Most of the country I listen to is Michael Nesmith's solo stuff, or his country songs from The Monkee days. I would love to listen to similar artists/albums!

One of the hardest working musicians in California (he’s based out of Bakersfield)... Plays a ton in Bakersfield and in the LA area.

I went down a rabbit hole of Addison Johnson's songwriting recently. Killer stuff. It reminds me a little bit of Ben Jarrell, but with those slightly more 90s neo traditional sound than the timeless outlaw thing that Ben does. He released a new album recently but I really like the previous one that this song is from

Been looking for queer country? Listen to Chris Housman. Incredible.

Happy Wednesday! Western Wednesday, this Wednesday and every Wednesday!

Western swing, Out West, Wild West, songs about Texas, artists from out West, cowboys, even the sounds of spaghetti western... sometimes we'll post Canadian western artists, sometimes Native American country artists from the western states (that's a whole subgenre of country music by the way), cowboy poetry, Red Dirt artists, and much more

Other weekly themes on this sub:

Blue Monday, every monday: bluegrass, country blues, and blue in general. A little rockabilly.

Honky Tonk Saturday: what it says on the tin, honky tonk country music and a little Bakersfield Sound.

Click on the flair (the colored tags above some posts) to see past posts with the same themes.

When Saving Country Music does these festival reviews, it's always a great place to find new music to listen to. This one contains some really big independent country artists but also quite a few folks I haven't heard of. Looks like an amazing festival.