Some call it y’allternative. Others call it alternative country. Some call it insurgent country music. All of those labels refer to, more or less, the same type of music. And that is alternative, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Todd Snider-- known for majorly influencing the alt-country and Americana music genres -- has died. His label, Aimless Records, shared the sad news on Facebook Saturday morning after his family ...