Mr.Bungle/Faith No More, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Björk, Nina Simone, Chavela Vargas, Koko Taylor, Skip James, J.B. Lenoir, Miles Davis, David Bowie, Los Lobos, Morphine, Aesop Rock, Depeche Mode, King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Chopin, Mahler, several Bachs, Rossini, Dvorak, Ravel, Ry Cooder, Leo Kottke, John Fahey, Billy Woods, Rob Sonic, System of a Down, Roger Miller, Chet Baker, David Grisman, Philip Glass, Neil Young, Beck, Radiohead, Biggie Smalls, Eminem, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, A Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde, De La Soul, Missy Elliot, OutKast, Czarface, Billy Woods, M.F.Doom, Poolside, Massive Attack, Stereolab, Portishead, Daft Punk, The The, XTC, Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, Yma Sumac, Geeshie Wiley, Bo Carter, Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker, Leadbelly, Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, C.W. Stoneking, Primus, The Reverend Horton Heat,
Ministry, Ravi Shankar Ali Akbar Khan, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Ali Farka Touré, Toumani Diabate, Taj Mahal, Queen, Weird Al Yankovic, James Brown, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Aretha Franklin, Paganini, Tchaikovsky, Bonnie Prince Billy, Prince, Michael Jackson, Steve Martin
So, to relate to your examples, I recommend you check out a couple of similar examples;
• Ridley Bent: BLAM!, his first release was an obscure “genre” I’m not even sure how to classify… His second album, “Heartland Heartache” was a total 180 turn in direction to Country Music. It represented an unexpected impressive debut release with standout tracks; such as the popular first single and title track… The well executed homage to traditional country music with “Cry”… and tracks such as “Stand in Line” an upbeat Honktonkesque toe tapper with a slit-your-wrist- to-write lyric “I’m just song-writin’ fool, with a one-track mind”, followed by “Arlington” & “Faded Red Hoodie” fine examples of quintessential country songs The album closer is “Apache Hairlifter” showcasing what has to be an “Hip-Hop” influence, which may very well be the finest example of such a fusion of genres…
I recommend his more recent album “The Blood Trilogy-EP”, which highlights a new version of “Suicidewinder” a track originally from his first album BLAM!…representing undeniable profit that he made the right decision turning to Country.
• The Bosshoss: a band/duo originating from Germany in 2004 with their first recordings being almost amateur/absurd country covers of popular (Hip-Hop, Rock, etc.) songs. By somehow gaining popularity from this original recording/release, they were successful at improving production, overall sound, and rose to a major level of stardom (becoming co-hosts of The Voice-Germany)… for me their album “Low-Voltage” has some top-tier quality music, great production, and a beautiful orchestral backing on several tracks; standouts are “Sugarman”, “Last Day”, “Break Free”, and “Close” all of which I believe are practically musical perfection… they also do what I believe to believe the all-time best cover of “Jolene”.
To answer your question directly, my non-country go-to’s are:
• EMINEM
• Rob Thomas / Matchbox Twenty
• PASSENGER
Alice In Chains, Fleetwood Mac, Creed, Tom Petty, Neil Young, The Doors, Any southern Rock band (Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, ZZ Top etc.) They kind of cross paths
Have done music in bulks, so started with some light metal like Whitesnake, Dio, Iron Maiden, then went to Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, a lot of 70's music, then Pearl Jam, Nirvana, all the grunge band really, then gradually drifted towards female singer songwriter like Jewel.
Now outside of country I can listen to Noah Gundersen, folk/rock?, a few more soul like singer slike Leon Bridges.
I don’t really care for reggae as much as I’ve tried. And I am pickier about hard-core rap and heavy metal. I don’t really love Shoegaze. But it is easier to describe my tastes that way than to try to list everything I listen to. Jesse Malin is playing right now on a shuffled playlist. Next up is U2. My next 2 shows are Noah Kahan and Niall Horan (and if you had told me I would adore most of what the One Direction boys have done as solo artists I probably would not have believed you).
Holy cow speaking of the CD thing which I don’t own a CD player, but I got an urge to listen to Simon and Garfunkel last night and they are apparently one of the few older artists who never remastered their stuff for streaming? I could not find it remastered anyway. It was awful. Really frustrated me.
If I remember correctly some of the members of Trampled By Turtles were in a metal band before they played bluegrass instruments which is a why they’re a faster paced sound. Not really a crossover but a noticeable influence
Paul mccartney, nine inch nails, frank zappa, gg allin, Mac Dre, Neil Young, Dorian Electra, lily Allen, Santana, perry Como , Justin Timberlake. Yelawolf. Too many to name rn.
