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If it weren't for these three Nashville Sound country songs the genre as we know it, would be entirely different.
Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley’s unexpected romance isn’t the only one that fits the countryman and Hollywood starlet ...
Country music in the 1990s would not have been the same without the success and influence of these iconic singers.
James McMurtry reminds me, line by line, that music can still do more than decorate our playlists. It can hold our hands ...
The AMAs treated “Cowboy Carter” as if it were country music (it's not) and gave Beyonce awards for female country artist and country album.
In what is still very much a white man’s world as far as hit artists go, there’s no need to remind anyone that Guyton started with two strikes against her: being female and being Black.
According to her website, this made her the highest-charting Black female country artist at the time, a record she held until Beyoncé’s “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” debuted at #1 on Feb. 21, 2024.
The growing popularity of Black country artists, spurred in part by Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter,” has sparked a conversation around the history of the genre and the past and present racial ...
Home Culture & Life Music In The Spotlight 2024: the year of Black country artists Beyoncé debuted 'Cowboy Carter' at the top of the country charts, shining a spotlight on other country artists ...
Country music was resonating not just in Southern states, where it had always been part of the fabric, but also taking over pop culture and reaching young white people, some who might not even ...
The tune blending elements of country, Western music, pop and soul reigned supreme for 10 weeks as her Cowboy Carter album emerged as a cultural piece of art that sparked think pieces about Black ...