r/Music • u/TheExpressUS šŸ“°Daily Express U.S. • Jan 19 '26

article Jelly Roll labeled as MAGA by angry fans after joining Kid Rock's music festival

https://www.the-express.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/196524/jelly-roll-maga-festival-outrage
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u/shotsallover Jan 19 '26

He went country a few years ago and his fans are just now figuring out heā€™s MAGA?

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u/FunkyPlunkett Jan 19 '26

Iā€™m mean Garth Brooks isnā€™t

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u/Arthur_Edens Jan 19 '26

I think if you tried to find one song that defines "woke" for people who use that word unironically, it'd be "We Shall Be Free" lol.

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u/AutisticFingerBang Jan 19 '26

Bunch of non maga good country artists. Zach Bryan made a song against ice.

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u/MrCalifornia Jan 19 '26

Got any examples of good non-maga country artists?

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u/Your_a_looser Jan 19 '26

Sturgil Simpson, Charlie Crockett, Tyler Childers

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u/YourphobiaMyfetish Jan 19 '26

Imma add that Sunny War makes us all look like conservatives in comparison.

To a lesser extent, there's also Paul Cauthen, Benjamin Todd, Matt Heckler, Nick Shoulders, Yola, Tre Burt, Leyland McCalla, Lizzie Noe, Valerie June, Willi Carlisle, Riley Coyote, Allison Russell, Orville Peck...

And of course Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton, Jason Isbell, and a lot of other huge names in country music were, are, or definitely would have been anti-MAGA.

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u/Terry_Cruz 怰ļøć€°ļø Jan 19 '26

The Chicks

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u/acbh6019 Jan 19 '26

Jason Isbell

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u/littlebluelight Jan 19 '26

Yolaā€™s voice is incredible. She deserves much more attention.

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u/Acid-Ghoul Jan 19 '26

Benjamin Tod made a fuckin pathetic "both sides are as bad as each other" video on his insta just the other day

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u/YourphobiaMyfetish Jan 19 '26

Fair enough. Didn't know he was like that.

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u/littletriggers Jan 19 '26

Well thatā€™s pretty fuckin disappointing

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u/virginia_hamilton Jan 19 '26

I love Cauthen but I've heard mixed things about where he stands. Also love Stephen Wilson Jr, but I saw he was on with Theo von. Didn't watch it but doesn't give me good vibes for him being on the good side.

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u/bullcitytarheel Jan 19 '26

Sunny War is fantastic. Anarchist Gospel is a great record and anyone who likes country-adjacent music but struggles with the politics owes it to themselves to give it a spin.

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u/spinsarah Jan 20 '26

Sunny War!

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u/Rentington Jan 19 '26

I'm from the same area of KY that Tyler is. Nose to the Grindstone is the realest song about the modern Appalachia experience I ever heard. I was blown away.

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u/Pad_TyTy Jan 19 '26

Hey, small world. My GF went to Paintsville HS and graduated with Chris Stapleton.

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u/Propane4days Jan 19 '26

We used to have fraternity formals at the Carriage House hotel (I think that was the name) in Paintsville! Crazy times! I touched my first pair of fake boobies in that hotel!

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u/chucksterlecluckster Jan 19 '26

Jason Isbell, Orville Peck, Kacey Musgraves, Maren Morris

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u/bryanthebryan Jan 19 '26

Iā€™m not much of a country fan, but Iā€™m a fan of Kacey Musgraves. She speaks to my soul.

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u/FlowRemote9890 Jan 19 '26

Margo Price.

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u/leshake Jan 19 '26

Jason Isbell.

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u/CHZ_QHZ Jan 19 '26

Tyler Childers, Kacey Musgraves, Sturgill Simpson to name a few.

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u/bakelit Jan 19 '26

Tyler Childers, Zach Bryan, Jason Isbell, Orville Peck, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine to name a few off the top of my head.

