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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