X Country

This channel is often described as country music for people who don't like country music. This is pretty much on the mark. It's also described as "progressive" country. I think that it's regressive country and that's a compliment. X Country plays music that blends rock 'n' roll, the blues and early R&B with country, kind of like Johnny Cash meets Buddy Holly. I can appreciate a roots channel like this, but for some reason it doesn't excite me that much. I'll tune in again, maybe I just hit a rough patch.

X Country, Progressive Country, XM 12
My previous experience with channel: not much.

Heard on X Country:
"Too Far to Fall", Uncle Walt's Ban; "Waiting on a Train", Steve Forbert; "Goin' Down in Style", Robert Earl Keen; "Mr. Dependability", Duane Jarvis; "Something to Look", Jon Dee Graham; "Yama Yama Pretty Mama", Big Sandy; "Everybody Went Low", John Hiatt; "Monkey in the Middle", Chuck Prophet; "Lovers Vacation", Paul Thorn; "Back Into Your W", Son Volt; "Cry", Danny Click; "Shut Up", Kieran Kane; "Not Enough of You", Rhodes Tavern T; "Back to You", Jason Boland; "What Do You Know", Dwight Yoakam.

Time spent listening: a little under an hour.

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