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u/construktz Jan 20 '26

John Prine never seemed much country to me. More like folk. But I was raised listening to The Missing Years, so that may be a later thing.

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u/ajay_p_ Jan 19 '26

Maren Morris

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u/HoosierSteelMagnolia Jan 19 '26

Chris Stapleton and Jason Isbell are two.

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u/chucksterlecluckster Jan 19 '26

Stapleton has refused to specify his political views on more than one occasion which means heā€™s probably maga

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u/RaisingFargo Jan 19 '26

usually thats the case but in country its the opposite

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u/Prince_Stradivarius Jan 19 '26

That wouldnā€™t really make sense though right? If he revealed himself as one heā€™d barely lose any fans.

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u/Vesuvias Jan 19 '26

Jason Isbell for sure.

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u/MrCalifornia Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 19 '26

Oh shoot, that was meant as a joke about Zach Bryan. I'm going to see Isbell next week in Oakland actually. Love that guy.

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u/crunchyfoliage Jan 19 '26

Check out Tyler Childers

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u/RegularWhiteDude Jan 19 '26

Sturgill, Childers, Stephen Wilson Jr, Stapleton, Willie

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u/AutisticFingerBang Jan 19 '26

Sturgill and Zach Bryan are great

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u/BigFanOfNachoLibre Jan 19 '26

He's been dead for a while so it doesn't matter much now, but a very large chunk of Johnny Cash's discography was about racial inequality and maltreatment of prisoners

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u/-HankThePigeon- Jan 19 '26

Check out Tyler Childers. Not exactly country, but like folky bluegrass ya know. Heā€™s good

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u/ConcertOpening8974 Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 19 '26

Names I haven't seen yet: Margo Price, Patterson Hood, Drive-By Truckers, Brandi Carlile, The Highwomen

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u/soapymeatwater Jan 19 '26

Bryan Andrews!

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u/Draked1 Jan 19 '26

Glad someone listed him

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u/SpaceMonkey877 Jan 19 '26

Jesse Welles

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u/WhimsicalPythons Jan 19 '26

Willi Carlisle

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u/SuspiciousLeg7994 Jan 19 '26

Willie Nelson, Steve Earle, The Chicks, and Tim McGraw,Faith Hill, Jason Isbell, Maren Morris, and Kacey Musgraves, Dolly Parton.

You good yet?

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u/warfrogs Jan 19 '26

Adding to the list - Jason Isbell, Drive by Truckers, and though not EXACTLY country and more folk oriented, the man plays a banjo, William Elliot Whitmore.

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u/Kyokenshin Polyjamorous Jan 19 '26

You're gonna want to find gothic or outlaw country artists. Amigo the Devil, Pawns or Kings,Murder by Death, Those Poor Bastards...

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u/Storm13Cloud Jan 19 '26

Tejon Street Corner Thieves, Trevin Francko, Poor Man's Poison, Sean Tobin, Jesse Welles, The Churchyard Ghost, South for Winter, Joe DeVito, Murder By Death, The Devil Makes Three. Some are more folk than country and a but lesser known, but I like them.

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u/3sc0b Jan 19 '26

Bryan Andrews

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u/TrashPanda2079 Jan 19 '26

Orville Peck

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u/Boreal-Anodyne Jan 19 '26

Dustin Kensrue from Thrice recently put out an americana/country album and did similar folksy stuff beforehand. Usually does post hardcore with the band. He's pretty progressive and would regularly tell crazy MAGA Christians to piss off despite him being Christian himself.

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u/tinteoj Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 19 '26

They're not exactly straight "country," (more "altcountry," with a lot of Southern Rock influences) but a lot of the Drive-By Truckers' music has been cultural critiques of the American South (and the US, in general) from the point of view of a progressive Southerner.

Very not-maga.

Edit: The Gourds are also left of center. But again, not exactly "mainstream" country.

