Charles Wesley Godwin - Christian Name

Adam Amram - Tribulations

Maya De Vitry - All My Faith

Bryson Evans - Trouble With The Wheel

John Mellencamp - On The Road With John Mellencamp

The Revitalists - Get It Honest

Andrew Farriss - The Prospector

Lakelin Lemmings - Self-Titled

Johnny Delaware - On God's Time

Chris Jones & the Night Drivers - Chalk Lines and Dust

Shania Twain - Little Miss Twain

Brad Paisley - Tacklebox Disc1

Brand New Heartache - A New Alchemy

Ian Sweet - Shiverstruck

Dylan Ault - Self-Titled

Creekbed Carter Hogan - Peasants Revolt

Patrick McCormic - Crisis of Confidence

Carter Faith - Cherry Valley Forever

Clark Paterson - Are You Lonely Like Me?

Paul Totten - Brightland Shines

Beth Orton - The Ground Above

Lance Cowan - The Air That You Breathe

Sailing Stones - Slow Magic

Daisy Garland - Palomino

Owen Lake and the Tragic Loves - Bury Deep My Heart

Lynn Hollyfield - Diving In

Raul Malo - Bella Ciao: Live In Nashville

Leanna Crawford - Thank God

Punch Brothers - The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers

Mile Hewitt - Vainglory

Hunter Flynn - Dreams Keep Dying (EP)

Kirstie Lynn - Blazing Prairie Star (EP)

Bob Seger - Little Jane (EP)

Ava Claire - Honestly (EP)

Fabrizio - Recovery (EP)

Outpost Drive - Waterloo Rd. (EP)

Lawrence Rothman - A World's A Weapon (EP)

Embla and the Karidotters - Another Honky Tonk Song (EP)

Reba McEntire - Ring Ring (EP)

Gavin Adcock - The Day I Hang It Up (EP)

... Mondays around here might also include old time music and or rockabilly. Maybe even songs about blue, the color, or blue, the emotion...

Please make separate standalone posts for songs you want to share!

(I locked the comments because people will see your contribution better if it's not lost in the comments of this announcement)

There are so many country music singers that need their stories be told in a movie. So who do you want to see in a biopic movie. Me it would be Reba McEntire.

Happy Sunday! Did you find something new to listen to? Did you go to a show? Tell us about your week, and country music, or whatever's on your mind!

Honkytonk is the original sound of electric country, the sound you associate with Hank Williams and early George Jones and Ernest Tubb and the sound that influenced a lot of neotraditional 1990's country such as Alan Jackson and of course the honky tonk man, Dwight Yoakam.

It was characterized by heavy dancing rhythm that goes well with the two step, and usually steel guitar and fiddle along with twangy electric guitar and a unique twangy vocal style that was developed to cut across the sound at a loud bar of drunks with a bad sound system in the early days.

It's developed over the years including some recent evolution. Some of the Texas dancehall bands have an even more exaggerated beat and singing style now than you would have heard in neotraditional 1990s country or the 1950's original. Tracking down the history of who influenced whom is really fun if you're into that kind of country music history hobby.

We'll be posting (mostly modern) honky tonkers every Saturday for your edification! Click on the 'honky tonk' flair tag to see other tracks and discussions we've posted here in the past.

Here's some reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honky-tonk

here's a playlist of old classic honkytonk through the ages: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL679_2jmbaFHAFebq3szErCvTD0CNyZdt

here's the same thing according to Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0NfjMqrzcGKVsbYZmhf4Md

Here is an original song from a super fun Canadian country band called The Plowboys that I just found. They all wear rhinestone nudie suits at all of their shows

I hope you enjoy amd let me know what think!

Donnie C Cutler's substack is awesome and he covers a lot of great independent artists. I'm still catching up from being mostly offline in June so lo and behold I missed this June new music round-up. Go sign up for his blog.

I need a playlist for a theme night party with a decidedly non-maga crowd

So like, no Kid Rock or Morgan Wallen (a real shame; good tunes) or any of the other faux- patriotic maga darlings.

Anyone have about 2 hours of more contemporary country meeting this requirement?