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What country music would you recommend to someone who wants to listen to some country that isn't bro/truck country? I know not all country music is Like That but unfortunately at the moment that's most of my experience with the genre and I want to broaden my horizons. Maybe some good gothic country or bluegrass suggestions?

(I am, of course, already familiar with Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton. Beyond that feel free to suggest even extremely obvious choices)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Brown Bird. Start with the album Salt for Salt, in my opinion. It's got some gothic to it, some bluegrass to it, and it's amazing.

Here is the first track of that album for ease. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2H8bSba4JU

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm definitely a fan of Brown Bird! I was under the impression that it counted more as folk than country, though? (genres confuse me honestly)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Genres are confusing af sometimes, and Brown Bird straddle a lot of them, but your initial post hit enough flags for me to immediately think this person would love Brown Bird, whether they are country or not, frankly. Personally I think of them as Southern Gothic, but that's kinda getting in to the nitty gritty super specialized genre-ing.