How to Use country rock in a Sentence

country rock

noun
  • From working class to country rock, and now to fancy fashion.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Classic and country rock fans should be well versed with the name Artimus Pyle.
    — Chip McCabe, courant.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The Dixie Chicks are back to take their rightful place as queens of country rock.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 4 Mar. 2020
  • This song is in the grunge, alternative rock, hard rock and country rock genres.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 24 July 2022
  • Here are 10 shows on our must-see list, from a vibrant soul-rock duo to a classic country rock band.
    — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The sound is rooted in country rock, but there’s also a real sense of pop savvy with their sticky melodies and memorable hooks.
    — Jon Freeman, Spin, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Rusty Young, founding member of the country rock band Poco, has died at age 75.
    — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Nobody was playing this kind of tight, Byrds country rock—short songs with sweet harmonies and big choruses.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The ads put Glen Powell in a cowboy hat with a truck-commercial country rock soundtrack.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
  • Walker's style is also tinged with versatility, crossed with up-tempo beat of country rock.
    — Alison Medley, Houston Chronicle, 12 Oct. 2019
  • My current music collection has a lot of First Aid Kit (country rock).
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The album continues the band’s brand of arena-ready hard rock with a dash of contemporary country rock for good measure.
    — cleveland, 23 Jan. 2023
  • With the South emerging as the next craft beer frontier, this festival combines craft beer, country rock, and Southern food with a dash of soul.
    — Tara Massouleh, AL.com, 2 May 2018
  • Finger Death Punch and country rock singer Brantley Gilbert are joining forces for a 22-date tour.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The seminal country rock band was formed in Los Angeles in 1971.
    — Kristina Wood, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
  • These days, there are debates over whether the Byrds, Gram Parsons or the Eagles invented country rock.
    — Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2021
  • These cowboys who are actually a moving company who actually have a dream of becoming country rock stars?
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • Malone has a lovely natural voice — intimately whispered, with hints of ‘70s country rock.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
  • Performing this week is the Patrick Howard Trampus Band featuring modern country rock.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2022
  • Gabalier, 34, who plays a blend of Alpine folk and country rock, is by far the most popular homegrown musical performer in Austria.
    — Thomas Rogers, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2019
  • The genres include country and country rock, soul, blues, pop, first-generation and British Invasion rock ’n’ roll, and even bluegrass.
    — Barry Mazor, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The album is a collection of country rock and Americana that puts down the hard-hitting electric guitars of The Kinks’ earlier work.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 22 Jan. 2021
  • In the episode, a Musical Genre Challenge means Chance must perform the iconic 2002 song with a country rock flare.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Nesmith formed the First National Band, a country rock group, in the early 1970s and continued to work as a songwriter and producer.
    — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Fast forward to today, and Sage is an accomplished international touring country rock artist and songwriter who has made music and performed with members of Guns N’ Roses, Mötley Crüe and The Beach Boys.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Meanwhile, salsa ambassador Celia Cruz, Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, rappers Queen Latifah and MC Lyte and country rock forerunner Gram Parsons will be recognized with the Early Influence Award.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 14 Apr. 2026

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