Molina editionWelcome to /cmg/. The old thread >>127482936 was taken from us too soon, so I decided to bring it back rather than wait for Lostgrass Anon to do it himself. Decided to mostly leave the OP as he had it all the same.https://voca.ro/1hlf5nBdqd2TPlease use this thread to discuss country music and all of its related genres, including bluegrass, jamgrass, outlaw country, Red Dirt country, country-rock, folk, alternative country, and many more.>/cmg/ Essential Album Charts (in progress) / What Is Country Music?https://imgur.com/a/cmg-rINi8oK>Lostgrass Archive (obscure bluegrass & country rips)https://pastebin.com/1vamLC3WYourLast.fmlistening charts are highly encouraged!Feel free to drop any recommendations below, no matter the subgenre (but please do attach subgenres to it!). We are in the long and intermittent process of compiling updated recommendation charts, so your contributions will be very appreciated.And I don't know what you been spinning anons, but you can't go wrong with Molina (RIP):https://youtu.be/eGN2FHgww24
Twinkly garbage from the 70s and 80s is awful trash and the corny 90s shit is way better
>>127493374My knowledge of '70s and '80s country isn't what I'd like it to be, but I find '90s country, at least its most popular interactions, to be rather same. Every man sounds like George Strait.Not that such is necessarily a bad thing, but there's more out there, and it deserves to flourish to show the world what the possibilities are:https://youtu.be/lAj-Q_W9AT4
Updated modern country chart
Still have to give Zach Bryan a listen. If he's as good as Childers and Crockett, he'll be right up my alley.
Found out about James King from Billy Strings GQ profile. Amazing musician. A true musical storyteller. Gone too soon at 57:https://youtu.be/y13r2nzwdV0
>>127493953Definitely like this piece of Zach's:https://youtu.be/HL6osaiYTP4
>>127493318the fire risesLGA here thanks for picking up my slack. /cmg/ is eternal
>>127493557Man I love it, my only thing is Highway Prayers kinda sucks ass. Home is a far better Billy Strings album
I also want to get some insight from y'all about something.I recently picked up a lot of stuff from thrift stores while traveling out west (US) and there's some interesting looking red dirt-ish country in there.I started LostgrassArchive as a way for me to preserve all the bluegrass music I was finding here in Appalachia, but eventually I started including other sttuff, like that album by a Wisconsin band called The Hay Shakers.Now, my question to anyone who cares:Should I try to keep is mainly to albums from Appalachia (bluegrass, southern gospel, folk) or should I just start including all obscure country-adjacent music regardless of where it's from?I like the idea of "grass" representing the lost "grassroots" rather than just pure "bluegrass". Not sure if I'm overthinking this or not, I just get really autistic about things and I care about preserving these obscure pieces of media.
Im getting that feeling, anonsAny worthwhile Christmas country?
>>127493557It's funny that Little Sonhs is the go to Colter on here. Unconventional pic, but respectable.
>read up on Jason Molina after discovering his music>the last decade of his life is some of the saddest shit I've ever readDude just entirely lost the will to live at some point
>>127493318The imgur link isnt working
>>127493374Meaning what
>>127494608>>127494751Both were actually requests. I wanted it to be a mix of personal choices and popular consensus picks. I myself would've used Western Swing for Colter, and I admit I'm not a Strings aficionado.
Why don't /mu/ like us /cmg/??? :(
>>127495353We just need a concerted /cmg/ propaganda effort across all of /mu/ and 4chan as a whole. 4chan operates solely on psyops. Repeated viewing of something solidifies it in the viewers head. We just havent been active enough in spreading the psyop. When I get home I will fix this Imgur link but anyone feel free to create posters here. Good propaganda is typically square images with a universal truth in big text, shit like that. Idk I’m kinda fuckin baked beans right now.
I will do my best to keep the thread alive. I figure if /mu/ can keep a lively classical thread, there's more than enough room for country.
>>127494735Plenty. But this is what most comes to mind for me now:https://youtu.be/syS9wU1Sr8A
>>127494686You have a lot of options. You can always start another "show", so to speak, on your channel. But you can always start another channel.
>>127496308I think I’m just going to start including obscure “grassroots” country-adjacent music of all kinds.