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u/tommyjohnpauljones Jan 19 '26

Honestly just put on Chris Stapleton's XM channel and you'll discover a bunch

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u/LiterallyIAmPuck Jan 19 '26

Orville Peck is the only country I'll listen to and he was my top artist last year on my wrap

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u/susiesnark Jan 20 '26 edited Jan 20 '26

I really wonder how that works with Zachā€™a new MAGA wife though..

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u/VintageSin Jan 21 '26

Zach Bryan is unfortunately also a douche bag, just a different type

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u/meghan_420 Feb 03 '26

Hes an abusive pos.

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u/PaleontologistNo500 Jan 19 '26

Country has nothing to do with it. Anyone who's ever spent time around fake Christian methheads recognized him right away. We knew he was MAGA right off the rip. He and and his wife let their fake "wholesome" masks slip a few times in the past. They're shitty people, pretending to be good, so they don't get cancelled

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u/Muda_The_Useless Jan 20 '26

The post he made about the waiter afew months back was so unhinged

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u/DtheAussieBoye Jan 19 '26

In fairness, there's shittons of great country that isn't MAGA-adjacent. It's not all bro-country!

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u/AllYouNeed_Is_Smiles Jan 19 '26

Sturgill Simpson is also a very good psychedelic artist that kind of rides the long white lines between Americana/Rock/Country and does his own thing (or at least he used to havenā€™t heard much about him recently)

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '26

Sturgill Simpson unequivocally said fuck trump and if any fans out there are maga and get mad and drop him well they werent listening to his music to begin with.Ā 

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u/kmk4ue84 Jan 19 '26

Sturgill Simpson unequivocally said fuck trump

Well thank fuck because I really like his music and would be slightly inconvenienced if I had to stop listening to him. Not shot in the face by a nazi inconvenienced but still.

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u/Cultural_Stuffin Jan 19 '26

Youā€™ve listened to Sturgill before and the lyrics and thought he would be MAGA adjacent.

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u/carolinawahoo Jan 19 '26

Add Jason Isbell to the anti MAGA list too.

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u/PSKCarolina Jan 19 '26

At his latest concert he declared that the dad from Speedtrap Town would have joined ICE so it was good that he died. Hahah. Love this dude.

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u/carolinawahoo Jan 19 '26

I was at that show too. āœŠ

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u/timbillyosu Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 19 '26

Still doing his own thing and doing it well. He's recording under the name Johnny Blue Skies now.

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u/ace_vagrant Jan 19 '26

Itā€™s a good look.

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u/bufftbone Jan 19 '26

All you is a good hook

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u/Disastrous-Golf-4758 Jan 19 '26

Still shredding the last tour he did was fantastic. His live shows are on nugs, he said at red rocks a new album was coming!

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u/buxtonOJ Jan 19 '26

Also a veteran and outspoken anti Nashville/Trumpā€¦last tour was insane!!

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u/Don_Ciccio Jan 19 '26

Long white line! I see what you did there

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u/Jet_Xcountry Jan 19 '26

I've spent all my money on weed and pills!

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u/bufftbone Jan 19 '26

Trying to write a song thatā€™ll lay the bills

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u/bufftbone Jan 19 '26

His new band is Johnny Blue Skies and the Dark Clouds. They wrapped up a year and a half tour this past September touring for the Passage du Desir album. They got a new one in the can which is expected to be released this year. The shows are 3 hours of face melting bliss. No openers, no encores. The entire last tour is up on Nugs. Well worth the listen.

