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I am waiting for Country to finally throw off this hick ass pseudo-nationalistic redneck caricature bullshit clown suit and get back to its roots as a genre that tells hard stories about real life.
Those bands are out there, but you won’t see them in the mainstream right now. Check out the Devil Makes Three—sounds like they could be up your alley.
Don't forget the leftist country music tradition with songs about class warfare.
There's also the part where it all sounds the same because Nashville has figured out some sort of algorithm to sell music.
You can't tell these are all different songs.
You mean this stuff
I don't like country, myself, but in a large genre like that, I am absolutely confident that you can find artists of any political position.
EDIT:
https://old.reddit.com/r/CountryMusicStuff/comments/1imd3yr/best_liberalleft_wing_artists/
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Don't expect it to go anywhere anytime soon. It, sadly, seems to be one of the most popular and probably most profitable genre going right now. As others have said, the others still exist, but you gotta dive deeper. I have hated whatever this country music is forever now.
Check out the Wood Brothers, Watchtower, Lost Dog Street Band. There's country music that isn't hyper produced Pepsi commercials. Americana/ Alt Country is what to search for.
My son really likes Colter Wall. He has a fun song about a coyote.
Hayes Carll
Joshua Ray Walker
Jason Isbell
Sturgill Simpson
Tyler Childers
Maren Morris
Probably a hundred more, pretty popular but no radio play because commercial radio is nonsense and mostly commercials. But if you put the above into a streaming playlist, you will find the good country music of today.
It’s still out there. For one that’s specifically what you describe try Keep the Wolves at Bay by Uncle Lucius.
You might like Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band. Country but with clever fun lyrics.