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Best American music of the last 25 years?

What songs and artists best represent American music over the past 25 years?

I am making a mega playlist for my friend immigrating to the States next month. She loves English music but it's heavily censored where she is from. What are the best songs to help her catch up to date on popular genres and show her the best songs of the last 25 years?

Bonus points for songs that cover the plight of generations or relevant sociopolitical situations at the time.

leon471
rpeluso
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bdp you forgot Merle Haggard

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relayer101
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I’ll add to the artists already mentioned and will recommend the albums I prefer.

Patty Griffin - American Kid

Tom Petty - Wild Flowers

Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne

Son Volt - Trace

Roger Waters - Is This the Life We Really Want

Johnny Cash - American Recordings

Gary Clark Jr - Live

Conor Oberst - Upside Mountain

Better Oblivion Community Center - S/T

 

 

 

hodu
312 posts
 

And a Whole lotta Wilco, too.

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relayer101
606 posts
 

Chris Stapleton - Traveller, From A Room, Starting Over

 

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audioguy85
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Not much comes to mind, not in the last 25 years..

Most Is garbage....most not all, before I'm crucified. 

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