When was the last time you discovered a new music genre?

I remember my first encounters with rap (2Pac "California Love"), metal (Metallica "Ride the lightning"), or techno (Darude "Sandstorm").

But it's been a while since I discovered an entirely new genre.

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Spotify has me on a steady diet of lofi work music too. DJ helps a bit.

Maybe that's because my "Discover Weekly" on Spotify is populated with ambient work music 🫠

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For western swing (IMO pretty accessible for modern ears), start with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys... "San Antonio Rose", "Right or Wrong", "Deep Water", "Stay a Little Longer" are good choices. For singing cowboys (IMO an acquired taste), Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and Marty Robbins (El Paso) (1)

Any particular songs you'd recommend? I like country!

true confession... in the past 3-4 years, I've gone from "I like everything but country" to actually liking country. Most of what I like is from 1930s to 1970s. Although I can say I "discovered" my favorite two subgenres, singing cowboy era and western swing, since I didn't really know they existed before.

I use to be a DJ, and EDM ghost writer for a top 100 DJ. Recently, really been into Maddix, he's been making these cool tracks that really have their own unique sound and mix of genres.

before that, I discovered 80s New Wave in a deeper way around 2008, most new wave was just pop in the 80s. before that it was probably rap in the 80s (Grandmaster Flash, Run DMC, Whodini, Fat Boys, etc.) So basically I haven't listened to almost any contemporary music since the 80s 😜