Well as far as current Country
POP, guess that's what you'd call it.. it
is popular and on the
radio 
I like Lonestar, and Dixie Chicks are good.. uh and Underclocked,, Shania Twain has a little more than a voice

LOL
I listened to Nickel Creek a little.. interesting, but it don't float my boat cause there ain't enough sangin' in eit. I'd call it Irish country. You hear quite a bit of that influence in it..
Which btw is really pretty interesting to me listening to the old country and hearing the roots of their ancestors..