Listen Please try again. Furnace Room Lullaby Listen Furnace Room Lullaby 2000 Neko Case
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812456 RELEASE Listen Please try again. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Listen Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 2002 Wilco
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Top ranked Alternative Country artists

  1. Neko Case Neko Case 1970-
  2. Rhett Miller Rhett Miller 1970-
  3. Todd Snider Todd Snider 1966-
  4. Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams 1953-
  5. The Sadies
  6. The Flatlanders
  7. The Bottle Rockets The Bottle Rockets 1992-
  8. She & Him She & Him 2006-
  9. Jenny Lewis 1977-
  10. The Avett Brothers The Avett Brothers 2000-

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