Niteshift,

The genre lines continue to blur, but as far as country music goes it is always in conversational lyrics and reality based subject matter. People as listeners now listen to a much wider variety of music. On I-pods you will be likely to find Green Day and Nine Inch Nails next to Kenny Chesney and Taylor Swift.
You are hearing more rock influences in country music particularly but the story still makes the difference between country and most other formats.

MAB