Similar Stories to 'we Risked It All': Country Music's Black Voices Are Striving To Be Heard on Bing News

Nashville Tennessean, USA Today: Music
Mon, 09/27/2021 - 2:01am

For nearly a century, country music has been almost exclusively the domain of white performers – despite roots in Black musical traditions.

Topics: black country

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