Category
page 1Progressive country musicians
Willie Nelson
American country musician (born 1933)
Kris Kristofferson
American country singer, songwriter and actor (1936-2024)
Linda Ronstadt
American singer (born 1946)
Jackson Browne
American singer-songwriter
J.J. Cale
American musician (1938–2013)
Emmylou Harris
American singer, songwriter and musician
Michael Nesmith
American musician, songwriter, actor (1942–2021)
Charlie Daniels
American singer and musician (1936–2020)
Gram Parsons
American singer-songwriter
Earl Scruggs
American musician (1924–2012)
Dan Fogelberg
American singer (1951–2007)
Zach Bryan
Zachary Lane Bryan is an American country singer-songwriter from Oologah, Oklahoma. After two self-produced studio albums, DeAnn (2019) and Elisabeth (2020), he signed with Warner Records to release his third album and major label debut American Heartbreak (2022), which peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 and was led by the Billboard Hot 100-top ten single "Something in the Orange". His self-titled fourth album (2023) debuted atop the Billboard 200, while its lead single, "I Remember Everything", peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100, Hot Country Songs, and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs charts simultaneously, also earning him a Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance. His fifth studio album, The Great American Bar Scene (2024), peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 and spawned the Billboard Hot 100 top-ten single "Pink Skies".
John Prine
American singer-songwriter (1946-2020)
The Flying Burrito Brothers
American musical group
Bobby Bare
American country singer
Rodney Crowell
American musician
Kinky Friedman
American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and columnist (1944–2024)
Charlie Rich
American country singer (1932–1995)
Sturgill Simpson
American singer
Billy Joe Shaver
American country singer (1939–2020)
Tom T. Hall
American country musician (1936–2021)
Jerry Jeff Walker
American country singer (1942–2020)
Mickey Newbury
American singer-songwriter (1940–2002)
New Riders of the Purple Sage
American country rock band
The Marshall Tucker Band
American rock band from Spartanburg, South Carolina
Joe Ely
American singer-songwriter (1947–2025)
Marty Stuart
American musician
John Hartford
American singer-songwriter and musician (1937–2001)
Tompall Glaser
American country singer (1933–2013)
Asleep at the Wheel
American band
Michael Martin Murphey
American singer-songwriter
Sammi Smith
American country singer (1943–2005)
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
American country singer
The Desert Rose Band
band
Jonathan Edwards
American singer-songwriter
Sir Douglas Quintet
band
Lee Clayton
American songwriter and musician (1942–2023)
Butch Hancock
American musician