Beyoncé’s album also led to Linda Martell, the first Black woman to perform at the Grand Ole Opry, receiving her first Grammy nomination — 50 years after she carved a path for Black artists in the genre. “The more people understand how much Black people have contributed to country musi...
Mainstream country music has long been a white, straight, cisgender male-dominated genre. But in recent years, an influx ofBlack country artistshave been challenging the traditional norms of what country music looks and sounds like. In turn, they're helping the genre become more ...
Black artists discuss struggles in country music ABC's Kyra Phillips on the legacy of country music with Cleve Francis & Rhiannon Giddens. The history is explored in a new box set, “From Where I Stand” by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum....
Country music has historically been dominated by Caucasian artists since the birth of the genre in the early 1900s. Over the years, very few African American artists have managed to break through the color barrier of the genre and find sustained success. In recent years, ...
Mickey Guyton, who this year became the first solo Black woman nominated for a country Grammy Award, will present the honor to Martell, while Black artists including Darius Rucker, Rissi Palmer and Rhiannon Giddens will congratulate the legend in a video package highlighting her career. Carrie...
Black country artists Jimmie Allen and Mickey Guyton, as well as country artist Orville Peck, served as scouts who set out to “hand-pick a roster of exceptional up-and-coming artists and invite them to the home of country music in Nashville, Tennessee, to showcase their unique sound.” ...
“That’s what I want people to see. It might be hard [but] he did it. How’d he do it? He did it by focusing on the music.” Allen is equally inspired by other rising artists like Breland, Blanco Brown, Kane Brown, Reyna Roberts, Brittney Spencer and Mickey Guyton (who was ...
The 32-year-old Allen — who moved from Delaware to Nashville at age 21 — said he’s happy to diversify contemporary country music while also paying tribute to other black artists in the genre, from Charley Pride to Darius Rucker. Pride and Brown have had No. 1 country radio hits, but...
” said panelistShannon Sanders, BMI executive director, creative. “The investment has to be made in new audiences. People who buy Black music will buy [country music by Black artists] too. I’m not saying just black people. [It’s] not trying to force it to people who say they don...
Beyoncé’s platform has already elevated the four young Black women featured on “Blackbiird.” In this way, the artist continues her broader project of linking the past to present, of giving other Black artists the space to come out of the darkness and into the light. ...