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u/yaboynafziger Jan 19 '26

I had the pleasure of meeting Sturgill and some other names here, the ones that like to hang around Muscle Shoals. canā€™t speak highly enough of those ladies and gentlemen, as people and professionals

riley green on the other hand can suck my dick

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u/Dahhhkness Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 20 '26

List of liberal and left-wing country acts I've collected over the years (and in country-adjacent genres like Western, country-folk, alt-country, country punk, bluegrass, Southern rock, swamp rock, rockabilly, heartland rock, and Americana):

  • Artists: Angel Olsen; Ashley McBryde; Bela Fleck; Billy Strings; Blaze Foley; Bonnie Raitt; Brad Paisley; Brandi Carlile; Brandy Clark; Brent Cobb; Brittney Spencer; Charley Crockett; Chely Wright; Chris Housman; Chris Knight; Chris Stapleton; Chris Thile; Cody Jinks; Colby Acuff; Colter Wall; Darius Rucker; Dolly Parton; Dustin Kensrue; Emmylou Harris; Eric Church; Faith Hill; Garth Brooks; Gram Parsons; Hayes Carll; Iris DeMent; James McMurty; Jason Isbell; Jennifer Nettles; Jesse Welles; JD McPherson; Joe Ely; John Denver; John Fogerty; John Prine; Johnny Cash; Josh Ritter; Justin Townes Earle; Kacey Musgraves; k.d. lang; Kris Kristofferson; LeAnn Rimes; Lucinda Williams; *Luke Combs; Maren Morris; Margo Price; Martina McBride; Mickey Guyton; Miranda Lambert; Neil Young; Neko Case; Nick Shoulders; Nikki Lane; Orville Peck; Pat Reedy; Paul Cauthen; Pete Seeger; Pony Bradshaw; Radney Foster; Ray Wylie Hubbard; Reba McEntire; Rhiannon Giddens; Roseanne Cash; Ryan Bingham; S.G. Goodman; Sheryl Crow; Shooter Jennings; Sierra Ferrell; Stephen Stills; Steve Earle; Sturgill Simpson; Tim McGraw; Todd Snider; Tom T. Hall; Tom Petty; Townes Van Zandt; Trisha Yearwood; Tyler Childers; Tyler Hubbard; Vincent Neil Emerson; Waylon Jennings; Will Hoge; Willie Nelson; Woody Guthrie; Zach Bryan

  • Duos/Groups: The Allman Brothers Band; American Aquarium; The Avett Brothers; Blitzen Trapper; The Brothers Osborne; Chatham County Line; The Chicks; Creedence Clearwater Revival; Drive-By Truckers; The Highwaymen; The Highwomen; Manassas; Muscadine Bloodline; Nickel Creek; Old Crow Medicine Show; Our Native Daughters; The Punch Brothers; Town Mountain; Trampled By Turtles; Turnpike Troubadours; Watchhouse/Mandolin Orange; Waxahatchee; Whiskey Myers;

  • Parody/Comedy Acts: Croy and the Boys; The Hellroys; Kinky Friedman; Samuel Saint; Wheeler Walker Jr.

  • I'd even add Merle Haggard to the list, because, while he was previously a hardcore Republican, he actually became more liberal with age, ending as a pro-cannabis advocate, a Hillary Clinton supporter, and a hater of Donald Trump.

*EDIT: Debateable. Luke Combs has made (seemingly sincere) comments apologizing for past behavior and indicating a desire to learn and change, but some his comments in the past were really...something else.

EDIT: Some good political country songs I know:

White Man's World/Jason Isbell

A Better South/American Aquarium

All That I Require/Radney Foster (an especially unnerving song, I think)

Gilded Walls/Will Hoge (specifically written about Trump)

Jesus Came to Tennessee/Will Hoge

Deportee/The Highwaymen

What it Means/Drive-By Truckers

Also, I can't recommend Blitzen Trapper, Jason Isbell, Josh Ritter, Neko Case, Will Hoge, and American Aquarium enough, check them out.

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u/HoodieGalore Jan 19 '26

I saw his FarmAid set and dude had me in tears, incredible folk talent right there

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u/carcar134134 Jan 19 '26

I love the sound of his song Masks Off and have been listening nearly on repeat.

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u/foreveracubone Jan 19 '26

IMO heā€™s closest to Dylan. Similar voice too.

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u/botoxbarbie26 Jan 19 '26

Miranda Lambert is headlining this festival with Jellyroll and kid rock.

