cowpunk

plural cowpunks

1. uncountableA musical subgenre that combines punk rock with country music, folk music, and blues.

   At times the group's new album, Drag It Up, fights to find a middle ground between the surging cowpunk of 1997's Too Far to Care and the melodic pop of 2001's Satellite Rides.

   2004 September 3, Bob Mehr, “Chuck Prophet, Old 97's”, in Chicago Reader

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   On that record, Bad Pumpkin, they romped around the fringes of hard rock, toying with cowpunk on one side and zanier stuff (a Television-at-the-beach instrumental) on the other.

   1989 November 10, Bill Wyman, “Fetchin Bones”, in Chicago Reader

   Also known as country punk, cowpunk combines punk rock with folk, country, blues, and rockabilly influences. A wide range of punk bands have evidenced cowpunk tendencies, such as the Blasters, Meat Puppets, Violent Femmes, Social Distortion, the Beat Farmers […] and others.

   2022, Rich Weidman, Punk: The Definitive Guide to the Blank Generation and Beyond, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 80

   Synonyms: country punk

2. countableA performer in this musical style.