Country music boasts a long tradition of rich, contradictory gender dynamics, creating a world wh...

Essays that overthrow stereotypes and demonstrate the genre’s power and mystique

Country music's debt to African American music has long been recognized. Black musicians have hel...

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An anthology that questions the roles gender plays in creating and marketing a great American mus...

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'Any intelligent reader will enjoy 'The Selling Sound.' Tackling an element of country music that...

Country music's debt to African American music has long been recognized. Black musicians have hel...

Industry history of the country music business.