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ielerol:
I'm thinking of hosting a college radio show dedicated to the proposition that music influenced by American folk traditions like country and bluegrass doesn't have to suck. The only problem is that right now I don't know enough to cover an entire semester's worth of shows.

representative sample of what I plan to play:
Johnny Cash
Neko Case
Old Crow Medicine Show
The Original Brothers and Sisters of Love
Ryan Adams
The Mekons
Linda Thompson
Nickel Creek
Fred Eaglesmith
The Lovin' Spoonful
The Mekons
Bela Fleck
Okkervil River
Silver Jews
Mindy Smith
Psychograss
Uncle Tupelo
Camper Van Beethoven

what I'm looking for more of is the kind of stuff that has some country/bluegrass roots but that I couldn't necessarily track down by looking through allmusic's newgrass or alt-country categories.

also good are individual countryish songs by artists who are otherwise in different genres, like "Papa Was A Rodeo" by The Magnetic Fields and "Too Long" by Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire.

bonus points for a fast tempo, non-depressing lyrics, or appalachian fiddle.

Gryff:
Wilco is an obvious one that is not on your list there, but I'll assume you already thought of it.

You might want to look into stuff by Jolie Holland, The Renderers, The Handsome Family, The Willard Grant Conspiracy, and so on.

You could also go grab some old stuff by the Rolling Stones, the Byrds or Bob Dylan.

Maybe some country-ish Primal Scream ('Country Girl') or 'Silver' by the Pixies...

Just some ideas off the top of my head, like.

Soidanae:
Theoretically, early white stripes counts.

Cartilage Head:
Iron and Wine.

Lines:
what they said and Fruit Bats. they are folk-pop, but they'd fit well into your show.

oh, and the song Vagabond by Wolfmother would fit as well.

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