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5 Chinese Brothers - They aren't Chinese, they're not brothers, and there aren't five of them, but they are playing country-rock / roots rock in New York City

Acres, The - Includes sound files, photos, and CD information for the 'porch rock' band.

Andrew, Marc - The official site for this unique country / folk singer/songwriter. Visit his animated Western town and sample his debut CD in the Honkey Tonk Saloon.

Angry Johnny and The Killbillies - Grab your gun and some beers and take a trip to Killville, Mass.

Atkins, Ken and the Honky Tonk Kind - 100% Nashville Free country music with twang

Baumgartner, Timmy - Biography for the alternative country musician.

Birddog - Roots-filled alt-country indie pop from Kentucky. Similar to Elliot Smith.

Bootheels, The - A four-piece country-rock band from Wisconsin. Includes calendar, photos, and sound samples.

Bosworth, Libbi - Austin-based honky-tonk singer, alternative country music crooner, Americana music singer/songwriter whose songs have been recorded by Kelly Willis, The Hollisters and Toni Price.

Bowe, Kevin and the Okemah Prophets - News, biographies, gig dates, reviews, sound files, and CD information for the Minneapolis band.

Burnt Taters - Americana from the heart of Virginia

Butterill, Kenny - Soothing melodic blend of authentic alt-country, Americana and folk

Cash Monies & The Jetsetter - Country rock band from Boston. Includes photos, show dates, and links.

Clarke, Barry - Local Victoria artist singer songwriter cures what ails ya with his cool melding of alternative country and trip-hop grooves.

Clem Snide - Brooklyn's own alt.country/indie-pop rising stars take their name from a William S. Burroughs' novel, Naked Lunch.

Coffey, Bill - Singer-songwriter based in Boise, Idaho

Cousin Lovers - Official site includes biographies, show dates, reviews, sound files, and CD information.

Cowboy Buddha - News, biography, reviews, and show dates for the 'roots-pop' band from Costa Mesa, California.

Cowslinger - A cowpunk band based from Ohio

Damnations TX - A distinctive backyard blend of sibling harmonies, punk, bluegrass, and soul from Austin, Texas

Darcy, Ryan - Official page for this indie singer/songwriter from San Francisco. Features bio, interview, Mp3 demos and regular news updates.

Deely, James - Alternative Country and Rock and Roll

Delevante, Bob - Biography, news, reviews and merchandise from this Americana singer-songwriter

Diedrich, Mark - Americana singer/songwriter who digs the Byrds and Buffalo Springfield.

Digglers - Bay Area alternative country act.

Donna the Buffalo - Includes mailing list, tour schedules, reviews and lyrics

Drive-By Truckers - Official site includes reviews, photos, lyrics, sound files and tour dates

Dryer - From Portland, Oregon, playing alt. country with a minor twang

Easton, Tim - With a classic '47 Gibson and a voice of equal distinction, Tim Easton has a knack for modern day storytelling.

Foley, Dave - A traditional honky-tonk, rockabilly revivalist who has opened shows for Willie Nelson and Loretta Lynn and has worked with BR5-49 and The Jones Boys.

Fulks, Robbie - Chicago-based insurgent country artist.

Ghost Writer Band - Haunted country, a new hybrid of rock and country.

Gibson, Scott - Americana artist and singer/songwriter blends country/folk and alternative country from Austin, Texas, featuring dobro, accordion, lap steel, and acoustic guitar.

Gilbert - Male country singer-songwriter from NYC and Atlanta.

Giorgio & the Phreaktones - Nashville's schizo Giorgio & the Phreaktones, cow-jazz rockin' out.

Grasshopper Highway - Show dates, biography, photos, CD information, sounds and merchandise for this alt. country band.

Haney, Pat - Official Web site of Pat Haney & the Well Readnecks

Hangdogs - The Doghouse - Home of NYC's drunken alternative country/roots rock band

Helmkamp, Eric - Country-Rock music artist from Maui

Hillbilly IDOL - Roots-influenced Americana and Alternative-Country Music

Hogwaller Ramblers - Virginia based alternative country/bluegrass band. Includes sound files, band information and news

Hollisters, The - Honky tonkers from East Texas.

Honeydogs - Mid Western country rock band

Izak and West - Original music from a Colorado female duo.

JC Flyer - Includes several photos of an original high flying country rocker

James Apollo - Troubador of roots-rock and roll saavy James Apollo.

