Living legends - Glen Campbell's remarkable new covers outing is the talk of the town, but many of Nashville's elder statespersons have been up to good things of late. This mix takes a grand tour of some legends, paying visits to Dolly, Randy, and more.

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Friends of Ryan - Ryan Adams is both alt-country's biggest bad boy and its most obvious male genius, which makes him a perennial subject of debate. Yet he's also collaborated with a slew of quiet talents and class acts. In this set, which is bookended by two tracks from the man himself, we feature both famous and lesser-known artists who have been associated with the irascible star.

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Double-filtered - In compiling this country set, we first looked at your favorites, then picked some of our own from that group. The result is a mix that's been double-filtered for quality assurance. And from the stars (Johnny Cash, Alison Krauss) to the lesser-known artists (Kacey Jones, Blue Harvest), we don't think anything impure has slipped through.

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Question the radar - If the artists in this set are flying under the radar, it may be time to question the equipment. The names here--Kathleen Edwards, I See Hawks in L.A.--are, or ought to be, some of modern country's most noteworthy. And speaking of names... notice anything interesting about Justin Townes Earle's?

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A little bit country (a little bit rock 'n' roll) - This playlist is titled after the Osmonds' famous notion, but these artists mix their country and rock way more tastefully than Donny and Marie. It's a veritable Who's Who? of betwixt-and between-Americanists, as new stuff from the Black Crowes outfits Southern rock with serious grit and twang, while classic takes from Johnny Cash play country as something more lean and seamy.

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Hardly strictly bluegrass - There's a flatbed worth of bluegrass fiddlers in this country set, ranging from the traditional stylings of Blue Harvest to the charging riffs of the Meat Purveyors.

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Rootsy piners - Old Crow Medicine Show pops up all in more than one place these days--on the Transamerica soundtrack page as well as their own. Luckily, there's little danger of them wearing out their welcome. The group's aching gem "Wagon Wheel" is a perfect kicker to this set of rootsy piners.

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Country time - A handpicked selection of some of our best country artists, featuring Hank Dogs, Beaver Nelson, and Chatham County Line

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Fightin' words - Watch 'alt' and 'country' put up their dukes in these 12 twangy tunes.

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