Her songs that dipped into heartland rock or, better, held echoes of Mexican traditions.
An American backlash against European synthpop has been seen as beginning in the mid-1980s with the rise of heartland rock and roots rock.
His musical styles range from country music to heartland rock.
Springsteen would be the first artist to bring heartland rock to US and international attention, and its most commercially successful exponent.
But heartland rock isn't exactly revivalist.
In heartland rock, the personal is apolitical.
Where early rock-and-roll responded to rising affluence, heartland rock reflects the shock of lowered expectations.
For the moment, "The Lonesome Jubilee" sums up both the ambitions and the limitations of heartland rock.
It was described as a "weepy, reverb-drenched blend of Pacific Northwest, 1960s folk-pop, and heartland rock."
The song's depiction of how economic difficulties are interlaced with local culture also presaged the 1980s popularity of heartland rock:
