There’s been very little real country music in over 30 years.
"Bad rock with a fiddle." - Tom Petty (RIP!)
No doubt the country genre is tilting to rock. There are still many traditional country acts out there - Morgan Wallen Luke Combs, Dillon Carmichael, John Pardi, Hank Jr., Alan Jackson and others. Need to look harder to find them.
*on the radio.
If you look in other places there is a ton of great country music being made today.
Turnpike Troubadours
Sturgil Simpson
Tyler Childers
Colter Wall
Flatland Cavalry
John Fullbright
Charley Crockett
Slaid Cleaves
Luke Bell
Margo Price
Lost Dog Street Band
Hayes Carll
Whiskey Myers
Old Crow Medicine Show
Cody Jinks
Nicki Bluhm
Blackberry Smoke
Whitey Morgan
William Clark Green
Ian Noe
Mike and the Moonpies
Charles Wesley Godwin
Cole Cheney
Justin Townes Earl