Joe Pernice talks 90s alt country with the Scud Mountain Boys, reissuing the Pernice Brothers 1998 debut Overcome by Happiness, and more

On their fourth record Fight Songs, the Old 97s refined their alternative country rock sound with a cleaner, genre-hopping sound

In the 90s Neil Young sounded reinvigorated revisiting his past while finding collaborators in the exploding alternative rock scene

The Walkabouts 1993 album Satisfied Mind collects a wide variety of artists for folk, country, and Americana covers for a timeless album

On the 1998 album Since, Richard Buckner crafts an album that manages to sound grounded in tradition but timeless in execution

What is alternative country an alternative to? Country? Rock?

As with all tributes, artists stay close to the original version while others radically reinterpret, and that’s the case with Twisted Willie

After scoring a hit “Fly Me Courageous," Drivin' N Cryin' returned with an ode to the classic rock riffage of AC/DC, Aerosmith & Hendrix.

We discuss which artists had successfully second acts in their careers and who couldn't escape their previous band's shadow.

The 90s were influential, but which bands became influential we didn't expect? And which should have been influential but faded away?

Steeped in the alt-country that rose to prominence with bands like Uncle Tupelo and The Jayhawks, we check out Faithless by Whiskeytown

The varied styles of Uncle Tupelo's co-lead singers/songwriters Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar helped define Alt-Country and create a classic