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Genre: cowboy western

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Parent Genre: country

Cowboy western music is a genre that emerged in the early 20th century, featuring songs about the American West, cowboys, and the rugged lifestyle of the frontier. The music often incorporates elements of country, folk, and blues, and is characterized by its storytelling lyrics and simple, catchy melodies. This genre has been popularized by numerous artists, who have become synonymous with the cowboy western music genre.


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Vocals, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drum Kit, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Fiddle, Pedal Steel Guitar, Keyboard/Piano, Synthesizer

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Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer And Other Christmas Classics
1947
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
1959
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Country and Western
1997
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American Originals
1989
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Son Of The South
2007
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Buck Owens Country Legends
1966
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Sunset On the Range
1990
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El Viejo
2024
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Wagon Tracks
2002
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Tonopah
1999
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Retrospective (Volume 2)
1987
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House Of 1000 Corpses
2003
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Hoppy, Gene and Me
2020
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Pee Wee King's Country Hoedown
1995
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High Noon - Riding the Trails with Tex Ritter: a 1950s Western Music Collection (Remastered)
2023

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List of cowboy western artists

Here is a list of cowboy western artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the cowboy western genre. You can find out what cowboy western genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namepopularityfollowers
1 49 322323
2 42 147370
3 35 40515
4 47 68206
5 61 506446
6 35 44587
7 40 28433
8 37 9561
9 31 53037
10 32 47491
11 23 9929
12 50 82763
13 47 207353
14 43 42901
15 32 15093
16 32 19531
17 23 6721
18 29 40672
19 28 10341
20 40 92187
21 30 6513
22 34 44252
23 18 5231
24 37 18310
25 18 750
26 17 4195
27 17 3464
28 33 10168
29 33 12364
30 13 5557
31 32 11023
32 30 6811
33 20 2597
34 24 4573
35 23 1554
36 21 3090
37 20 4357
38 5 365
39 8 1877
40 8 360
41 2 250
42 2 189
43 2 142
44 1 173
45 4 179
46 1 96
47 2 432
48 2 150
49 1 296

cowboy western playlist created by Chosic

Enjoy this playlist of popular cowboy western music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.