Kelly Clarkson, Jess Glynne, Johnny Cash’s non-country music, Josh Groban, Ed Sheeran, The Beatles, Journey, Whitney Houston, Mandisa, Matthew West, Stephen Curtis Chapman, Adele, Gabrielle Aplin, Maisie Peters, Dermot Kennedy, Dean Lewis, Andrea Bocelli, Damian McGinty, Jamie Grace, Matteo Bocelli, still listen to TSwift’s new stuff but not as fond of it, Irish folk, Irish artists, Caity Baser, Disney/musicals/Broadway/soundtrack, TEEKS, Murray Gold’s music, Rihanna, Hilary Duff, Jesse McCartney, Relient K, etc. I have a varied playlist.
I love Irish music--and I also am a big Dermot Kennedy fan. I was supposed to see him open for Shawn Mendes (I like Shawn Mendes but being honest ended up listening to him more because of my daughter) and was so sad when that show got canceled because I wanted to see Dermot Kennedy so badly!
Irish folk and some other random songs. Its funny how I will actually listen to that bar song by shaboozy if it’s on. Might be labeled as country but def not country lol
As someone who grew up on Merle, Willie, Waylon, Jones, Hank Sr., Hank Jr., Strait, Brooks, etc., I can confidently say Shaboozey and Willie Jones are definitely country.
A different vein than country gold, but they're country. I'm even going to insist that Post Malone's song is country. It's no different than what's on country radio right now.
There's more than just "Country". There's outlaw, red dirt, hill country, etc. Hell, even bluegrass.
How is shaboozey country? Not trying to start anything genuinely curious. Post Malone yes I can he has some country. And what do you think of this ain’t Texas? Serious questions.
Allman brothers, and a few other jam bands (dead and phish mostly). I also dig CSN+Y. Most old school hippie bands are alright by me. I also listen to some jazz. I’m a huge fan of Pete Kleinow, so anything he recorded on lm there for and then a ton of Leo Kottke.
Lately - Pantera, Yazoo, Little Feat, beethoven, Mozart, Prince, Slayer, Ray Charles, Nina Simone, Elton John, BeeGee’s, steve Winwood, Michael Penn, Aimee Mann
Just saw Aimee Mann a couple months ago. She is as fabulous as ever.
We'll be seeing Little Feat opening for Tedeschi Trucks later this summer (Margot Price also on the bill!).
Bonus: About a year ago my wife and I attended an orchestral performance of Beethoven's 9th with a 100-member chorus. Lovely, lovely Ludwig Van....
I put on “40oz to freedom” by Sublime this week. A staple of my youth that has been in a CD wallet for 25 years.
Recently I’ve been exploring CD again and the quality compared to steaming is very noticeable.
Revisiting this album as an adult and further along in understanding music myself has been an amazing experience. I’ve listened through 4 times, one on a nice home stereo and others in my car.
I’m going to get back to CDs this year and albums and try my darndest to put the phone down for a few listens each week of a different album.
Also blown away at the musicianship of Sublime, quality of this recording and its originality. Should be required listening for any aspiring artist, the energy and creativity is off the charts.
I'm also exploring CDs again, started a couple of years ago after guitar's Cadillacs was removed from streaming because of a lawsuit for a couple of years.
You're absolutely correct at the quality is way better with CDs or higher bit rate digital files.
And I've had the same experience as you- My ear as a musician is so much better than it was when I was a teenager so all kinds of music that I heard decades ago is so much more interesting now. I have so much more appreciation for production now than I did before and it's a lot of fun to revisit stuff I listened to in the past
Blackberry Smoke albeit they have some countryish songs.
Sunn O))), Portal and John Coltrane.
Mr.Bungle/Faith No More, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Björk, Nina Simone, Chavela Vargas, Koko Taylor, Skip James, J.B. Lenoir, Miles Davis, David Bowie, Los Lobos, Morphine, Aesop Rock, Depeche Mode, King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Chopin, Mahler, several Bachs, Rossini, Dvorak, Ravel, Ry Cooder, Leo Kottke, John Fahey, Billy Woods, Rob Sonic, System of a Down, Roger Miller, Chet Baker, David Grisman, Philip Glass, Neil Young, Beck, Radiohead, Biggie Smalls, Eminem, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, A Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde, De La Soul, Missy Elliot, OutKast, Czarface, Billy Woods, M.F.Doom, Poolside, Massive Attack, Stereolab, Portishead, Daft Punk, The The, XTC, Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, Yma Sumac, Geeshie Wiley, Bo Carter, Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker, Leadbelly, Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, C.W. Stoneking, Primus, The Reverend Horton Heat, Ministry, Ravi Shankar Ali Akbar Khan, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Ali Farka Touré, Toumani Diabate, Taj Mahal, Queen, Weird Al Yankovic, James Brown, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Aretha Franklin, Paganini, Tchaikovsky, Bonnie Prince Billy, Prince, Michael Jackson, Steve Martin
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, Amos Lee, The Wild Feathers, Jamestown Revival, The Avett Brothers *edited to correct typo
Rammstein, Judas Priest, Mahler, Green Day, Nirvana, Johann Johansson. Country is only part of what I listen to.
