What Makes Country Music So American?
America: The Story of the USA · Liam Heffernan
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Show Notes
This week we are donning our stetsons and grabbing a cold one, as we discuss the most rootin’ tootin’ American music genre of them all. From Dolly Parton to Taylor Swift with a little bit of Footloose, country has come to epitomise the US, but as the genre’s popularity booms internationally, does its Americanness still endure? So in this episode I’m asking… what makes country music so American?
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Special guest for this episode:
- John Collins, Head of Radio Operations at CountryLine Radio and, conveniently a huge fan of both country music and American culture.
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Highlights from this episode:
(03:10) A Brit and a Scot talking about country music...
(05:07) Breaking down the stigma
(08:41) Is country music still a white person genre?
(12:20) Earning your country chops
(15:43) US vs international appeal of country music
(20:06) Southern representations
(22:43) The biggest threat to the genre
(25:18) How to keep the country in country
(28:31) Women empowering women
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Additional Resources:
Cowboy Carter by Beyonce
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