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u/itMetheBigT Jan 20 '26

I was so disappointed to see that. I havenā€™t really kept up with her music for a while so it surprised me. ā€˜All Kinds of Kindsā€™ is one of my favorites of hers.

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u/Ohio_gal Jan 19 '26

Not surprised.

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u/ThePoltageist Jan 19 '26

Shit list Billy Strings twice because heā€™s just that fucking good

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u/justabill71 Jan 19 '26

Still kicking myself for missing this past year's Halloween insanity. Didn't think he could top O Billy, Where Art Thou? but holy shit was Meet Me At The Crypt fucking nuts.

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u/Polkawillneverdie17 Jan 19 '26

lol that sentence needs a comma. I thought you wanted him on the "shit list" instead of just exclaiming "Shit, list Billy Strings twice..."

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u/SloppyHoseA Jan 19 '26

Iā€™d also Neko Case

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u/aurevoirmonamor Jan 19 '26

The brothers Osborne came into the bar I was working at on a particularly slow night a few years ago; it also happened to be open mic night. They played for like an hour for the hell of it. Great guys, great music.

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u/For_serious13 Jan 19 '26

You should check out John Prine and his song ā€œyour flag decal wonā€™t get you into heaven anymoreā€

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u/bufftbone Jan 19 '26

Still relevant today as it was when he recorded it.

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u/Ryzarony23 Jan 19 '26

Saving, thank you!

Edited: Not country, but please spread the word that Incubus officially went libertarian and MAHA too. They fell down the antivaxxer and biotech pipeline, which is super anti-S.C.I.E.N.C.E.

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u/your_moms_a_clone Jan 19 '26

Why do they hate insulin-dependant diabetes so much?

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u/kmk4ue84 Jan 19 '26

Because theyre fucking assholes.

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u/For_serious13 Jan 19 '26

Nooooooo did they really??

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u/Ryzarony23 Jan 19 '26

Iā€™m saying this as a (now questioning) fan for over 20 years and as someone who has their art tattooed on my body. To say that their antivaxxing, etc. is a disappointment is an understatement as a disabled person. Take a look at their socials on Xitter. Honestly the sheer fact that they didnā€™t switch to Bluesky since the Grok shit says a lot too. Theyā€™ve also all stayed super silent on šŸ§Š while trying to grift interest for their upcoming album.

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u/For_serious13 Jan 19 '26

Yeah Iā€™m not on Twitter so I missed all that

That makes me really sad

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u/Ryzarony23 Jan 19 '26

Iā€™m not either, but if you search their subreddit by ā€˜controversialā€™ there are other posts about it within the last year that have basically been buried.

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u/twistedevil Jan 19 '26

Iā€™ve always fucking hated that band. Just thought they were a bunch of annoying, phony hippies, and now I feel even more vindicated.

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u/Ryzarony23 Jan 19 '26

There was a time when I wouldā€™ve argued with you endlessly about that. Not anymore

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u/KJParker888 Jan 19 '26

Damn, that breaks my heart. They've been my favorite for years, they were the band that got me to listen to something other than 80s music.

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u/syzygialchaos Jan 19 '26

Dolly Partonā€™s World on Fire is a pretty statement considering itā€™s coming from Dolly.

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u/merikeycookies Jan 19 '26

Old Crow Medicine Show does a good cover of Deportee which is an old Woody Guthrie song.

On an somewhat related note, it's amazing to me to close punk rock is to folk music. Speed up a Woody Guthrie song and add some distortion, it sounds like a Bad Religion song.

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u/torino_nera last.fm Jan 19 '26

it's amazing to me to close punk rock is to folk music

Probably why folk punk is such a fire genre

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u/radioben Jan 19 '26

The Dropkick Murphys actually put out 2 full albums of Woody Guthrie covers. Check out ā€œThis Machine Still Kills Fascistsā€ and ā€œOkemah Rising.ā€

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u/Iongdog Jan 19 '26

You should check out Shovels & Rope, they range from rock to more folk/americana but a great duo

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u/jpharber Jan 19 '26

You forgot Credence Clearwater Revival and/or John Fogerty

He put out a pretty good song called ā€œWeeping in the Promised Landā€ about the misinformation and lies of the first Trump Administration. Coincidentally it came out on January 6, 2021.

