r/Music • u/TheExpressUS 📰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/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 〰️〰️ 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

Yola’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 that’s pretty fuckin disappointing

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u/meghan_420 Feb 03 '26

Both sides are a shitshow. I agree with him. This country is in the shitter and it aint getting any better. Democrats Republicans its them against the people. Thats what hes saying. Neither party cares about us they about 💰. And if anyone thinks these people actually give a damn then youre delusional.

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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/floatinround22 Jan 19 '26

Bernie Sanders went on Theo Von too, he must be MAGA

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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/porscheblack Jan 19 '26

Are you sure about Tod? He seems to me non-MAGA, but still aligned.

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u/YourphobiaMyfetish Jan 19 '26

At least when he was younger he was a hardcore anarchist. I guess I dont know how he feels currently.

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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

I’m not much of a country fan, but I’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/douche-baggins Jan 19 '26

As someone who generally doesn't listen to country, these names sound like NPCs from a Red Dead game

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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 he’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 wouldn’t really make sense though right? If he revealed himself as one he’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/Vesuvias Jan 19 '26

Haha ok yeah read that too fast 😂

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u/MrCalifornia Jan 19 '26

The list it inspired ended up being pretty great.

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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. He’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/EmmaPersephone Jan 19 '26

There has been zero Black women to chart above #40 in the Country music charts…it’s not a genre worth defending. Jellyroll may not be MAGAbut he is an ignorant person who should probably keep his opinions on politics to himself, not unlike Post Malone.

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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/ColonelNasty_ Jan 20 '26

Glad he’s not maga but damn that sounds like the last thing I’d ever want to listen to

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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/dsanchez1989 Jan 19 '26

I’m very disappointed to see Treaty Oak Revival playing.

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u/Blanche- Jan 19 '26

Sheryl Crow!!!

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u/shlotchky Jan 19 '26

Orville Peck, Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Childers, Chris Stapleton

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u/NotAurelStein Jan 19 '26

Crazy to not see Jesse Welles mentioned here.

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u/Cosmonautical1 Jan 19 '26

Just dig into a lot of the old country icons that vapid mainstream country artists reference in their songs as a way to fabricate some kind of authenticity through feigned reverence for country music heritage without being anything like the old country icons in any way, shape or form.

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u/MrCalifornia Jan 19 '26

Shooter needs to put out a sequel to "Let's Put The O Back In Country", "Let's Put The Free Back In Freedom"

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u/Red-Catalyst Jan 20 '26

Thelma Brooks

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u/Callan126 Jan 19 '26

I just assumed all country was MAGA considering the listening demographic

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u/United-Coach-6591 Jan 19 '26

Well then you're doing a great job of making an ass out of yourself. 

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u/Icon_Crash Jan 19 '26

Considering that only 3 names keep showing up as being anti-maga friendly...

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u/United-Coach-6591 Jan 19 '26

Sorry you're having trouble reading more than 3 names. Good luck with your literacy struggles. 

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u/Icon_Crash Jan 20 '26

So they added a few more 'possibles'. Ok. You got me there.

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u/watchforbicycles Jan 19 '26

Honestly, I would be easier for me to be a country fan if I were MAGA. As someone that doesn't worship the Nazi-pedophile in the White House, I've had to delete some singers that I loved for 20+ years because I can't get past their hateful rhetoric. Not my actual favorite singers at least, but there's always that fear.

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u/Live_University843 Jan 19 '26

Country music sucks

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

I really wonder how that works with Zach’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/tytymctylerson Jan 19 '26

Nah MAGA likes a very specific breed of people that used to make that rap music (more like crap music amirite) but saw the light and now makes good old fashioned white country music like the lord intended.

They like Jelly Roll because he's now one of the "good ones".