Johnson, Ralph - Writing, performing and recording his own alternative country music, in the tradition running from the Carter Family to Neil Young

Lee, Greta - Includes a biography, sound files and tour dates

Manders, Mark David and Nuevo Tejas - Includes tour dates, lyrics, sound files, merchandise, and photos.

Marah - Alternative country band based in Philadelphia. News, CD samples, photos, reviews and tour information.

Maurice Frawley & Working Class Ringos - Alternative country band from Melbourne, Australia. Band members include Charlie Owen, Conway Savage, Shane Walsh, Des Hefner and Maurice Frawley

McGees - An alt-country, kitchen-sink blend, featuring a new country version of Ace Frehley's "Rock Soldiers."

Memphis Exchange - Includes performance updates and biography for the band.

Minus Men - A cowpunk band out of Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Mitchell, Ginny - Includes song clips, biography, photos, and tour dates

Moss and Hammonds - Contemporary acoustic in the story telling tradition, featuring sound clips, biographies, photographs and lyrics.

Nashville Station - Information on the band Nashville Station.

Nebraska Guitar Militia - Includes free MP3 and RealAudio clips of this alt.country/alt.rock group

Orr, Tucker - Americana joins a guitar army. New Riders of TPS, Willie Nelson, Ozzy's Sabbath, Led Zeppelin all wrapped up in a gun belt.

Ray, Violet - Canadian, female, independent singer / songwriter and recording artist serving up soulful alt country.

Red Meat Country - Americana woven from Western Swing Revival, folkie country songs, and lonesome, California Honky-Tonk angel anthems

Revenants - Arizona band playing original honky-tonk music

Reverend Glasseye and his Wooden Legs - Recklessly tread the line between old folk Americana/Vaudeville and Eastern European Gypsy. Their range of instruments includes harmonium, banjino, bass fiddle and accordion.

Rhodes, Kimmie - Includes a biography, tour dates, news, lyrics, reviews

Riptones - Making country, blues, roots rock for the legendary Bloodshot Records since 1990.

Rite Brothers - Acoustic originals played on accordion, dobro, banjo, violin, mandolin and guitar

Sahner, Billy - Profile and links to sound files for the alternative country musician.

Sam Hill - Lo-fi alt.country band from Cincinnati, Ohio.

Sawgrass - Real Audio songs by this all acoustic group from the coast of South Carolina.

Scarecrows, The - Scandinavian country rock band. Site includes news, a discography and lyrics.

Scary Wagon - A renegade country rock band from Boston

Slick Pelt - Raw, big alt-country cow-punk with a guitar driven psychobilly twist.

Smith, James Curtis - No depression and americana music featuring Dead Frame Music artist James Curtis Smith.

Star City - Five-piece insurgent country outfit inhabiting the smoky bars of New York City.

Style, Lyle E. - Alternative country singer, songwriter and Nashville recording artist from Winnipeg.

Taconite Haven - Urban country folk rock miners from Minneapolis

Texas God - Alt-country punk band from Austin, Tex.

The Blacks - insurgent country music from Chicago - If these Bloodshot artists threw a party, Bertolt Brecht, Hank Williams Sr., Lux Interior and Marc Bolan of T. Rex would be hanging around the punch bowl, getting drunk and trying on Gina Black's fishnet stockings.

The Coal Men - Nashville band fronted by David Coleman

The Railbenders - Alternative country rockers from Denver, CO

Tiny - Female fronted alternative country band out of San Francisco, featuring sultry, graceful harmonies, twang-tinged melodic hooks.

Trainwreck - Dallas-based Americana band.

Trouble With Sweeney - Home of the Philadelphia original alt-country/indie-rock quartet.

Twang - An electric string band from the Boston/Worcester area

Unplayable Sofa Guitar - Alternative country band from Portugal. 14 musicians who have never met play 9 original and 3 cover songs.

Van Tassel, Susanna - The Official Website for Austin based country chantuese Susanna Van Tassel.

Wagner, Pete - Stark songs about the life and death of the American working man.

Walkabouts - An unofficial site dedicated to the Walkabouts and its offshoots, such as Chris & Carla.

Weeks, Randy - Former Lonesome Stranger, now a songwriter and solo artist.

Whiskey Dent - Texas cowpunk/psychobilly from Austin, Texas. Powerful performance with lead vocals from by a soultry dame.

Wired County - A rough country band from London.

Wynn, Steve - Veteran of the paisley underground scene and former member of Dream Syndicate.

Yeehaa Cowboys - Purveyors of cowpunk from Toronto. Read the humorous screenplay of the band history.

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