>>127495900I remember in the pre-cmg days if you tried posting about any of the modern top-shelfers Sturgill or Tyler or Isbell or Stapleton the automatic response would always be "hurr this is shitty hipster country real country died in the 70s david allan coe for life faggot". These were the first regular threads where you could talk about this stuff constructively.
>>127494735Not strictly country but Chris is countryish enough. This is unironically my favorite Xmas album of all time. You could roast chestnuts on the warmth of this thing.
Anybody familiar with Shakey Graves?He has something of a following, but I've only just heard of the guy. Wish I knew of him earlier. He was playing near me not all that long ago, but I didn't know enough to prioritize the ticket:https://youtu.be/fEw9ofXnpGE
>>127494808What even happened
I unironically like this version better than Kenny’shttps://youtu.be/hCVe11AX7Uk?si=B0_h1EaL5XWxM9Tu
>>127494122I just saw Billy Strings a few weeks ago. I'll admit to not being that familiar, but I was surprised at the following of Deadheads at the show. They were even selling Grateful Dead merch in the parking lot. Really good show, except there was a constant dim roar of people talking loudly in the whole arena. Must be getting old.>>127497348Love Shakey Graves. I'm generally don't listen to much country or USA folk, but he's doing something I really like. Raw, one takes, live sets. I love the way he puts together albums and EPs.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke_BD6VbYcY
>>127493318hell yeah
Looking into an alternative for image hosting for the OP text. Instead I'll dump them here since >>127494891 asked.
>>127496776I'm honestly glad we've cultivated such a good community of country loving motherfuckers here. There is no shame in loving country music and I think we're finally starting to turn the tides. I've always been a believer in "If you build it, they will come" and country music charts were almost nonexistent, and the ones that do exist sucked ass and were well over a decade old. So I figured why the hell not make some new ones and see if I can attract some likeminded people in here. And I'm glad that it happened because I'm thankful for all of you fuckers. Found a lot of good recs, learned a lot about the genre, and probably taught a little bit about the genre, and that makes me feel happy.
Aaaand to stay true to my roots, here's one for Eastern Kentucky.
>>127498881I'm working on expending this chart. Don't have any additions but suggestions are always welcome.
>>127493318Nice general, haven't seen it before. My favourite Songs: Ohia album proper is probably Impala, if you count The Ghost and Protection Spells as tour albums, but my favourite release overall is Our Golden Ratio, more people should listen to it, it's amazing.>127493557like canadian country here? Sweet, that's good to see. I know The Sheepdogs aren't strictly country, but Bowskill released this album with his wife not too long ago, I thought it was really nice.
To whoever suggested Guy Clark in one of these threads a while ago, thanks for that. Listened to Dublin Blues and enjoyed it quite a bit
SHOTGUN WILLIE SITS AROUND IN HEES UNDERWEAR
Billy has the most ethereal looking photo here, but that Sturgill pic goes hard as fuck.
>>127494686i wouldn't put music with drums in it under bluegrass if that's what you're asking
>>127500069A single snare drum and I'd still count it, but certainly not anything with a kit.YouTube's Marcel has a pretty good definition, I think:https://youtu.be/AR_3DRGVqdQ
>>127499173It's been posted a few times for a couple months, but it's had trouble surviving more than a day, and I still don't recall if one's ever gotten into three digits.Let's make this one be the start of a new trend.
>>127502126Even if a bit of shameless bumping is what it takes!
bump
>>127499173Started listening to Impala right now. I can already tell this'll be an amazing record."Tonight I am gambling / With my sentiment / Tonight I am gambling / With my repentance / Tonight I am losing / In a crowded room"
>>127497368have you listened to his music? Jason was clearly not having the best time here
>>127494735Hard Candy Christmas by Dolly
>>127493318i just got into him a few days ago. there are so many songwriters were you can tell they have to effort themselves to write sad music, even great ones. maybe im projecting, but you can tell the guy was not happy very often. some of the most moving music ive heard, i want to tear thru his catalog but the music does put me into a pretty awful mood but he is incredible
>>127493318https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UofYl3dataU&pp=ygUXc28gZmFyIGF3YXkgY2Fyb2xlIGtpbmc%3D
>>127500069>>127501277I appreciate the good discussion, but this was not what I was asking. I’m familiar with genre distinctions.My question was whether or not LGA should remain a bluegrass archive, or if I should expand it to include other “grassroots” music (with grassroots music being a combination of the hyper-obscure and American roots music). I don’t want to split my efforts in sourcing and archiving music between too many channels, ya know?
