Western · GenresWhat is western?
Western music is the latter half of what during the 1930s and '40s came to be called ‘country and western music.’ Cowboy songs, though, are as old as the cowboy tradition--or older, as some date back centuries. At their most basic level they're simply folksongs, with melodies and lyrics geared toward (and in some cases rewritten to reflect) distinctly western situations and myths--the harsh reality of long, dusty cattle drives; the melancholy of a dying gunfighter.
Artists to start with
Albums to hear first
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
Songs of the Civil War
Cattle Call
Rome
Le Pop
Ain't Nothin' to It
More Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Muovi antaa periksiWestern songs
- Running Gun by Marty Robbins
- The Ecstasy of Gold by Ennio Morricone
- Lo Chiamavano King (His Name Is King) by Luis Bacalov
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Ennio Morricone
- Tumbling Tumbleweeds by Sons of the Pioneers
- Utah Carol by Marty Robbins
- Riders in the Sky by Sons of the Pioneers
- Don't Fence Me In by Roy Rogers
- The Room Where It Happens by Leslie Odom Jr.
- Guns and Ships by Leslie Odom Jr.
Western on Risocast
Long Lost (Deluxe Edition)Lord Huron · 2022
A Prairie PortraitDon Edwards, Waddie Mitchell, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra · 1999
Waddie Mitchell LiveWaddie Mitchell · 1998
Campfire SpiritualsSons of the Pioneers · 2024
That No Quit AttitudeWaddie Mitchell · 2002
Guns and ShipsLeslie Odom Jr., Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton · 2015
Neighbouring genres
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darkwavecoldwavechoralbig beatchiptunedigicorechansoncrunkdembowdarksynthcontemporary christiandjentQuestions
- What is western?
- Western music is the latter half of what during the 1930s and '40s came to be called ‘country and western music.’ Cowboy songs, though, are as old as the cowboy tradition--or older, as some date back centuries. At their most basic level they're simply folksongs, with melodies and lyrics geared toward (and in some cases rewritten to reflect) distinctly western situations and myths--the harsh reality of long, dusty cattle drives; the melancholy of a dying gunfighter.
- Who are the best-known western artists?
- By Last.fm listening: Bill Elm and Woody Jackson, Don Edwards, Sons of the Pioneers, Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi, Roy Rogers and Marty Robbins.
- What genres are similar to western?
- On Risocast it sits with darkwave, coldwave, choral, big beat, chiptune and digicore.
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Updated 6 October 2026
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