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"new country" music recomendations please

I must admit to previously not being a fan of traditional country music. However, having recently heard, bought and become adddicted to Mary Gauthier's Mercy Now, and very specifically track one, "Falling out of love"(affectionately known as the piss song in our house), I am having a closer look.

I seek a similar style of parred back, raw, "story of lifes experience", with an edge, a poetic attack which I guess the piss song is in spades. I hope someone understands my drift. I would absolutely recommend one hears Mary Gauthier's track. There must be other similar artists out there with that special creative, edgy, poetic story to tell.

Thanks for your help in advance.
aer
tpy
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All great suggestions, esp Lucinda Williams and Ryan Adams. You might also enjoy Johnny Cash's American Recordings (all great, much more accessible to rock & folk fans than his ealier work - which is also great), Townes van Zandt, Guy Clark, Rosanne Cash, Casey Chambers, Tift Merrit, the Jayhawks, and let's not forget Willie Nelson, who has done an amazingly wide range of things over the years (I'm liking his latest, Songbird, produced by Ryan Adams).

I had similar feelings to yours about country for years until discovering that like most music, the commercial stuff tends toward crap but if you dig a little deeper you find some really moving music.
wildoats
339 posts
 
Get a copy of NO DEPRESSION magazine. Each issue is filled with music it sounds like your into. I use it all the time to make my purchases. It basically covers AMERICAN music, country, blugrass, blues, roots-rock, some jazz. The best resource there is for honest music.
bookert2896c
15 posts
 
Check out James McMurtry - St. Mary of the Woods; Live in Ought Three
Any Steve Earle - Top of my list - Jerasulem
Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch, Fats Kaplin - Old John Dean

by the way, I heard Mary Gauthier and ordered her Mercy Now CD a few days ago. Haven't received it yet, but your post makes me very anxious! If you have access to XM Radio, check out the Cross Country station. It's #810 on my Direct TV.

Tom
tmiddle
67 posts
 
You've gotten some very good recommendations! Get a hold of some or all, you won't be disappointed.

I will add a few along the same lines: Ray Wylie Hubbard, Wayne Hancock, and Kelly Hogan and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts.

have fun,
tm
jaybo
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