>>127493318emo countryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMmkACdbQc0
>>127505357Since you're collecting stuff that's still fairly tied in, I'd just keep 'em all there and use separate playlists to keep the various grassroots genres separate.
>>127504945So hard to pick a favourite track, but I love Program: The Mask, the shorter songs on this album are astonishing, not a second wasted.
I can't stop listening to Snipe Hunter. It feels like this album was made specifically for me. It's my favorite album of this decade already.>>127505632Good call! That's the way I'm leaning right now.
https://youtu.be/4Y9RolTqiuM?list=RD4Y9RolTqiuMbeen on a charley crockett kick, I just think he's great
When and why did "country & western" stop being a common label?
>>127505467https://youtu.be/BqBrZqPex-Y
>>127506511Adding western just sounds gay. No need for it. It’s all country music and all welcome here.
>>127493318"If Heaven's really coming back / I'm gonna have a heart attack"
/cmg/ propaganda
>>127511004keep 'em coming
>>127511310Got any ideas?
>>127499173Listening to Brooks and Bowskill right now. This album.They're great! Can't believe how small their following is. Downright criminal.
I love smokin
>>127506229I'll have to listen to Lioness next.
Hank WHYYYY DO YOU SMOKE?
>>127516868Fuck I messed it up cause I’m driving
>>127516879get off your fucking phone dumbass
>>127516868I howl this song when it comes on like im a lonely hound brother
>>127516916That kind of hostility has no place here!!!!
>>127493318Been jammin hard on Jason Aldean - Bumpfire
>>127498908Greetings from across the river, KT bro. I grew up just south of Akron where David Allen Coe is from.
Waltzing Across 4chan For (yous)
>>127519486sup craig
>>127519616Howdy, Pilgrim
>>127505004Who hurt him?
>>127519636You been watching the G1?
>>127519471Coe is a fucking genius, I haven't digged too far into his stuff but the few albums I've heard (Requiem, X-Rated, Just Divorced) are so fuckin good. Literally could've been the GOAT if people weren't so offended by his obviously shit shock humor songs. Despite the lyrical content, they still bang.Glad to have you here brother.
how we feelin about this
>>127521066I respect George but I never connected with his music that much. It's spartan classic country but it never grabbed me. Everyone says he was the GOAT country vocalist but imo Merle had the true golden pipes.
>>127522742Doing god's work friend.
I will not let this thread die so another Ice Spice thread can live!
>>127521066It's definitely Cash by a country mile
I want to box a kangaroo
>>127526881I've only listened to a fairly small amount of Cash. Any album recs?
>>127529165I gotcha senpai
>song I like reminds me of a girlGOD DAMMITI HAVE ONE MEMORY FROM A COUNTRY SONG AND THESE FUCKING THINGS REMIND ME OF IT
>>127529610>just listen to his whole discography bro
>>127530404most of his mediocre 70s and 80s output is not included
>>127530022What song is it bub?
>>127531543Right now it's Hardwood Floors by Charles Wesley GodwinReally it can be any up tempo country song
>>127531604It’s time to disassociate country music from her. Reclaim your roots, brother.
OP, here. We're almost at a three-digit postcount!Thanks everybody. It's good to see the thread really thrive this time.
>>127533163The power of Jason Molina
>>127533175If I grow a unibrow and develop an alcohol addiction will I become a success?
>>127533273Unfortunately, you also need to be able to come up with lines like "mama here comes midnight with the dead moon in its jaws, must be a big star about to fall" tooAnd thats the hard part
Any of you nerds listen to Benjamin Tod?
>>127534534Never really liked him. He's always seemed contrived to me.
Listening to a Woody Guthrie tribute album I found. Never realized how influential he actually was. Everyone always talks about his influence but he's just so ubiquitous in country and folk-adjacent music that you don't even recognize it.
Shadowgrass fuckin RIPS.
