Alternative Country, also known as Alt-Country, is a loosely defined sub-genre of country which can combine any of the following: country, rock, rockabilly, bluegrass, folk rock, and punk. If you want to learn more about Alternative Country listen to these CD's:
Easy Tiger by Ryan Adams
Big Iron World by Old Crow Medicine Show
Too Far to Care by Old 97s
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive by Steve Earle
Brighter than Creation’s Dark by Drive-by Truckers
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams