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New Country

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noun

  1. a style of country music that emerged in the late 1980s characterized by a more contemporary sound and down-to-earth rather than sentimental lyrics

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Previously, Burnett presented Brand New Country, a country music show on BBC Radio Scotland for 15 years and has had stints on Radio Clyde and Northsound.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2025

Its structure he outlined in a self-published 1968 book, A New Constitution for a New Country.

From Slate May 21, 2022

An hour and a half later, he posted a link to the story from the Facebook page of one of those stations, US 105 FM New Country, based in Temple.

From Slate Mar. 29, 2019

In those same Bay Area years, circa 1989–92, Hot New Country was flourishing on my Nova.

From Salon Dec. 7, 2014

In Meriden, Vermont, Education for the New Country Life was taken as a theme and the founding of their Academy was the central feature.

From The American Country Girl by Crow, Martha Foote

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