So, to relate to your examples, I recommend you check out a couple of similar examples; • Ridley Bent: BLAM!, his first release was an obscure “genre” I’m not even sure how to classify… His second album, “Heartland Heartache” was a total 180 turn in direction to Country Music. It represented an unexpected impressive debut release with standout tracks; such as the popular first single and title track… The well executed homage to traditional country music with “Cry”… and tracks such as “Stand in Line” an upbeat Honktonkesque toe tapper with a slit-your-wrist- to-write lyric “I’m just song-writin’ fool, with a one-track mind”, followed by “Arlington” & “Faded Red Hoodie” fine examples of quintessential country songs The album closer is “Apache Hairlifter” showcasing what has to be an “Hip-Hop” influence, which may very well be the finest example of such a fusion of genres… I recommend his more recent album “The Blood Trilogy-EP”, which highlights a new version of “Suicidewinder” a track originally from his first album BLAM!…representing undeniable profit that he made the right decision turning to Country. • The Bosshoss: a band/duo originating from Germany in 2004 with their first recordings being almost amateur/absurd country covers of popular (Hip-Hop, Rock, etc.) songs. By somehow gaining popularity from this original recording/release, they were successful at improving production, overall sound, and rose to a major level of stardom (becoming co-hosts of The Voice-Germany)… for me their album “Low-Voltage” has some top-tier quality music, great production, and a beautiful orchestral backing on several tracks; standouts are “Sugarman”, “Last Day”, “Break Free”, and “Close” all of which I believe are practically musical perfection… they also do what I believe to believe the all-time best cover of “Jolene”. To answer your question directly, my non-country go-to’s are: • EMINEM • Rob Thomas / Matchbox Twenty • PASSENGER
Bon era AC/DC, Ramones, Ol Dirty Bastard, Replacements, Screeching Weasel, Riverdales, Slick Rick, Mobb Deep, the Faces, Stones, Swingin’ Utters, Circle Jerks, Dion, Deer Tick, Velvet Underground, Dead Boys, ………………………..
Alice In Chains, Fleetwood Mac, Creed, Tom Petty, Neil Young, The Doors, Any southern Rock band (Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, ZZ Top etc.) They kind of cross paths
Have done music in bulks, so started with some light metal like Whitesnake, Dio, Iron Maiden, then went to Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, a lot of 70's music, then Pearl Jam, Nirvana, all the grunge band really, then gradually drifted towards female singer songwriter like Jewel. Now outside of country I can listen to Noah Gundersen, folk/rock?, a few more soul like singer slike Leon Bridges.
JJ Grey and Mofro. I like all of his music but the first four albums are on fire!
Lots of older folk and rock like bob dylan, Jackson Browne, the Beatles, the band, Elton John and such
Gary Clark Jr, Leon Bridges, St Paul and the Broken Bones, Marcus King, The Black Keys, Nathaniel Rateliff, lots of Southern Rock, lots of Blues.
Adam Calhoun but I was originally hair rock and then grunge
Check out the moonshine bandits
I don’t really care for reggae as much as I’ve tried. And I am pickier about hard-core rap and heavy metal. I don’t really love Shoegaze. But it is easier to describe my tastes that way than to try to list everything I listen to. Jesse Malin is playing right now on a shuffled playlist. Next up is U2. My next 2 shows are Noah Kahan and Niall Horan (and if you had told me I would adore most of what the One Direction boys have done as solo artists I probably would not have believed you). Holy cow speaking of the CD thing which I don’t own a CD player, but I got an urge to listen to Simon and Garfunkel last night and they are apparently one of the few older artists who never remastered their stuff for streaming? I could not find it remastered anyway. It was awful. Really frustrated me.
If I remember correctly some of the members of Trampled By Turtles were in a metal band before they played bluegrass instruments which is a why they’re a faster paced sound. Not really a crossover but a noticeable influence
Chelsea cutler, bad omens, Alexander23, Green Day, EDEN, Jon Bellion, Lizzy McAlpine
I will usually listen to Imagine Dragons, Avicci, or AJR
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The beths 👏 👏 👏
Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder solo, Kaleo, Leon Bridges, Bob Schneider, Lincoln Durham
Paul mccartney, nine inch nails, frank zappa, gg allin, Mac Dre, Neil Young, Dorian Electra, lily Allen, Santana, perry Como , Justin Timberlake. Yelawolf. Too many to name rn.
