Today, country music is a genre that is popular worldwide. Although the genre itself in its current form isn’t reflective of ...

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If Black people had been more involved in the country scene, we might have a completely separate country genre.’ ...

Black artists have long been a part of the country music industry, lending some of their cultural influences to arguably one of the most American of music genres. However, they have often faded ...

Alice Randall discussed Fisk University and Black women's important role in the foundational roots, profession of country ...

On first impression, executives up and down Music Row tended to place Black into a country-pop ... "Light Me Up," exclusively premiering on PEOPLE. Conjuring up a sort of retro-Kacey Musgraves ...

Failure to attain equal status isn’t an uncommon experience for African Americans, but it is especially rich given the origins of country music. It started with Black people. Over time ...

As Alice Randall completes her year-long tour for her memoir and album My Black Country, the award-winning songwriter stopped ...