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Here’s What’s Wrong With Jason Aldean’s Vision of America
"It’s this narrative of white nationalism,” says a scholar of racial violence. “But it’s packaged in this really nice, seemingly benign package of country music”
- Dog Whistles
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Fans Keep Dying at This Country Music Festival. Their Families Want Answers
At Faster Horses in Michigan, seven reported deaths have occurred over the fest's short nine-year history. Survivors of a 2021 tragedy want accountability
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'Fast Car' and the Roadblocks Black Female Songwriters Face in Country Music
Hit songwriter Tayla Parx, one of only a handful of Black women to co-write a country Number One, shares her experiences in Nashville and weighs in on Luke Combs' cover of Tracy Chapman's classic
- Fast Car, Long Road
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Tracy Chapman Will Become the First Black Woman to Score a Number One Country Song as Sole Writer
Luke Combs' version of Chapman's 1988 hit "Fast Car" is expected to top Billboard's Country Airplay chart
- Chart History
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New Stax Collection Will Make You Rethink One of American Music's Most Important Record Labels
'Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos' shows a side of Southern soul the listening public never heard at the time.
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Joanna Sternberg Went Through Hell To Make Their Triumphant New Album
After their acclaimed 2019 debut became a word-of-mouth hit among artists, the singer-songwriter had to take a hard look at the people they were relying on
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The Radically Chill World of Bonny Doon
Waxahatchee-approved and unbowed by misfortune, these dudes from Detroit are here to soundtrack your summer
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Tina Turner: 15 Essential Songs
The rock and soul icon, who has died at age 83, leaves behind a catalog full of unmatchable power and incredible vocals
- RIP
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Harry Belafonte: Five Essential Songs
From 'Day-O' to 'Man Smart (Woman Smarter),' his legacy was one-of-a-kind
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Ruston Kelly Got Divorced and Started Fixing Up an Old House (Along With Himself)
Singer-songwriter emerges from a period of intense self-reflection with new album The Weakness
- Interior Restoration
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