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I don't know anybody who doesn't hate being called alt.country. It just sounds like a website. I don't mind being called Americana, I don't mind being called country noir, or independent country is fine, but the words alt.country make me insane.
Neko Case

Meaning of "alt.country" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ALT.COUNTRY

From alt(ernative) + country.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ALT.COUNTRY

alt.country  [ɔːlt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALT.COUNTRY

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Alt.country is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ALT.COUNTRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

alt.country

Alternative country

Alternative country, insurgent country, or Americana is a loosely defined sub-genre of country music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream or pop country music. It has been used to describe country music bands and artists that have incorporated influences ranging from roots rock, bluegrass, rockabilly, honky-tonk, alternative rock, folk rock, and sometimes punk. Attempts to combine punk and country were pioneered by Jason and the Scorchers, and in the 1980s Southern Californian cowpunk scene with bands like the Long Ryders. These styles merged fully in Uncle Tupelo's 1990 LP No Depression, which is widely credited as being the first "alt-country" album, and gave its name to the online notice board and eventually magazine that underpinned the movement. Members and figures associated with Uncle Tupelo formed three major bands in the genre: Wilco, Son Volt and Bottle Rockets. Other influential bands included Blue Mountain, Whiskeytown, Blood Oranges and Drive-By Truckers, until they began to move more in the direction of rock music in the 2000s.

Definition of alt.country in the English dictionary

The definition of alt.country in the dictionary is a genre of country music originating in the 1990s and influenced by both early country music and contemporary rock music.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALT.COUNTRY


alt-rock
ɔːlt
assault
əˈsɔːlt
Balt
bɔːlt
basalt
ˈbæsɔːlt
cobalt
ˈkəʊbɔːlt
dalt
dɔːlt
dault
dɔːlt
default
dɪˈfɔːlt
exalt
ɪɡˈzɔːlt
fault
fɔːlt
Galt
ɡɔːlt
gault
ɡɔːlt
halt
hɔːlt
malt
mɔːlt
pole-vault
ˈpəʊlˌvɔːlt
salt
sɔːlt
smalt
smɔːlt
spalt
spɔːlt
vault
vɔːlt
Yseult
ɪˈsuːlt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALT.COUNTRY

alt
Alt-A
alt-rock
Alta.
Altai Mountains
Altai Republic
Altaic
Altair
altaltissimo
Altamira
altar
altar boy
altar cloth
altar rail
altar stone
altar table
altarage
altarpiece
altarwise
altazimuth

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALT.COUNTRY

back-country
country
cross-country
developing country
entry
go to the country
high country
hill country
home country
host country
New Country
North Country
north-country
old country
the Black Country
the country
the King Country
the North Country
the West Country
unknown country
West Country

Synonyms and antonyms of alt.country in the English dictionary of synonyms

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The translations of alt.country from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «alt.country» in English.

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Trends of use of alt.country

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALT.COUNTRY»

The term «alt.country» is regularly used and occupies the 92.645 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALT.COUNTRY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about alt.country

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QUOTES WITH «ALT.COUNTRY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word alt.country.
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Neko Case
I don't know anybody who doesn't hate being called alt.country. It just sounds like a website. I don't mind being called Americana, I don't mind being called country noir, or independent country is fine, but the words alt.country make me insane.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALT.COUNTRY»

Discover the use of alt.country in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to alt.country and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Old Roots, New Routes: The Cultural Politics of Alt.country ...
An in-depth look at the influences, meaning, and identity of this contemporary music form
Pamela Fox, Barbara Ching, 2008
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Amplified: Fiction from Leading Alt-Country, Indie Rock, ...
A collection of 16 original short stories.
Julie Schaper, Steven Horwitz, 2009
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The Original Alt. Country Community (wherever that Is) Cookbook
Recipes from alt. country musicians and their fans.
Alt. Country Cooking, Ltd, 1996
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Country Music Annual 2001
Alt. country's dialogue with traditional country and punk rock works in two ways jointly, on a philosophical and on a practical level. Philosophically, alt.country adopted the punk DIY ("Do It Yourself") attitude, a close relative of traditional ...
Charles K. Wolfe, James E. Akenson
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Country Music’s Most WantedTM
No Depression, the glossy alt.country magazine with its roots in an online discussion board for the band Uncle Tupelo, may be a good place to start. But No Depression uses the subtitle, “a bimonthly magazine covering alternative-country  ...
Francesca Peppiatt autofilled, 2004
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Understanding Popular Music Culture
No Depression and alt. country Along with terms such as 'roots rock' and Americana, alt. country began being used in the 1990s for performers who positioned themselves as producing 'something heartfelt and worthwhile outside the foul and ...
Roy Shuker, 2012
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American Country: Bluegrass, Honky-Tonk, and Crossover Sounds
album introduced alternative coun- try (alt-country, or Americana). Alt-country was like country rock. But it had a bolder attitude and was popular with more people. Alt- country acts such as Uncle Tupelo and Whiskeytown were influenced by ...
Lloyd Sachs, 2012
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Country Music's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Cheatin' ...
alt.country. Seeking out a definition to represent this genre can be a tricky proposition. No Depression, the glossy alt.country magazine with its roots in an online discussion board for the band Uncle Tupelo, may be a good place to start. But No ...
Francesca Peppiatt, 2004
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Finding Purple America: The South and the Future of American ...
By associating the South with the authentic, cotton— pickin' past and “the nation” (including Canada as the ultimate progressive “North” and source of much alt— country) with youth culture and the future, country/alt-country rhetoric tends to ...
Jon Smith, 2013
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Nine Choices: Johnny Cash and American Culture
But those subjects can appeal also to folk aficionados or, as the band Uncle Tupelo demonstrated, to alt-country fans. Uncle Tupelo, one of the originators of the alt-country genre (which combines a more rockoriented sound with some of the ...
Jonathan Silverman, 2010

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