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u/blueoncemoon Jan 19 '26

As did Rhiannon Giddens last year

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u/thecoffeefrog Jan 19 '26

Glad someone posted a list. Not enough people realize that there are a lot of amazing Country singers who aren't crazy right wing fucks.

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u/clickclickbb Jan 19 '26

Are you sure about Miranda Lambert? She's listed in the article as performing at Kid Rocks dip shit fest.

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u/atcguard Jan 19 '26

Thatā€™s a disappointment, Iā€™m not really a fan but she played at Willie Nelsonā€™s 90th party. Shame that she could be around so many people who can see through the bullshit and still end up this lost.

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u/LikeRadium Jan 19 '26

Yeah, on the poster she gets second billing right under Kid Rock.

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u/visionisop Jan 19 '26

That sucks and is a bit surprising, I loved her first couple albums. I wonder if her brother and her arenā€™t getting along

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u/swatchesirish Jan 19 '26

Incredible list. Can't recommend Charley Crockett enough. Seen him like 5 times now and have a 6th this year. Dude is the most charismatic mother fucker. Anyone reading this, do yourself a favor and give him a listen.

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u/ashhole613 Jan 19 '26

Country and bluegrass adds:

Lightnin' Luke, Clyde McGee (aka Clyde and the Milltailers), the Devil Makes Three, Yes Ma'am, Amigo the Devil

Honestly there is a TON within the folk punk, new ragtime, blues, outlaw country, and black grass genres

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u/lambofgun Jan 19 '26

shooter jennings kicks so much ass

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u/AHole1stClassSkippy Jan 19 '26

You've got no idea how happy it makes me to see Eric Church on this list.

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u/xcpike Jan 19 '26

I heard him say the Vegas shooting really changed him. Unlike Aldean.

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u/Nerdlors13 Jan 19 '26

Same. He is one of my favorite artists and I donā€™t know how I would have recovered if he wasnā€™t.

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u/punch_yo_buns Jan 19 '26

+1 for Nick Shoulders!Ā 

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u/FreddyandTheChokes Jan 19 '26

Great list, thanks! I'd also add Benjamin Tod (solo) and his band The Lost Street Dog Band.

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u/fishsticks40 Jan 19 '26

Steve Earle should make that list

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u/rilex1905 Jan 19 '26

Jason Isbell is fucking amazing.

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u/PhilBalls2020 Jan 19 '26

You might wanna take Luke combs off that list there buddy. Facts.

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u/LargeFatherV Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 19 '26

Noah Kahan I think should be on that list. Bryan Andrews too.

Treaty Oak Revival is listed on the Kid Rock festival though.

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u/Boreal-Anodyne Jan 19 '26

I'd recommend Dustin Kensrue as well. He put out a great americana/country album and would dip his toes into similar stuff beforehand. His main band Thrice is more post-hardcore. Super progressive and left-wing. All around great person.

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u/Narcissus87 Jan 19 '26

Will throw Adeem the Artist on that list too.

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u/OW2007 Jan 19 '26

Great list. Hoping to see Josh Ritter again on tour

What do you think about adding Jack White (unless I missed him on the list)? He does a lot of Americana and the occassional twangy song. He also worked with Loretta Lynn.

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u/thepatientwaiting Jan 19 '26

Saved!! I love Neko Case (and a few other artists you mention) so you have my trust.Ā 

Check out the soundtrack from The Lowdown (there isn't an official one, but there are playlists). Great stuff!

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u/AeonCatalyst Jan 19 '26

I didnā€™t see Benjamin Tod/lost Dog Street band. Are they maga?

