Singer/songwriter Cedric Burnside introduces theGrio to a lesser known type of blues music. The Mississippi native — who, in 2022, nabbed a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album for his LP, “I ...
Johnny Cash was one of the most influential country music singers in American music history. Known for his deep voice and ...
Connecting the threads of culture and music takes a full year of planning and a big dose of what folklorist Rachel Reynolds calls “magical pragmatism.” That force was hard at work as Reynolds planned ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — When music is brought up in Tennessee, most people's minds race to Memphis or Nashville, as both cities have deep ties to Rock 'n' roll, blues and country music. But Knoxville's ...
However culture-shifting history proves Beyoncé’s new album, Cowboy Carter, to be, it’s not unprecedented. For generations, artists have blurred the supposed lines between country music, R&B, soul, ...
On this day (December 26) in 1941, Rosan Gallimore was born in Puryear, Tennessee. As a child, Gallimore’s respect for snakes earned her the nickname Rattlesnake Annie. Decades later, countless music ...
A tip of the cowboy hat goes to our John Mac Ghlionn for his spot-on lament of the slow but inexorable decline of country music. Country may not be dead as a going concern, but it’s on life-support.
Country and blues singer Nat Myers has shared his courageous battle against cancer over the past year with fans, and there ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. The way we listen to and understand music has continued to ...
June is Black Music Month, and we’re celebrating the musical accomplishments and contributions of Black artists in all the various genres. Singer/songwriter Cedric Burnside is an artist from a genre ...
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