alt-country music

today i got into an argument with L. i was shamefully admitting that i spent a good part of my morning listening to brad paisley. my reasoning was simple: he's one of the few pros in a field of amateurs. i don't necessarily like what he does, i just like how he does it - because it's better than his peers. (example: tim burton directs a porn film) while we argued, i started citing examples of how country music more pervasive than we think. now i'm in the process of creating february's playlist (a bit early... but that's okay). country songs that don't sound like modern-day popular country music. i'll post the list here when it's done.