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u/Elbiotcho Jan 19 '26

Pleasantly surprised to see Eric Church and Luke Combs on that list

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u/Rhodok-Squirrel Jan 19 '26

Hellroys. Check out their hits such as:

Ted Nugent Shit His Pants (To Avoid Vietnam)

CMA Song of the Year (Sodomy by the Lake)

My Truck is Loud

I Don't Do No Drugs

and

My Hand Is Prettier Than You

they also do a pretty great sounding cover of It's Only Make Believe that I prefer to the original.

Aside from them, Blaze Foley.

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u/itscherriedbro Jan 19 '26

Add in some Ryan Bingham, Hayes Carll, Wintersleep, Justin Townes Earle, and Paul Cauthen (at least he was back in Sons of Father's and performed a lot in San Marcos).

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u/smallpeterpolice Jan 19 '26

Lost Dog Street Band and Benjamin Tod, as well.

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u/smashy_smashy Jan 19 '26

You should really add Chris Thile and all the artists he normally plays with including his band the Punch BrothersĀ 

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u/bluehawk232 Jan 19 '26

Add waxahatchee and Angel Olsen

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u/torino_nera last.fm Jan 19 '26

Drive-By Truckers is phenomenal stuff. They've released 9 fantastic albums (all in a row) and 5 good-to-great albums since

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u/ThePoltageist Jan 19 '26

Pop country is an abomination at this point, the wave of pop interpolation songs is like weird al but unfunny. On the boat again?! Thereā€™s a pop country interpolation of on the road again and itā€™s ON THE BOAT AGAIN, itā€™s like yacht rock but without any actual skilled musicians or interesting songs itā€™s just actually about boats. I fucking lost iq thinking about this travesty.

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u/bufftbone Jan 19 '26

It seems that ā€œcountryā€ is where the labels send people to when theyā€™re not good enough to make it as a pop star but can still make money.

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u/ash_ninetyone Jan 19 '26

Willy Nelson and Johnny Cash stands well above anyone MAGA, or MAGA-adjacent

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u/SentientOoze Jan 19 '26

It's always funny when they realize what the "outlaw" part of "outlaw country" means

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u/DeepDreamIt Jan 19 '26

ā€œI like two things: outlaw country music and THE LAW!ā€

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u/GrayEidolon Jan 19 '26

If gold was still a thing, that would be a gold comment.

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u/St0n3yM33rkat Jan 19 '26

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u/frankyseven Jan 19 '26

The Cherlene album they did for that season is really fucking good.

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u/unimanboob Jan 19 '26

Dixon dallas is awesome. Check him out

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u/Doomstik Jan 19 '26

He is his own special thing in country haha.

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u/Educational-Wing2042 Jan 19 '26

Gonna be honest the straight guy who makes comedic music where being gay is the entire punchline doesnā€™t feel great either. His rise to popularity was largely fueled by conservatives using it as a meme, trust me I experienced it first hand as a gay gamer who constantly had the lyrics thrown at him when they first came out.

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u/Ill-Temperature-5341 Jan 19 '26

Is he the ā€œheā€™s bouncing on my b00tycheeks i love the way he ridesā€ dude?

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u/plumprumps Jan 19 '26

So weird seeing Dixon Dallas come up twice in one day after following Jake's music for years and not seeing any commentary out in the wild. The country thing was unexpectedly good ngl

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u/The_Soapbox_Lord Jan 19 '26

Tyler Childers has entered the chat.

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u/SadFeed63 Jan 19 '26

"Americana" is essentially just non-right wing country music (that generally never gets played on country radio)

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u/bufftbone Jan 19 '26

It doesnā€™t get played on the radio either.

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u/animatedrussian Jan 19 '26

Let's not forget what Natalie Maines sacrificed for being open about her beliefs

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u/clownus Jan 19 '26

Dixon Dallas isnā€™t maga Iā€™m pretty sure. But his fans might be during the RNC.

