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@1824Official has prepared some important points about the influence of Black musicians on country music.
Have a read
(if you want to learn more, see below for some book recommendations) https://twitter.com/1824Official/status/1275159201267044353
@1824Official has prepared some important points about the influence of Black musicians on country music. Have a read
(if you want to learn more, see below for some book recommendations) https://twitter.com/1824Official/status/1275159201267044353
Karl Hagstrom-Miller's "Segregating Sound"
https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/1436/Segregating-SoundInventing-Folk-and-Pop-Music-in
https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/1436/Segregating-SoundInventing-Folk-and-Pop-Music-in
. @CharlesLHughes2's "Country Soul" https://uncpress.org/book/9781469633428/country-soul/
Diane Pecknold's edited collection "Hidden in the Mix"
https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/1623/Hidden-in-the-MixThe-African-American-Presence-in
https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/1623/Hidden-in-the-MixThe-African-American-Presence-in
. @SShonekan's "Soul, Country, and the USA: Race and Identity in American Music Culture" https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137378095
Tracey E. Laird wrote a phenomenal new chapter for the 50th Anniversary of Bill C. Malone's "Country Music, U.S.A." https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/malone-country-music-usa-50-anniversary
Francesca Royster has a chapter on @Beyonce's collaboration with the @dixiechicks in Popular Music and the Politics of Hope https://www.routledge.com/Popular-Music-and-the-Politics-of-Hope-Queer-and-Feminist-Interventions/Fast-Jennex/p/book/9781138055896
Olivia Carter Mathew has a chapter on "Race in Country Music Scholarship" in the Oxford Handbook of Country Music: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-country-music-9780190248178?cc=us&lang=en&
Jocelyn Neal has an article on Race in Country Fan Culture"
https://academic.oup.com/mq/article-abstract/89/4/555/1075724
https://academic.oup.com/mq/article-abstract/89/4/555/1075724
There's so much brilliant writing on the on the integral role that Black artists have played in the development and evolution of country music.
The lack of Black voices on the radio/charts throughout history is not because of an absence of Black artists making country music...
The lack of Black voices on the radio/charts throughout history is not because of an absence of Black artists making country music...
...but a racist system made to keep Black artists at the margins of the genre. Learn about the origins of country music and get to know music by Black artists.
Keeps your eyes open for @Amammartinez's forthcoming dissertation and add to this list!
Keeps your eyes open for @Amammartinez's forthcoming dissertation and add to this list!
