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Well lookie there, a handful of Black women just happen to be talking about race, gender & country music on @HearToSlay this week, f. the inimitable @RissiPalmer
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-our-country-too/id1549004673?i=1000507411824 https://twitter.com/jasonisbell/status/1357005051504566272
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-our-country-too/id1549004673?i=1000507411824 https://twitter.com/jasonisbell/status/1357005051504566272
And my quick round-up of country’s biggest racism news day yesterday:
Wallen’s timing sucked. The world has been handed to him on a platter. Seventy-two hours ago he was poised to be a breakout pop country-to-rock star. This morning, @SIRIUSXM country-news channel framed their critical response as: “we hate to do it but we just broke up with MW.”
His timing also sucked because “cane we all just get along” Big Country had a competing feel good story about “difference” on the same day. They could point to Brother Osborne front singer’s coming out as a way to feel good as a country fan.
I scanned three country stations, two broadcast and one satellite. Wallen news on all of them and these platforms are VERY anti news. It’s looking like a perfect storm for the man with the mullet
And this year too many LGBTQIA and non-white musicians had a moment for Big Country to make excuses for Wallen here. It’s not being racist that got him in trouble. It’s being racist on tape, THIS YEAR.
Anyway, he will be back. He was making too much money. He is in no way Dixie Chicked, though he should be, the slimy little f*cker. A redemption story for a white man is literally the core musical trope. He’ll be fine. But he sure made a mess for himself.
