The present state of country music is not country.
I discovered "Reward Music" which is a joint-venture between Dweezil Zappa and Steven Volpp (please note: I have no financial interest in this site but I am a huge fan of Frank and Dweezil Zappa).
It's a very cool site, where basically fans pay nothing to join and have access to all kind of content (some of which has a cost but that's capitalism, baby). Unlike with FB etc, there isn't an algorithm that limits reach to fans; unbeknownst to many people, if an artist pushes out a message on FB to his/her fans, an algorithm limits the reach so that maybe 10% of the fans get the message (unless they "boo$t" the post...). Finally, so they say, fans' data aren't sold to Google etc.
I don't know if it'll succeed but it's a step in the night direction.
Change the venue to Hillbilly Rap.
Apparently a majority of our Country is occupied by Good Germans.
Joementia’s (MAGA) Make America Grovel Again platform will hit the ground running, have no doubt.
Being a Trump supporter can kill a career in any industry. This,of course,is all spelled out in Rules For Radicals.
I imagine the next dominate “country” with be country rap which is.... crap
Murder on Music Row - 1999
“Murder on Music Row” is a lament and criticism of the ongoing trend of country pop crossover acts and pop influences on country music, a trend that has pushed traditional and neotraditional country music (and those who perform it) to the periphery.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_on_Music_Row
Country Rewind: The Bluegrass Roots of Alan Jackson and George Strait’s ‘Murder on Music Row’
https://www.wideopencountry.com/murder-on-music-row/
Ever since Alan Jackson and George Strait performed “Murder on Music Row” at the 1999 CMA Awards, the song has been a rallying point for traditional country music fans with no time for the pop-friendly country radio hits that have dominated Nashville for the past 20 years.