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Genre
southern americana
Parent Genre: country

Southern Americana music is a genre that blends elements of country, blues, and folk music with a distinctly Southern flair. It often features raw, emotional vocals and storytelling lyrics that touch on themes of love, loss, and life in the American South. The music is characterized by its use of acoustic instruments like guitar, banjo, and harmonica, as well as its incorporation of traditional Southern musical styles like bluegrass and gospel. Overall, Southern Americana music is a powerful and evocative genre that captures the spirit and soul of the American South.


Top artists of southern americana genre

Charley Crockett
Pony Bradshaw
John Moreland
Arlo McKinley
Jeffrey Foucault
Bellhound Choir
Emily Scott Robinson
Gabe Lee
Jaime Wyatt
Shinyribs
The Wild Feathers
Joshua Ray Walker
Aaron Lee Tasjan
Michigan Rattlers
Logan Ledger
Sam Morrow
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List of southern americana artists

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

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Charley Crockett
60 5 62 52 52 68 120 226698
2
Pony Bradshaw
51 1 59 41 39 33 127 21689
3
John Moreland
43 4 54 38 59 44 116 107154
4
Arlo McKinley
43 0 52 41 36 37 104 42582
5
Jeffrey Foucault
41 1 56 27 77 32 114 26820
6
Bellhound Choir
38 4 46 26 68 22 102 6041
7
Emily Scott Robinson
37 0 51 28 81 43 102 14471
8
Gabe Lee
37 0 51 59 37 49 117 9759
9
Jaime Wyatt
37 0 52 54 28 46 120 13929
10
Shinyribs
36 1 61 69 29 76 139 22840
11
The Wild Feathers
35 0 48 71 6 47 134 36619
12
Joshua Ray Walker
34 0 52 51 30 51 117 19172
13
Aaron Lee Tasjan
33 0 61 64 19 55 112 20961
14
Michigan Rattlers
32 2 49 64 27 44 132 12408
15
Logan Ledger
32 9 55 63 41 60 138 9785
16
Sam Morrow
30 1 66 61 20 73 127 5644
17
Cordovas
30 1 53 63 35 59 110 11157
18
Cory Branan
29 1 48 61 31 59 132 16565
19
Sam Outlaw
29 0 61 54 32 61 129 14416
20
The Black Lillies
29 2 56 66 20 57 121 14830
21
Hard Working Americans
27 1 55 48 42 51 111 18963
22
Vandoliers
27 0 53 76 4 63 118 9287
23
TK & The Holy Know-Nothings
26 1 56 45 49 50 122 7586
24
Waylon Payne
25 0 52 44 38 48 104 6877
25
Otis Gibbs
25 0 63 49 52 54 119 9768
26
Kate Rhudy
24 0 58 34 80 40 116 7167
27
Roanoke
24 0 46 64 12 46 129 8401
28
Wrinkle Neck Mules
24 0 51 60 15 57 115 10881
29
Amanda Anne Platt & the Honeycutters
24 0 59 38 44 37 113 8903
30
Kelsey Waldon
24 0 53 57 10 46 124 11397
31
Caleb Caudle
24 0 64 48 32 52 131 6132
32
Great Peacock
22 7 47 71 2 51 132 5142
33
Erick Willis
22 0 52 40 41 41 93 6881
34
Will Stewart
22 2 54 57 23 64 131 1770
35
Ryan Culwell
22 0 55 34 65 41 100 3691
36
Dee White
22 10 59 56 48 55 112 3451
37
BJ Barham
21 0 58 33 47 42 97 7302
38
Sol Driven Train
21 0 70 55 41 71 111 2784
39
Blank Range
20 13 53 69 22 53 109 6128
40
Ordinary Elephant
20 0 62 26 90 42 114 8389
41
Eliot Bronson
19 0 61 57 50 63 138 1745
42
Sadler Vaden
19 0 63 48 2 42 140 3147
43
The Kernal
18 0 49 79 30 70 114 2715
44
Dexateens
17 0 51 80 1 93 130 5289
45
Lee Bains + The Glory Fires
17 19 48 56 37 64 146 6653
46
Glossary
16 0 49 73 6 50 121 5483
47
Have Gun, Will Travel
16 0 61 68 21 73 115 4280
48
Doc Dailey & Magnolia Devil
16 1 43 86 9 54 167 1667
49
The National Reserve
16 1 54 71 1 61 113 4876
50
Drag The River
15 0 44 87 1 51 121 9165
51
Alexa Rose
15 0 53 45 64 40 115 3271
52
Devan DuBois
15 0 38 84 6 41 164 2006
53
the everybodyfields
14 0 44 24 42 27 103 5729
54
Ranky Tanky
14 0 58 43 83 41 176 8580
55
Two Cow Garage
14 0 49 47 52 45 130 7152
56
Rod Gator
13 0 75 70 11 72 152 2251
57
The Pollies
12 0 59 73 0 53 113 1439
58
The Cerny Brothers
12 1 53 67 8 40 107 2619
59
Andrew Leahey & The Homestead
12 1 45 67 0 73 141 2915
60
Kasey Anderson
9 0 49 29 78 16 126 3300
61
Kevin Gordon
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1538
62
Bronwynne Brent
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 689
63
John Moreland & The Dust Bowl Souls
7 0 47 55 27 60 166 1961
64
Drew Beskin
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 320
65
Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster
6 4 56 43 57 56 107 1562
66
Steel Blossoms
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1487
67
John Moreland & The Black Gold Band
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3644
68
Matt Woods
5 0 53 61 2 24 156 1555
69
Chuck Hawthorne
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 522
70
Joey Kneiser
4 0 62 17 79 26 118 1641
71
Kill County
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 530
72
Gravel Kings
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 644
73
Alber Solo
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 617
74
Steep Ravine
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 831
75
