Alt Country

  • He is trying to break our hearts

    With a new album out and an intriguing new biography spinning the tale of his tormented career, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy looks like the leading American rocker of his generation. Which may tell you something about the state of American rock.
  • Music preview: Neko Case

    On her latest album, "Blacklisted," alt-country chanteuse Case hangs vivid lyrical images over spectral guitar lines. Listen in.
  • Sharps & Flats

    Caught between Patti and Patsy, between Dolly and the Dolls, Neko Case steamrolls your emotions, then whispers confessions you should probably never hear.
  • Sharps & Flats

    Forget the heart, this Robbie Fulks collection draws on the singer's twisted mind.
  • Sharps & Flats

    The Knitters broke from X and the Blasters to find classic country. A new slew of alt-country bands is repaying the favor.
  • Sharps & flats

    The Bottle Rockets trade trad country for classic rock, leaving them with one tire in a ditch, the other on the right track.
  • Louisville lips

    The two women behind Freakwater have a story to get off their chests.
  • Sharps & flats

    Lyle Lovett and His Large Band offer a bracing live set of cosmopolitan country -- and an alternative to all that Nashville pap.
  • Been There

    Wilco's Jeff Tweedy talks about losing his alt-country baggage

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