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Jul 26, 2019 · According to The True Origins of Country Music, a very powerful TED Talk by vocalist/ historian Queen Esther, not only is country music rooted in Black culture, but it also originated with blues music and West African music traditions.
Mar 11, 2021 · By Marcus K. Dowling. March 11, 2021 / 4:06 PM. Throughout country music’s history, whenever the genre has required brave innovation that has yielded significant critical acclaim and...
Mar 20, 2018 · March 20, 20187:05 AM ET. Jewly Hight. Enlarge this image. In 2013, Kacey Musgraves emergence onto the country music scene hinted at changes that would arrive over the next five years....
Mar 14, 2024 · Source: Luminate. There’s a straightforward explanation for country’s sharp rise. Country music listeners are usually slower to adopt new technologies, lagging behind by about three to five ...
Hank Williams: The Hillbilly Shakespeare. With heart-wrenching songs like “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” Hank Williams earned the nickname “Hillbilly Shakespeare.” His seminal honky-tonk songs forever linked country music with dive bars and jukeboxes.
Mar 28, 2018 · Jimmie Rodgers, who is widely recognized today as “The Father of Country Music,” was one of the most truly innovative artists in American musical history. Rodgers made his recording breakthrough in July 1927, only five years after the first commercial country music record appeared.
Mar 2, 2024 · Though there are countless Black country singers who've made incredible contributions to country music (and this is by no means a complete list), here are 35 Black musicians who've shaped country...
