The phrase "alternative musicians" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to musicians who create music that falls outside of mainstream genres, often characterized by unique or experimental styles.
Example: "The festival featured a lineup of alternative musicians, showcasing a diverse range of sounds and artistic expressions."
Alternatives: "independent artists" or "non-mainstream musicians".
As an alternative, musicians can argue that a so-called "sound-alike track" confuses the public by suggesting that a musician is endorsing a particular product.
The New Jersey quartet's debut emerged in 1980, and was treated as a sacred text by a generation of American alternative musicians.
Radio Cocoa: Universidad San Francisco's online radio gives airtime to local alternative musicians producing original content, often by recorded live sessions in abandoned spaces throughout the city.
Each week, the programme invites alternative musicians into the studio to play songs and chat about food, sustainability and music alongside farmers, food writers and chefs.
Other winners included DIG!, about two alternative musicians, which won the the grand jury documentary award and Maria Full of Grace, a Spanish-language film about a Columbian drug mule, which took the audience award for dramatic feature.
In addition to their band, the Casady sisters preside over a cottage industry of their own, drawing on an informal collective of alternative musicians, visual artists and clothing designers.
By definition, being an alternative musician back then, you were political".
If you were an alternative musician, you were political, because of the times [Thatcherism and the Falklands war].
Likewise with groups and stars – rather than the 10 years or so of consistent statements followed by getting out of the way, 30 years as an "alternative" musician is now the norm, with fans demanding no more of Sonic Youth and their ilk than Rolling Stones fans at Wembley Arena might insist on hearing some new material.
Fellow alternative musician PJ Harvey was "in awe" of "I Bleed" and "Tame", and described Francis' writing as "amazing".
Alternative musician Michelle Shocked went on the defensive and claimed her recent anti-gay rant onstage was just an interpretation of "reality".
