Well, you know the drill. You have the corporate ppl, and songwriters who wish to write hits and/or write songs that go deeper than “sitting on a tailgate”, and, “drivin’ down a dirt road”. You also have the artists who want the, “Country Girl (Shake it for me)”, songs, etc.
The media side of the industry pushes the “new” country, but there is a market despite the media and hype for good country music. There’s a reason why Alison Krauss is the #1 Grammy Award winning female artist in the history of music, let alone country music. And George Strait? Who has topped his long hits list?
Nameless geeks with naughty minds seem to be running the show. If someone like George Strait stepped up to create his own end-to-end outfit with more artists than just himself, he might be able to help perpetuate the classy stuff for another generation, just thinking. But again maybe the dirty minded geeks would do all they could to turn on him.