Ryan Adams is my favorite artist of the decade and most of his music fits under Alternative country I guess. the 3 Whiskeytown cd's are definitely Alternative Country ,his solo album Heartbreaker is more traditional country,Gold is clasic rock, Rock N Roll is (punk)rock, Love Is Hell is pop, 29 is singer songwriter and Easy Tiger is Alt-country. the Ryan Adams & The Cardinals cd's are also alt-country and this band became extremely good after touring for 2 years. which Ryan do you prefer?