I'm a fan of Chris Stapleton as well. Also Luke Combs - even though he strolls into "bro country" a lot, he's more authentic than any male singers who are almost feminine (i.e. Kenny Chesney, Garth Brooks). On the female side, I'm impressed with Ingrid Andress and Tenille Townes, to name a couple. So not all is bad.
But I get what Loretta is saying. If you tune into country music these days, it is basically sounding like pop music from the 1970s. Not all of it bad. But not authentic country either.
On the Sirius/XM, one of my one-touches is dedicated to Willie's Roadhouse. Outlaw Country not so bad either.
Tom Petty said it best, “Bad Rock with a fiddle.”
Is she is a cross between Toni Tenille and Townes Van Zandt?
It's about the only place a person might get to hear Loretta Lynn... or Ernest Tubb, or Lefty Frizzell, or...
Outsiders with expensive suits have "ruined" county music a bunch of times, usually with the help of county musicians having a hankering for their own expensive suits. Someone generally resuscitates it and starts the whole cycle over again.
The roadhouse is one of mine as well.
148 the OTR station is usually my first touch on startup.