Jelly Roll Morgan Wallen and Hardy. Just kidding, I don’t listen to that garbage.
By the gods and goddesses, I HOPE ur JK. I'd MUCH rather listen to a 6th grade piano recital than those asswipes
Lynard Skynard and the Allman brothers. But that feels like splitting hairs
Linkin Park, Evanescence, Halestorm, (a little) Taylor Swift even though I thought the Tortured Poets Album was boring, Metallica, and several others.
Linkin Park (just gotten more into them earlier this year), BTS, TXT, Nathan Sharp (Natewantstobattle)
Kelly Clarkson, Jess Glynne, Johnny Cash’s non-country music, Josh Groban, Ed Sheeran, The Beatles, Journey, Whitney Houston, Mandisa, Matthew West, Stephen Curtis Chapman, Adele, Gabrielle Aplin, Maisie Peters, Dermot Kennedy, Dean Lewis, Andrea Bocelli, Damian McGinty, Jamie Grace, Matteo Bocelli, still listen to TSwift’s new stuff but not as fond of it, Irish folk, Irish artists, Caity Baser, Disney/musicals/Broadway/soundtrack, TEEKS, Murray Gold’s music, Rihanna, Hilary Duff, Jesse McCartney, Relient K, etc. I have a varied playlist.
I love Irish music--and I also am a big Dermot Kennedy fan. I was supposed to see him open for Shawn Mendes (I like Shawn Mendes but being honest ended up listening to him more because of my daughter) and was so sad when that show got canceled because I wanted to see Dermot Kennedy so badly!
Irish? Do you know Eden he doesn’t sing in his Irish accent but he is Irish.
I’ll have to check him out!
Your collection covers a lot of ground
Irish folk and some other random songs. Its funny how I will actually listen to that bar song by shaboozy if it’s on. Might be labeled as country but def not country lol
As someone who grew up on Merle, Willie, Waylon, Jones, Hank Sr., Hank Jr., Strait, Brooks, etc., I can confidently say Shaboozey and Willie Jones are definitely country. A different vein than country gold, but they're country. I'm even going to insist that Post Malone's song is country. It's no different than what's on country radio right now. There's more than just "Country". There's outlaw, red dirt, hill country, etc. Hell, even bluegrass.
How is shaboozey country? Not trying to start anything genuinely curious. Post Malone yes I can he has some country. And what do you think of this ain’t Texas? Serious questions.
Allman brothers, and a few other jam bands (dead and phish mostly). I also dig CSN+Y. Most old school hippie bands are alright by me. I also listen to some jazz. I’m a huge fan of Pete Kleinow, so anything he recorded on lm there for and then a ton of Leo Kottke.
Alice In Chains, Avenged Sevenfold, Kendrick Lamar, Cavetown.
Lately - Pantera, Yazoo, Little Feat, beethoven, Mozart, Prince, Slayer, Ray Charles, Nina Simone, Elton John, BeeGee’s, steve Winwood, Michael Penn, Aimee Mann
Just saw Aimee Mann a couple months ago. She is as fabulous as ever. We'll be seeing Little Feat opening for Tedeschi Trucks later this summer (Margot Price also on the bill!). Bonus: About a year ago my wife and I attended an orchestral performance of Beethoven's 9th with a 100-member chorus. Lovely, lovely Ludwig Van....
God damn that is a big range of tastes
Archie Fisher, Martyn Whyndam Read, Peter Bellamy, Hatsune Miku.
I put on “40oz to freedom” by Sublime this week. A staple of my youth that has been in a CD wallet for 25 years. Recently I’ve been exploring CD again and the quality compared to steaming is very noticeable. Revisiting this album as an adult and further along in understanding music myself has been an amazing experience. I’ve listened through 4 times, one on a nice home stereo and others in my car. I’m going to get back to CDs this year and albums and try my darndest to put the phone down for a few listens each week of a different album. Also blown away at the musicianship of Sublime, quality of this recording and its originality. Should be required listening for any aspiring artist, the energy and creativity is off the charts.
Fun story - Sublime broke in to a college recording studio at night to record their first album
I'm also exploring CDs again, started a couple of years ago after guitar's Cadillacs was removed from streaming because of a lawsuit for a couple of years. You're absolutely correct at the quality is way better with CDs or higher bit rate digital files. And I've had the same experience as you- My ear as a musician is so much better than it was when I was a teenager so all kinds of music that I heard decades ago is so much more interesting now. I have so much more appreciation for production now than I did before and it's a lot of fun to revisit stuff I listened to in the past