5 Minutes in Texas With Cody Canada — rollingstone.com

For the last 20 years, Texas-to-Oklahoma transport Cody Canada has been sharpening the alt-country-infused sounds of the Red Dirt movement. The former leader of Cross Canadian Ragweed for 16 years formed his new band, the Departed, in 2010 and has since released two albums that both peaked in country's Top 20. Keeping the Oklahoma sound flourishing, Canada may not consider himself the face of the Red Dirt movement, but that hasn't stopped droves of fans from buying his albums, packing his live shows and holding his name in esteem with other Red Dirters like the Great Divide, Red Dirt Rangers, Jimmy LaFave and Woody Guthrie.

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