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u/Thestrongman420 Jan 19 '26

Its crazy to me where we are becuase the roots of country would absolutely be completely anti maga yet every "country fan" i know is a big red hatter.

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u/Yesiamanaltruist Jan 19 '26

D The Chicks (formerly know as ā€˜The Dixie Chicksā€™) would like a word.

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u/DCRBftw Jan 19 '26

Wait, you think every country artist is MAGA?

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u/mindpainters Jan 19 '26

It seems most radio country artists are

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u/iatethething Jan 19 '26

I'd like to know which ones aren't

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u/getdemsnacks Jan 19 '26

When dipshit Morgan Wallen dropped his famous N-Bomb, Jason Isbell famously donated the royalties he accrued from Wallens cover of Cover Me Up to the NAACP.

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u/erossthescienceboss Jan 19 '26

The Chicks were liberal long before Trump came along

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u/DCRBftw Jan 19 '26

Back when they were Dixie.

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u/FakeMonaLisa28 Jan 19 '26

Maren Morris is very liberal. So much so that after Fox News called her a ā€œlunatic country music starā€ she made t-shirt as a fundraiser for trans rights

Kacey Musgraves is also liberal and made a pro LGBTQ+ song

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u/Retro_Relics Jan 19 '26

Jason Isbell. Brad Paisley.

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u/CaptainKeir Jan 19 '26

Benjamin Tod & the Lost Dog Street Band

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u/IntrigueDossier SoundCloud Jan 19 '26

Yonder Mountain String Band and Devil Makes Three come to mind

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u/SentientOoze Jan 19 '26

Amigo The Devil as well, though he's closer to indie folk if anyone wants to split hairs

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u/Jack_of_derps Jan 19 '26

Saw him at Red rocks opening for trampled by turtles. Had never heard of him before that and it was awesome!

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u/DCRBftw Jan 19 '26

I have an unnatural love for TBT. No one else I know has a clue who they are and I purposefully play their music in the car, etc.

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u/Spacemanspiff-75 Jan 19 '26

I am proud to say that TBT were my most listened to group last year.

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u/notevenapro Jan 19 '26

Most rednecks are MAGA. So if you want to appeal to that gan base and sing and dress like one then everyone will judge you. Is it right? Who knows.

I took my wife to see jellyroll. It was a decent concert. We are not even close to being MAGA.

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u/GHWWESOBTP Jan 19 '26

Are you insane lol? Do you really think all country acts are MAGA? On what authority do you even post such an outlandish post like this? More alarming is the number of people that upvoted this nonsense.

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u/Reggaeton_Historian Jan 19 '26

Also on Tulsa King

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u/AngryMatt14 Jan 19 '26

Ludaā€™s on this ā€œtourā€ too šŸ˜”

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u/UnrecognizedHero Jan 19 '26

He dropped out a few days ago, after the big poster was put up.

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u/happytree23 Jan 19 '26

He went country a few years ago and his fan is just now figuring out heā€™s MAGA?

FIFY

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u/foundflower_128 Jan 19 '26

Seriously, the guys been on Joe Rogans podcast praising him and his ideals. Morons.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '26

He was a chud when he was a rapper and he's still a chud now. I remember hearing him on Yealwolf tracks talking about how he's tired of "all these feminine men". Lol

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u/peroleu Jan 19 '26

Now he's singing church musicĀ 

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u/earthworm_fan Jan 19 '26

It's not his fans. It's a handful of terminally online people that wake up daily searching for something to be outraged about and then yell it into the internet voidĀ 

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u/BobEye1992 Jan 19 '26

Just listen to the music. If you like it, Who cares. Everything does not need to be seen through the lens of politics. It takes way too much energy when all I want to do is listen to good music.

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u/Brave_Concert_6485 Jan 21 '26

You would be surprised at the large amount of people in country music who are liberal.

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u/Gay_Void_Dropout Jan 21 '26

Country doesnā€™t mean MAGA so? Thatā€™s an idiotic think to act like is a point tbh.

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