>want to make a country band>don't live in the SouthI'm mad
>>127493318Im not big on country but I gotta say, this is the friendliest, least toxic thread I’ve ever seen on /mu/ or maybe 4chan. Congrats to all countryfags
>>127498872>20+ year old albums>modern
>>127537899country isn't a location, it's a state of mind
>>127538079This is a genre with over a century of history. 21st Century country is certainly "modern".https://youtu.be/LKEBVH-HZVU?si=3YwDYiwyrMQy2NEL
>>127537899Wilco and Ubcle Tupelo are from Chicago, no?
>>127540067Molina was also from the Great Lakes region.
>>127540695Surprised his profile's still so small. Even Nick Drake gets more streams.
>>127540695For heaven's sake, Merle was from California!
Jason Molina's one of the few musicians to almost break my heart when I listen to his shit.>Now all you folks in heaven not too busy ringing the bell>Some of us down here ain't doing very well
Drive By Truckers
Watching the Toby Keith tribute. I don’t think I’ve seen a good singer yet Why is modern country just built fat bearded white dudes in flat bills with arm sleeves?
>>127546171Country is so much more than this today. That's what we wanna highlight with this thread.
>>127540067Try finding a Cuban into country musict. Miamifag
>>127549513Oh really? You don't think there's even one? Not a single Cuban? Into country music?
I'm starting a chart of artists outside country who went to nashville and made a country record, the good ones at least. So far I've got Elvis Costello and Ringo. Any suggestions? I'm not counting country rock artists.
>>127541934And Coe is from Ohio, which is pretty rural and heartland anyway but not southern
Great album.https://youtu.be/yOad7gNImac
>>127551130Anon every Hispanic island immigrant only listens to garbage Reggaeton
>>127497368He found what he was missing in life in the bottle
Good morningI love Shania TwainThat's all
>>127551651she dont impress me much
>>127551657Whatever
>his best album>nobody talks about itWhy is that?
>>127553394Got some of his best on it by far. Sea Stories is my favorite Sturg song by far. Could leave the In Bloom cover though,
>>127555064Ah, when's the show?Do you have any favorite acts other than Billy and Molly that are clicking for you? Particularly newer ones.
I've been getting into Greensky, but have still only listened to a fairly smsll amount of their work.
>>127555150It was in April at the Centennial Hills Amphitheater. I guess it’s an annual thing. Very small free show with mostly more obscure acts, at least as far as I know. I’m a total bluegrass pleb.
Shadowgrass is the future of bluegrass
goodnight cowboys
>>127558312Goodnight, LGAnon. ;)
Good morning, /cmg/!Anybody ever listen to Leon Bridges new stuff? Unlike Beyoncé, he's actually been making serious country with his crossover work.
>>127560171https://youtu.be/kG6D6nlL1LQ
>>127557010Might be a chance I could catch 'em this September. Here's hoping!
Zach Top has done it again.
Has anybody listebed to the new Oliver Anthony record? Has he finally learned how to sing?
>>127565248I'd rather chop my own dick off and die than listen to that whiny fag
>>127565853I'm fairly certain I heard Jim Pankey accuse him of being an industry plant on a live stream once, but I'm not sure I buy it since he hasn't exactly gotten the Zach Bryan treatment.
>>127493318Bump
>>127493318Can you or anyone ITT hook me up with a gothic country chart?
i think i'm the only person in the world that can say steve earle inspired them to play guitar. never has more hits been made off the back of Cadd9
One week of /cmg/ and we're still going strong!We're starting something here, anons! This board has place for more than just kthots and potsloots.
>>127544843Basedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTYwfzdHR9I&list=RDBTYwfzdHR9I
>>127565248His latest single is at least a thousand times better than "Rich Man North of Richmond":https://youtu.be/_DH6npClQImproved vocals are the single biggest point of favor in him here. He sounds much more like a real singer on this track than he did on his big hit. Only twice did I count the really awkward squawk that was practically the hook of RMNoR.
>>127571140I've only listened to a fairly small amount of Steve Earle. Got any recs? I do like what I've heard so far.
>>127571677Launchpad for Jason Isbell, but the other two are accomplished songwriters on their own.Women Without Whiskey is a must listen.
>>127573993guitar town, copperhead road, and exit 0 album are all bangers. his newer stuff isn't very good imo and he went through some kind of mid life crisis and now he's a different person. he doesn't even play his hits at the same tempo or energy anymore when he does tour
Wild that /cmg/ is doing better than /prog/ right now
>>127570977Anyone?
