I don't see much discussion of the genres country AND western here, so I pose the question, new country, old country or no ( could be used as torture outlawed by the Geneva convention ) country?

As for me a good song is a good song. I do like some country but I am an old country person mostly if I listen. Give me steel guitar, fiddling honky tonk music. Some artists that hold to traditional sounds are still doing albums like Alan Jackson. Much of the new country don't do much for me. Actually I hate when I hear a really good song from the new artists because I know the rest of the album is going to suck or be mediocre at best. Case in point, I like the song by Kenny Chesny "There Goes My Life" the rest of the album is as I described. This album does have exceptionally good sound compared to other country albums I've heard.