Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter helped shine a light on the ongoing conversation surrounding country music in relation toBlack musicians. Now, a new CNN FlashDoc called Call Me Country: Beyoncé and Nashville’s Renaissance, out April 26 on MAX, will dive even deeper into the issues and hurdles Black artists have long faced …
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The Western revival is underway. After a decade of bro-country sounds and style, where 808s and baseball caps outnumbered steel guitars and Stetsons, country is looking west for a refresh. Record labels are signing artists like Ian Munsick, Catie Offerman, and Tyler Halverson, who grew up around horses and cattle. …
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This milestone is staying in the Carter family! Rumi Carter officially became the youngest female artist to make it on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week thanks to her contribution to “Protector” on her mom Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter. With the distinction, she surpasses the record held by her older …
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I t’s midday at the dawn of the 21st century — Wednesday, June 18, 2003 — in New York City’s Flatiron District, the gateway between uptown wealth and downtown cool. We’re on the west side of Madison Square, and 33-year-old Shawn Carter is busy. Several hours from now, he’ll host …
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On Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé mixes R&B, country, and some hard-hitting guitars, among many other elements, and as the artist herself is well aware, there used to be a name for that kind of American melange: rock & roll. She slyly acknowledges that fact with two Chuck Berry moments on the …
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Beyoncé has made history with Cowboy Carter as she’s become the first Black woman to ever top Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. Cowboy Carter also debuted as the Number One album — her eighth to top the Billboard 200 — in the country overall, Billboard announced on Sunday. Beyoncé dethroned …
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Fresh off releasing Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé has dropped her new “Pony Up Remix” for the album’s first single, “Texas Hold ‘Em.” The surprise version of the track begins largely the same as the Cowboy Carter song before the action moves from the Lone Star State to Louisiana on the second …
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Paul McCartney applauded Beyoncé’s rendition of the White Album classic “Blackbird” in a statement posted Thursday on the Beatles legend’s social media. “I am so happy with [Beyoncé’s] version of my song ‘Blackbird,’” McCartney wrote alongside a photo of the singers together. “I think she does a magnificent version of …
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Michelle Obama is part of the BeyHive, too. On Tuesday, the former First Lady shared a tweet thread celebrating Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter, describing the musician as a “history-maker” who has “changed the game once again.” She also encouraged listeners to register to vote, quoting a line on “Ya Ya.” “With …
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Jack White was greeted with a bouquet of flowers recently. They were from Beyoncé. On Tuesday, the musician shared a photo of the (literal) flowers Beyoncé sent him after she released her album Cowboy Carter, and they included a sweet note acknowledging how he inspired her new record. “I just …
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