>>127577908Country is the real /mu/core. I been telling y'all.
>>127578013LGA here, I'm not very familiar with gothic country but I can try to do some research on it and compile something. If anyone with more knowledge on the genre wants to do it, please feel free to and I'll add it to the imgur (still haven't figured out why the link is broken)
As music becomes more and more automated and artificial, the jamgrass and jam country scene is going to keep exploding.
>>127578331Alright, I only know The Handsome Family at this stage
>>127493557This is all fucking dog shit
>>127578321Lol
>>127579389>16 Horsepower>Slim Cessna's Auto Club>Everything else involving Jay Munly>Sons of Perdition>Those Poor Bastards>Blanche>Tarantella>Trampled by Turtles, not really but listen to em anyway
>>127579389Yeah I was gonna say 16 Horsepower but thats all I know.I think Gothic county is cringe, but I'm Wilcopilled so take that with a grain of salt.
>>127579472thanks
>>127579669fuck wilco
>>127493318Is 'Aint my Fault' by Brothers Osbourne good?
>Ctrl-f Banjo>0 results>Ctrl-f Resonator>0 results>Ctrl-f Harmonica>0 resultsok im just shitposting.
>>127581547I talk about bluegrass fairly often
>>127578355I sure hope so. It'd be nice to see the business get turned on its head like that. Show the suits that music is still what really matters.
>>12757966916 Horsepower are great, really liking picrel. I am also Wilcopilled, but I think a man has the potential to be both Gothic Countrypilled and Wilcopilled, the duality of man and so on
>>127581547Billy Failing has a really good solo album. Not as good as Billy Strings records, since Failing isn't as good a singer, but it's worth checking out if you care about serious banjoing.
They are trying to divide us >>127583976
Unironically, it's a 10
Where does Orville Peck fit into all this
>>127584018People like the OP of that thread really are retarded aren't they?
>>127584606He fits in the glory hole business
>>127493557ive only heard two of those (sturgill simpson and wheeler walker) am i allowed to call myself a country music fan? which of these albums should i try?
Bumping this thread to keep it in front of that gay ripoff version in the catalog
The retard trying to splinter this thread doesn’t realize what kind of turbo autism he is matched up with. I will go to war for /cmg/.
>>127585005Top two rows are essential, the most popular and generally respected artists and albums in modern country. The rest is more or less for deeper digging.
/cmg/ on top
>>127564005Yes, another painfully mid album
>>127572018your links broken
Feels good to be in the real country music thread
>>127585205He's hearkening back to an era in country was a singles game and every album was painfully mid. George Strait has dozens of stone cold classic tracks but going through his albums feels can be maddeningly repetitive.
I’m just gonna say itI can’t stand Zach top’s voice. At all.
And I don’t like his gay mustache either
Found a ton of good old country CDs lately. Can't wait to listen to them
Good shit
Found a folk song "milk and honey" performed by Bonnie Dobson.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrIsUGURorgIt's a cover of this song by Jackson C. Frank, but with a little different arrangement:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4gdWucBelIStrangely, I found this because limp bizkit sampled it.
>>127499919BITIN ON HIS PENISPULLING OUT HIS PUBIC HAIRSHOTGUN WILLIES GOT ALL OF HIS FAMILY THERE
What do we think of Jesse Daniel?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNwx7YyY1Kw
>>127585369>>127585403I listened to his '24 record just now. I liked what I heard. Not to mention all three of his records are of reasonable length. Morgan Wallen in particular could stand to learn from that.
>>127584985Is country the most heterosexual music genre? Especially now that we know how gay rap is?
>>127584606Bland cowboy pop. Poor (and gay) man’s Chris Isaak.
>>127589214bluegrass is.
>>127592043Thanks.We're almost at two-hundred posts! That has to be a /cmg/ record.
Really hyped about this one. Her last two album's have been stellar.
Titcow made another banger album
>>127594034Yum
>>127594034She's just built..
>people believe he's moving surreptitiously>rumours about untimely death>mfw alive and well in tennessee
>>127594034>>127594439>>127595403This fat cow should be taken to the slaughterhouse for putting a drumkit in a novelty bluegrass cover:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP6OVvZ_hAI
