wynn72
Well-Known Member
For sure, bro-country does delegitimize the genre. If you want to understand any genre you have to dig deeper. You can’t just judge alt rock off RHCP, you can’t judge rap off Drake, pop off of Taylor, etc. etc.
Maybe the problem is a lack of sub genres within country. You have so many types of rock and RHH that’s it’s easy to discern between them. Country just seems to be split between Country, Folk, and Americana.
I just don't think they are as well defined. Or whatever is a subgenre, is quickly written of as 'not Country".
I would say along with Country, Folk, Americana, and Bluegrass, you have Alt-Country, Rockabilly, Outlaw Country, Honky Tonk, Nashville Sound, Western Swing, Country Pop, etc along with sub-genres fused with others like Southern Soul (like Yola), Southern Rock, and Heartland Rock.
A track can definitely dip into everything here and more.
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