Porter and The Bluebonnet Rattlesnakes
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 642
76
Tedo Stone
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 789
77
Graham Nicholas
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 86
78
The Reneaus
2 0 51 22 66 23 124 189
79
Tyler Nail
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 388
80
Benchmarks
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 704
81
Young Valley
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 825
82
Jodi James
1 0 54 9 87 29 134 220
83
Big Shoals
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 598
84
Connor Kennedy
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 323
85
Jane Ellen Bryant
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 920
86
Matt Charette
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 318
87
Andrew Tufano
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 542
88
Josh Nolan
1 0 44 46 10 33 140 611
89
The Underhill Family Orchestra
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1009
90
Perry Brown
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 74
91
Jon Latham
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 832
92
Kasey Anderson and the Honkies
1 0 47 67 37 52 137 327
93
Ben Kunder
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1006
94
Country Lips
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 429
95
Bear Medicine
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 273
96
Kierston White
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 351
97
Darcy Windover
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 158
98
Mother Merey and the Black Dirt
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137
99
PURSES
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54
100
Texas Never Whispers
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104
101
The Deadwood Saints
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 108
102
Mud, Blood & Beer
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
103
Scott Low
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 167
104
Corey Sharek
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
105
Waiting for Henry
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110
106
Una Walkenhorst
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 339
107
Kim Nall & the Fringe
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56
108
Matt Blake
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 114
109
Porter and the Pollies
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38
110
Ash Breeze
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89
111
Festival Expressions
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 167
112
Kent Goolsby
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
113
Dana Swimmer
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 315
114
Doug Figgs
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63
115
Jake Robison
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35
116
Michael Rank and Stag
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73
117
Sylvia Rose Novak
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 349
118
Eli Rhodes
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56
119
Todd Farrell Jr. & The Dirty Birds
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 286
120
Party Dolls
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115
121
D.H. Lawrence & the Vaudeville Skiffle Show
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45
122
The Hems
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 319
123
Fistful Of Beard
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38
124
Marah Presents Mountain Minstrelsy
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85
125
American Thread
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55
126
Jkutchma & the Five Fifths
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 160
127
Planning The Rebellion
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
128
Todd May
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 172
129
Todd Farrell Jr.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65
130
Jody Weger
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
131
American WiFi
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 203
132
Dead Volts
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61
133
Stars of Cascadia
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34
134
Doc Dailey
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 168
135
Shane Sweeney
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 386
136
Rachel Laven
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 387
137
The Holy Ghost Electric Show
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 444
138
Kent Goolsby & the Gold Standard
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26