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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.

tells hard stories about real life.

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.

hick ass pseudo-nationalistic redneck caricature bullshit

You mean this stuff

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.

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.

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https://old.reddit.com/r/CountryMusicStuff/comments/1imd3yr/best_liberalleft_wing_artists/

Best Liberal/Left Wing artists

Hey everyone. I'm a big fan of country music and I really enjoy the more stripped-back sound of Zach Bryan and Tyler Childers.

I don't live in America and there's a bit of a perception where I live that Country music is for conservatives/Trump supporters. I often find myself having to explain to people that country music is for everyone.

In any case, I don't want to give my money to any artist who supports Trump. I was a bit disappointed to see Zach Bryan pictured with Trump yesterday. I'm not looking to argue with anyone here and I appreciate that not everyone will agree with me - I just want your suggestions! Do you have any suggestions for liberal or left wing artists to listen to?

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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.

Get outta here with your respect and tolerance, sanity guy.

It also makes everything sound similar without creating defining albums of a genre. I might sound old, but to me, most new music has a pop shine to it, no matter the genre.

And goldfingers music: "Here I ammm, doin everything thing I cann, pretending I'm a super maaaann!"

There's plenty of 4th wave going on right now. Plus RBF ain't coning back, Aaron got weird. I'm pretty sure he went the way of Dicky Barrett.

Punk was never mainstream and is still very much around.

Folk Punk is where it’s at right now. There’s a band named “Doom Scroll” that is quite excellent.

Where's my 4th wave of ska??

I would love a new wave of happy hardcore.

Why hello fellow forty-something.

Me too!

I thought metal was more popular than ever. Maybe my perception is skewed because I've been going to plenty of metal festivals in recent years, but all the subgenres have representation from what I can see.

Actual heavy metal. Not eyeliner and painted nails metal.

No love for Twisted Sister and WASP?

That would be so excellent! I became a fan of the blues going out to clubs: the rock bands would crank volume to painful levels and mumble the lyrics, but I could actually hear the blues, listen to the blues, grow to like the blues

There's some great modern jazz coming out of Japan these days. Check out the likes of:

• Hiromi Uehara (and the Trio Project)
• Takuya Kuroda
• Sinsuke Fujieda Group

Also, UK too, check out the Ezra Collective.

Plenty of modern jazz out there, it's just not mainstream anymore.

Edit - forgot about Ibrahim Maalouf. Dude is incredible on the trumpet. Between him and Kuroda, trumpet jazz is alive and well.

Jazz never left.

Iron Horse's banjo picker is a monster.

Check out the Steeldrivers. They have some really good songs.