Artist	Song
Uncle Tupelo	No Depression
from Uncle Tupelo 89/93: An Anthology (2002)
The Jayhawks	Blue
from Tomorrow the Green Grass (2008)
Ryan Adams	To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)
from The Slaughter Rule (2003)
Son Volt	Caryatid Easy
from Straightaways (2008)
Wilco	Box Full of Letters
from A.M. (2008)
Gram Parsons	Love Hurts
from Heartaches & Highways: The Very Best of Emmylou Harris (2005)
Johnny Cash	Hurt
from American IV: Man Comes Around (2010)
Loretta Lynn	Van Lear Rose
from Van Lear Rose (2004)
Ryan Adams	When the Stars Go Blue
from Gold (2001)
The Byrds	Hickory Wind
from Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1997)
Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch	I'll Fly Away
from O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) (2000)
Kathleen Edwards	Six O'Clock News
from Failer (2010)
k.d. lang	Big Big Love
from Absolute Torch and Twang (2008)
Steve Earle	Guitar Town
from Guitar Town (1988)
Merle Haggard	Wishing All These Things Were New
from If I Could Only Fly (2008)
Dwight Yoakam	Guitars, Cadillacs
from Guitars, Cadillacs / I'll Be Gone [Digital 45] (2009)
Whiskeytown	Houses on the Hill
from Strangers Almanac (1997)
Elvis Costello & The Imposters	There's a Story In Your Voice
from The Delivery Man (2004)
Lyle Lovett	If I Had a Boat
from Pontiac (1988)
Uncle Tupelo	The Long Cut
from Anodyne (2008)
Old 97's	Murder (Or a Heart Attack)
from Hit By a Train - The Best of Old 97's (2006)
Drive-By Truckers	Birmingham
from Southern Rock Opera (2002)
The Jayhawks	Waiting for the Sun
from Hollywood Town Hall (2008)
Wilco	Hotel Arizona
from Being There (2008)
Billy Bragg & Wilco	California Stars
from Mermaid Avenue (2007)
Emmylou Harris	May This Be Love
from Wrecking Ball (2008)
The Mavericks	O What a Thrill
from What a Crying Shame (1994)
Rosie Flores	Crying Over You
from Rosie Flores (2008)
The Bottle Rockets	Gravity Fails
from The Brooklyn Side (2008)
Lone Justice	Ways to Be Wicked
from Lone Justice (1985)
Johnny Cash	Delia's Gone
from Unearthed (2010)
Steve Earle	John Walker's Blues
from Jerusalem (2002)
Kasey Chambers	Not Pretty Enough
from Barricades and Brickwalls (2002)
Iris DeMent	Infamous Angel
from Infamous Angel (2010)
Bruce Springsteen	Mansion On the Hill
from Nebraska (1984)
Maria McKee	Am I the Only One (Who's Ever Felt This Way?)
from Maria McKee (1989)
Caitlin Cary	Please Break My Heart
from I'm Staying Out (2004)
Whiskeytown	Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight
from Faithless Street (1998)
Son Volt	Tear Stained Eye
from Trace (2008)
Blue Mountain	Wink
from Dog Days (2007)
Kelly Willis	Talk Like That
from What I Deserve (2006)
Neko Case	Deep Red Bells
from Blacklisted (2007)
The Jayhawks	Save It for a Rainy Day
from Rainy Day Music (2008)
Uncle Tupelo	Anodyne
from Anodyne (2008)
The Long Ryders	And She Rides
from The Best of the Long Ryders (2006)
Gram Parsons	She
from GP (2009)
Golden Smog	Won't Be Coming Home
from Down By the Old Mainstream (2006)
BR5-49	A Little Good News
from This Is BR549 (2001)
Jimmie Dale Gilmore	Just a Wave (Live)
from Texans Live from Mountain Stage (1995)
Steve Earle	Hard-Core Troubadour
from I Feel Alright (2008)
Joe Henry	Fireman's Wedding
from Kindness of the World (1999)
The Rolling Stones	Far Away Eyes
from Some Girls (Remastered) (2011)
Dwight Yoakam	The Heart That You Own
from Last Chance for a Thousand Years - Dwight Yoakam's Greatest Hits from the 90's (2008)
Blue Rodeo	Till I Am Myself Again
from Blue Rodeo Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (2004)
My Morning Jacket	Phone Went West
from At Dawn (2001)
Loretta Lynn	Portland, Oregon
from Van Lear Rose (2004)
Son Volt	Medicine Hat
from Wide Swing Tremelo (2008)
Lucinda Williams	Real Love
from Little Honey (2008)
The Gourds	Lower 48
from Blood of the Ram (2004)
Kathleen Edwards	Mercury
from Failer (2010)
Old 97's	W.I.F.E.
from Early Tracks - EP (2000)
Richard Buckner	22
from Bloomed (2009)
Blood Oranges	Pounding Pipes
from Corn River (2007)
Minibar	Holiday from Myself
from Road Movies (2001)
Whiskeytown	Inn Town
from Strangers Almanac (1997)
Lambchop	For Which We Are Truly Thankful
from How I Quit Smoking (1996)
Robbie Fulks	The Buck Starts Here
from Revenge! (2007)
Drive-By Truckers	Hell No, I Ain't Happy
from Decoration Day (2003)
Radney Foster	I'm In
from Are You Ready for the Big Show? (2001)
Lee Ann Womack	Does My Ring Burn Your Finger
from Lee Ann Womack: Greatest Hits (2004)
Neko Case	Loretta
from The Tigers Have Spoken (2008)
Drive-By Truckers	Carl Perkins' Cadillac
from The Dirty South (2004)
Scud Mountain Boys	In a Ditch
from Massachusetts (1996)
Jimmie Dale Gilmore	Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
from Come On Back (2010)

Comment:

Halfway between the mini-mall's Starbucks and the roadhouse at the edge of town, a big chunk of country zigged wildly out of Hollywood's — and Nashville's — orbit just as the mainstream was zagging. Fact is, a whole new movement, [i]alt country[/i], defined itself just as much by what it [i]wasn't[/i] as by what it [i]was[/i]. From rebel country godparents, like Johnny Cash and Loretta Lynn, to no depression demigods, like Uncle Tupelo and Ryan Adams, country's newest outlaw gang invoked the spirits of the Carter Family and the Louvin Brothers — not Alabama or the Eagles — for inspiration. And they dipped their ladle deep into America's mongrel musical gumbo, spooning out meaty bits of lo-fi, roots rock, gospel, folk, bluegrass, punk, Western swing, barrelhouse blues, and more. From the hills to the heartland — and everywhere between — we've got all the unfiltered, unembellished alt-country goodness that a restless soul (not to mention two ears) can hold.

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