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Roots Rock genre — history, bands and artists
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Geography of Roots Rock
Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio
Landmark albums of Roots Rock
Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre
1972Exile on Main St.The Rolling Stones
1978Dire StraitsDire Straits
2024Now and Then (2024 Remastered Edition)Kenny Mehler
1969Bayou CountryCreedence Clearwater Revival
1969Green RiverCreedence Clearwater Revival
2016
Cornbread and WhiskeyKenny Mehler
1968Beggars BanquetThe Rolling Stones
1968Music From Big PinkThe Band
1980Making MoviesDire Straits
1971Every Picture Tells a StoryRod Stewart
New in Roots Rock
Albums and singles of the genre released in the last four months
2026Rent MoneyPokey LaFarge
2026On The Road With John MellencampJohn Mellencamp
Roots Rock by year
How many studio albums of the genre came out each year
Roots Rock by country and decade
Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade
By country
By decade
Best albums by decade
Artists of Roots Rock
The most listened artists of the genre and its subgenres: the bigger the name, the more listeners
- 54-40
A Thousand Horses- Aaron Lee Tasjan
- Aaron Lines
- Aaron Pritchett
- Adam Brand
Augustana- Brian Dunne
- Carbon Leaf
Chingón- Chris Whitley
- Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
- Cracker
Creedence Clearwater Revisited- Creedence Clearwater Revival
Dave Alvin
Dave Edmunds- Delaney & Bonnie
- Delbert McClinton
Delta Rae- Doug Sahm
- Fastball
Gord Downie- Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
Hurriganes- Jackie Greene
- Jaime Wyatt
- Jamie N Commons
- Joe Ely
John Doe- John Mellencamp
- Jon Dee Graham
- Kittyhawk
Los Lonely Boys- Neal Casal
Nils Lofgren
Paul Westerberg- Peter Rowan
- Reckless Kelly
- Ritchie Valens
- Robbie Robertson
- Ry Cooder
- Sir Douglas Quintet
- T‐Bone Burnett
The Alternate Routes- The Band
The Blasters- The Bottle Rockets
- The Eastern
- The Empty Pockets
The Freddy Jones Band
The Hillbilly Moon Explosion
The Lone Bellow- The Tragically Hip
- The Wallflowers
- Tonic
- Tony Baltimore
- Trond Granlund
- Turnpike Troubadours
- Webb Wilder
Overview
Genre relations
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Subgenres
Subgenres or what Roots Rock is divided into
Origins
Genres from which Roots Rock originated
Parent genre
Roots Rock is a subgenre, i.e. a narrower direction of these styles
Derived genres
Genres that evolved from Roots Rock