Alternative rock was once unconventional until it became a dominant mainstream force in the 1990s. Many bands mixed classic sounds from the 60s or 70s with the spirit of punk. These opposing ...

There’s a case to be made that Alternative Country, or Alt-Country as it’s more often called, hasn’t ever really been a legit genre. One will be hard-pressed to get any of the artists lumped in with ...

A popular Lancaster alt-country band of the aughts will play in public for the first time in roughly a decade this week — and this time, they’re doing it for the kids. After six months of secret ...

Dan Wriggins has worked plenty of odd jobs. Before founding alt-country band Friendship, he coiled rope on a lobster boat in Maine. A few years later, Wriggins was a groundskeeper for a grand, private ...

Some call it y’allternative. Others call it alternative country. Some call it insurgent country music. All of those labels refer to, more or less, the same type of music. And that is alternative, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A pit bull puppy peeing off a balcony. Mounted antlers in the kitchen on a crooked nail. Pink boiled eggs stay afloat in the brine. For its dedicated audience, the North Carolina ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Three big-time rock bands and two all-star country performers will hit the state in August for the Ohio State Fair. Next summer’s annual extravaganza continues to populate with ...

Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert and Lee Brice will perform at Turning Point's alternative halftime show, airing as Bad Bunny takes the Super Bowl stage.

Dan Wriggins has worked plenty of odd jobs. Before founding alt-country band Friendship, he coiled rope on a lobster boat in Maine. A few years later, Wriggins was a groundskeeper for a grand, private ...