Well if you like the idea of allmusic's Alt-country you are probably right:
Some Important Artists
Terry Allen
Pete Anderson
The Backsliders
The Blood Oranges
BR5-49
Junior Brown
Richard Buckner
The Carpetbaggers
Guy Clark
Iris DeMent
Derailers
Steve Earle
The Flatlanders
Rosie Flores
Freakwater
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Butch Hancock
Wayne Hancock
Health & Happiness Show
Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
Bill Kirchen
k.d. lang
Lyle Lovett
Palace
Ranch Romance
Todd Snider
Uncle Tupelo
The Vidalias