Keith Urban Shares His Honest Thoughts On The Ever-Changing Sound Of Country Music

“In this current movement, I think it’s really born of getting down to the basics,” Urban explains.

With every new generation of artists that steps onto the scene, comes a coinciding wave of new sounds that force the music industry to evolve and explore beyond the bounds of a genre. Country music specifically, has seen major shifts in recent years as rappers, pop artists and more are now breaking into the genre and introducing their unique sounds to the beloved honky tonk anthems. As a result, country music has expanded to create subcategories of country-rock, Americana, pop country, red dirt, etc.