Off the Beaten Path
Apple Music
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In its many decades as a genre, alt-country has evolved in countless directions, with a certain group of artists merging twanging guitars with gothic sentiments to take things in a darker direction. This playlist features acts who explore the somber side of roots music. It's as gloomy in some moments as it is heartrending in others.