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.

Latest Southern Gothic Release
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Something Is Working Up Above My Head (Deluxe Edition)
Album - 20 Tracks - Released February 20, 2026

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16 Horsepower
:Skull & dawn:
Aaron James
Abe Partridge
Adia Victoria
Afton Wolfe
Allison Russell
American Murder Song
Amigo the Devil
Andrea and Mud
Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters
Bettin' on the Mule
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Blood on the Harp
Bobbie Gentry
Bror Gunnar Jansson
Casii Stephan
Colin Miller
Colter Wall
David Franklin Courtright
Dead Soldiers
Delaney Davidson
Devon Church
Dorothy
Earl Lee Grace
Eli Waltz
Eloise Chamber
Fantastic Negrito
George Krikes
Grant Sabin
Granville Automatic
Have Gun, Will Travel
Heathen Apostles
High Lonesome
Jamie N Commons
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Jim White
John Paul White
Johnny Logan and the Roughnecks
Joshua Quimby
Kari Kimmel
Kate Rhudy
Lankum
Ledfoot
Lera Lynn
Lily Belle
Look Homeward
Lorkin O'Reilly
Lux Interna
Mamer
Micah P. Hinson
Mudlow
Neko Case
Nicole Dollanganger
Pawns or Kings
Poor Man's Poison
Robert Finley
S.G. Goodman
Shawn James
Shovels & Rope
Sons of Perdition
T Bone Burnett
Tav Falco
The Bones of J.R. Jones
The Builders and The Butchers
The Dead South
The Deep Dark Woods
The Devil Makes Three
The Devil's Trade
The Dirt
The Henry Girls
The Hooten Hallers
The Muddy Souls
The Outlaws
The Prickly Pair
The Resonant Rogues
The Secret Sisters
The Steel Wheels
The Theater Fire
Those Poor Bastards
Tom Ovans
Tom Waits
Walt Adams
Whitehorse
Whitney Tai
witherupinthepines
Colter Wall
Poor Man's Poison
Tom Waits
The Dead South
Dorothy
The Devil Makes Three
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
The Secret Sisters
Jamie N Commons
Amigo the Devil
Shawn James
Nicole Dollanganger
Neko Case
The Outlaws
John Paul White
The Bones of J.R. Jones
Allison Russell
Shovels & Rope
Fantastic Negrito
Bobbie Gentry
Lera Lynn
Robert Finley
The Builders and The Butchers
Joshua Quimby
Lankum
Micah P. Hinson
S.G. Goodman
Kari Kimmel
16 Horsepower
American Murder Song
Lorkin O'Reilly
The Deep Dark Woods
Pawns or Kings
T Bone Burnett
Adia Victoria
Delaney Davidson
Whitehorse
Those Poor Bastards
The Steel Wheels
Bror Gunnar Jansson
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
The Resonant Rogues
Ledfoot
Walt Adams
George Krikes
Have Gun, Will Travel
Look Homeward
Jim White
Johnny Logan and the Roughnecks
Kate Rhudy
The Devil's Trade
The Henry Girls
Eli Waltz
Sons of Perdition
The Hooten Hallers
Eloise Chamber
Mamer
Afton Wolfe
David Franklin Courtright
Grant Sabin
Blood on the Harp
Abe Partridge
Heathen Apostles
Casii Stephan
Tav Falco
Colin Miller
Aaron James
Mudlow
Andrea and Mud
Whitney Tai
Dead Soldiers
Devon Church
Lily Belle
The Muddy Souls
Lux Interna
witherupinthepines
The Theater Fire
Tom Ovans
Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters
High Lonesome
Earl Lee Grace
The Prickly Pair
:Skull & dawn:
Granville Automatic
The Dirt
Bettin' on the Mule