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2 months ago | allmusic.com | Zac Johnson

For decades, the country music being played on the radio has maintained the well-travelled backroads of pickup trucks, cans of beer, old dogs and cheating hearts. Bubbling under these platinum-selling artists are a subtler, more literary set of musicians usually tagged under the less marketable but more austere subgenre of Contemporary Folk or the Grammy-friendly category of Americana. For every Big & Rich there is a Rhiannon Giddens, and crossing over every Florida Georgia Line is a Nickel Creek.

Jan 7, 2025 | allmusic.com | Greg Prato

Along with a handful of other bands, the Pixies certainly helped clear the path for bands like Nirvana, who made alt-rock the societal changing force it became in the early '90s. However, the group opted to split shortly after this worldwide musical shift occurred. Luckily for fans, the Pixies' singer, guitarist, and main songwriter, Frank Black, was still penning great tunes – which comprised his first two classic solo albums, 1993's self-titled debut and 1994's Teenager of the Year.

Nov 19, 2024 | allmusic.com | Greg Prato

The early to mid '80s was certainly a high point for hard rock and heavy metal – particularly, when you take into account the high amount of now-classic albums that were issued during this time.

Nov 4, 2024 | allmusic.com | Greg Prato

Throughout the course of popular music history, whenever an artist becomes massively popular, it's only a matter of time until a slew of similarly-sounding bands crash the scene. And time will tell if some have good intentions – when a selected few eventually locate their own voice and/or original approach – while the majority seem to merely want to make a quick buck and forsake originality.

Oct 21, 2024 | allmusic.com | Zac Johnson

In constructing the mammoth "Cocaine & Rhinestones: A History of George Jones and Tammy Wynette," author and Nashville gadabout Tyler Mahan Coe has effectively Voltroned together three separate books. At it's core, the book details the bizarre, romantic, heartbreaking and gawkable trainwreck that was the separate ascendencies and eventual catastrophic relationship between country music superlatives George Jones and Tammy Wynette.