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Throughout his incredibly
successful career, Jackson
has tried to maintain a pure
fiddle and steel guitar
sound. Before Alan Jacks...
Big & Rich don't take country
music as seriously as many
of their peers, but that's
partly what makes them so
fun. "Big" Kenny Alphin o...
Brad Paisley sings new
traditional country in a
mature voice and plays
wicked, Bakersfield
country-influenced lead...
Kix Brooks and Ronnie
Dunn were the bee's knees
of Nashville in the early '90s,
popularizing the "electric
slide" line dance. Their sli...
Deana Carter is a country
chanteuse whose
buttermilk-sweet voice can
make songs about shaving
her legs sound romantic....
This bluegrass-inspired
band included members of
the Young Ambassadors,
Osborne Brothers and the
Nitty Gritty Dirt band. Dia...
By fusing a passion for
old-timey Bluegrass with a
love of modern pop, the
Dixie Chicks take country
music to new ground. Cha...
The most stunning success
story of the early-Nineties
contemporary country
music boom was that of
Garth Brooks. Blending ro...
Gretchen Wilson is one of
the few contemporary
country artists who grew
up in the destitute realm
she sings about. Hailed as...
Her stellar singing voice and
barbed song hooks put Jo
Dee Messina in more
credible company on the
new country circuit. Jo D...
Montgomery's records
tread a well-worn line
between middle of the road
rock, new country and
line-dancing honky-tonk....
It took him nearly a decade
to get there, but in 2002
Kenny Chesney began his
ascent to a Garth
Brooks-like status in coun...
Lee Ann Womack's
character-filled mellifluous
voice makes Shania Twain
sound like a Dallas Cowboy
cheerleader. Lee Ann Wo...
Lonestar could be the
slightly slower, hayseed
cousin of Journey -- they
blend country twang with
'80s-inspired stadium rock...
Martina McBride sings
catchy, radio friendly
traditional inspired country
pop. Her versatile voice can
both woo and rock. McBri...
Rascal Flatts mix twangy
pedal steel licks with
contemporary R&B to create
a soulful yet countrified
version of a boy band. So...
Sara Evans is a seasoned
country singer who
balances new traditional,
country grit with more
commercial sounding twa...
Shania Twain gave country
pop a sexy new stadium
rock image and paved the
way for Jo Dee Messina and
the Dixie Chicks. In an od...
SHeDAISY use harmonica,
female harmonies and
warm, familiar progressions
you've been hearing on the
radio since childhood. SH...
Terri Clark's country music
sounds like a more
traditional take on Shania
Twain--she sticks closer to
the roots of country. Clar...
Tim McGraw mostly blends
roadhouse honky-tonk with
country rock to make gritty
country songs, but he also
sings ballads. He is the so...
Trisha Yearwood is a
contemporary country pop
singer with a chaste,
womanly voice and a knack
for silky inflections. Trish...
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