Southern Gothic

Southern Gothic music blends dark, haunting themes with folk, country, and blues influences, evoking the eerie, decayed beauty of the American South. Often rooted in storytelling, the lyrics explore sin, sorrow, and redemption, weaving tales of ghosts, outcasts, and moral decay. The sound is gritty and atmospheric—banjos and fiddles meet reverb-heavy guitars, minor chords, and crooning or growling vocals that convey both anguish and defiance. Drawing from Appalachian traditions, gospel, and outlaw country, Southern Gothic music channels an unsettling yet deeply soulful energy, lingering like a faded ghost story on a humid night.

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in a garden of love
Single - Released June 18, 2025

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16 Horsepower
Aaron James
Abe Partridge
Adia Victoria
Afton Wolfe
Andrea and Mud
Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters
Blood on the Harp
Bobbie Gentry
Casii Stephan
Colin Miller
David Franklin Courtright
Dead Soldiers
Drive-By Truckers
Earl Lee Grace
Eli Waltz
Eloise Chamber
Heathen Apostles
High Lonesome
Jim White
John Paul White
Kate Rhudy
Lily Belle
Look Homeward
Lorkin O'Reilly
Lux Interna
Mamer
Ol Wallace
Sons of Perdition
The Dead South
The Dirt
The Henry Girls
The Hooten Hallers
The Muddy Souls
The Resonant Rogues
The Theater Fire
Those Poor Bastards
Walt Adams
witherupinthepines
The Dead South
Drive-By Truckers
John Paul White
Bobbie Gentry
Ol Wallace
Lorkin O'Reilly
16 Horsepower
Adia Victoria
Those Poor Bastards
The Resonant Rogues
Walt Adams
Jim White
Look Homeward
The Henry Girls
The Hooten Hallers
Kate Rhudy
Eli Waltz
Sons of Perdition
Eloise Chamber
Mamer
David Franklin Courtright
Blood on the Harp
Heathen Apostles
Abe Partridge
Casii Stephan
Aaron James
Colin Miller
Afton Wolfe
Andrea and Mud
Dead Soldiers
Lily Belle
The Muddy Souls
Lux Interna
witherupinthepines
The Theater Fire
Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters
Earl Lee Grace
High Lonesome
The Dirt