There’s a case to be made that Alternative Country, or Alt-Country as it’s more often called, hasn’t ever really been a legit genre. One will be hard-pressed to get any of the artists lumped in with ...

Americana artists draw from American roots music, but many also mix punk and rock with the early sounds of country, folk, and bluegrass. While Americana is now more commonly used to describe the ...

Search “alternative country” and up comes a list of artists that includes Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Corb Lund, Sturgill Simpson, Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, Son Volt and an artist performing ...

Singer-songwriter Todd Snider died on Friday. He was 59 years old. For over three decades, Snider helped shape alt-country music and the East Nashville scene he represented. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news ...