Luke Bell is dead, age 32. Fans of the kind of country music that isn’t played on commercial radio are an obsessive lot. We trade new discoveries online, make lists, and argue about the meaning and scope of the terms used to describe the particular varieties of sound that span what is, for us, this country’s defining musical genre. Americana. Alt-country. Country pop. Pop country. (These two are not the same.) Country and Western. Western swing. Hillbilly punk. Red Dirt. Outlaw music.
Remembering Luke Bell, 1990-2022
Remembering Luke Bell, 1990-2022
Remembering Luke Bell, 1990-2022
Luke Bell is dead, age 32. Fans of the kind of country music that isn’t played on commercial radio are an obsessive lot. We trade new discoveries online, make lists, and argue about the meaning and scope of the terms used to describe the particular varieties of sound that span what is, for us, this country’s defining musical genre. Americana. Alt-country. Country pop. Pop country. (These two are not the same.) Country and Western. Western swing. Hillbilly punk. Red Dirt. Outlaw music.