So, I'm toying around with the Prompted Playlist feature of Spotify. I've always had a taste for the Western side of C&W, the place where country music met rock and roll (especially in the late 60s through the mid 70s, think Sweetheart of the Rodeo), and the musical idioms that branched off that into modernity. I trained the bot to use as guide a playlist I put together called Cosmic Cowpokes on that theme, with some additional parameters. It updates regularly.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1FwTH1sZhDQzs6?si=4051f0bd82e04160
and this
Joe Harvey-Whyte & Bobby Lee - Last Ride
https://album.link/s/3SqhL2BHd0WsbnMunFihKS
and this
Sean Thompson's Weird Ears - Head in the Sand
https://album.link/s/7GK88UXkpnTglBN0ovrkpa
I used to take my country outlaw, then alt, but a slew of modern cosmic country has drawn me in (launched me off) of late
I keep coming back to this one
Garrett T. Capps & NASA Country - Everyone is Everyone
fave records of 2025 (3/4)
Sean Thompson's Weird Ears - Head in the Sand
https://seanthompsonsweirdears.bandcamp.com/album/head-in-the-sand
Joe Harvey-Whyte & Bobby Lee - Last Ride
https://curation-records.bandcamp.com/album/last-ride
Tobacco City - Horses
https://tobaccocity.bandcamp.com/album/horses
Billy Strings & Bryan Sutton - Live at the Legion
https://album.link/s/51xtQ62UX9bifm4MLIgDG8
12 track album
Just. What is this!? I can’t even. Idk have a listen.
https://100poems.bandcamp.com/album/rodeo-disco
I’m thoroughly enjoying this, but then my taste skews weird electronica almost 95% of the time.
🤠
7 track album