I was an indie rock kid who then got into everything else in college though not much country except for things adjacent to Dylan and Neil Young. Then this metal guy got me into drive by truckers, and then another indie rock kid got me into outlaw country. I only finally got into Miranda a few years ago, and she’s only one the only ones who can run the whole gamut from songs that should dominate country radio to Americana stuff that should dominate dudes who like Jason Isbell to outlaw country that Waylon and Willie would enjoy on the new album. There’s almost nothing she can’t do.
I also teach high school in an exurb of a smallish Rust Belt city and I get a playlist by surveying kids and the country kids love Zack Bryan, Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs and George Strait. The girls just...don’t like country, or they like the same stuff the boys do. They’ve definitely gotten me into Zack Bryan and George Strait, but I’m good not hearing the other two.
I was an indie rock kid who then got into everything else in college though not much country except for things adjacent to Dylan and Neil Young. Then this metal guy got me into drive by truckers, and then another indie rock kid got me into outlaw country. I only finally got into Miranda a few years ago, and she’s only one the only ones who can run the whole gamut from songs that should dominate country radio to Americana stuff that should dominate dudes who like Jason Isbell to outlaw country that Waylon and Willie would enjoy on the new album. There’s almost nothing she can’t do.
I also teach high school in an exurb of a smallish Rust Belt city and I get a playlist by surveying kids and the country kids love Zack Bryan, Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs and George Strait. The girls just...don’t like country, or they like the same stuff the boys do. They’ve definitely gotten me into Zack Bryan and George Strait, but I’m good not hearing the other two.