* . *
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Earth-News
  • Home
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    Flutter Entertainment eyes U.S. prediction markets amid growing interest – Sports Business Journal

    Flutter Entertainment Sets Its Sights on U.S. Prediction Markets as Interest Soars

    SXSW Rom-Com ‘I Really Love My Husband’ Acquired for U.S. Release – Variety

    Heartfelt Romance: ‘I Really Love My Husband’ Set to Captivate U.S. Audiences!

    Georgia Entertainment CEO says large-scale production is slowing down – Decaturish

    Georgia Entertainment CEO Warns of Slowdown in Large-Scale Productions

    Zugalu Entertainment Welcomes Crimson Herring Studios to Its Family!

    Fall 2025 TV Schedule: Your Guide to the Complete Lineup – Wyoming News Now

    Get Ready for Fall 2025: Your Ultimate Guide to the Exciting TV Lineup!

    Blackstone River Theatre presents music from Scotland with Cantrip – The Valley Breeze

    Experience the Enchanting Sounds of Scotland: Cantrip Takes the Stage at Blackstone River Theatre!

  • General
  • Health
  • News

    Cracking the Code: Why China’s Economic Challenges Aren’t Shaking Markets, Unlike America’s” – Bloomberg

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
    Harnessing emerging technologies to power a small business – The Oaklandside

    Unlocking Success: How Emerging Technologies Can Transform Your Small Business

    Artificial intelligence (AI) – The Guardian

    Unlocking the Future: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Our World

    Technology Innovation to Take Center Stage at The 2025 National Restaurant Association Show – Restaurant Technology News

    Get Ready for a Tech Revolution: The 2025 National Restaurant Association Show Unveils Cutting-Edge Innovations!

    Newmont signs deal to use Chrysos Corporation technology – Capital Brief

    Newmont Partners with Chrysos Corporation to Revolutionize Mining Technology

    Air Force Invests in Whisper’s Ultraquiet Propulsion Technology – FLYING Magazine

    Air Force Invests in Whisper’s Ultraquiet Propulsion Technology – FLYING Magazine

    Trump administration set to overhaul Biden’s AI chip export regulations – TechHQ

    Trump administration set to overhaul Biden’s AI chip export regulations – TechHQ

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    Flutter Entertainment eyes U.S. prediction markets amid growing interest – Sports Business Journal

    Flutter Entertainment Sets Its Sights on U.S. Prediction Markets as Interest Soars

    SXSW Rom-Com ‘I Really Love My Husband’ Acquired for U.S. Release – Variety

    Heartfelt Romance: ‘I Really Love My Husband’ Set to Captivate U.S. Audiences!

    Georgia Entertainment CEO says large-scale production is slowing down – Decaturish

    Georgia Entertainment CEO Warns of Slowdown in Large-Scale Productions

    Zugalu Entertainment Welcomes Crimson Herring Studios to Its Family!

    Fall 2025 TV Schedule: Your Guide to the Complete Lineup – Wyoming News Now

    Get Ready for Fall 2025: Your Ultimate Guide to the Exciting TV Lineup!

    Blackstone River Theatre presents music from Scotland with Cantrip – The Valley Breeze

    Experience the Enchanting Sounds of Scotland: Cantrip Takes the Stage at Blackstone River Theatre!

  • General
  • Health
  • News

    Cracking the Code: Why China’s Economic Challenges Aren’t Shaking Markets, Unlike America’s” – Bloomberg

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
    Harnessing emerging technologies to power a small business – The Oaklandside

    Unlocking Success: How Emerging Technologies Can Transform Your Small Business

    Artificial intelligence (AI) – The Guardian

    Unlocking the Future: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Our World

    Technology Innovation to Take Center Stage at The 2025 National Restaurant Association Show – Restaurant Technology News

    Get Ready for a Tech Revolution: The 2025 National Restaurant Association Show Unveils Cutting-Edge Innovations!

    Newmont signs deal to use Chrysos Corporation technology – Capital Brief

    Newmont Partners with Chrysos Corporation to Revolutionize Mining Technology

    Air Force Invests in Whisper’s Ultraquiet Propulsion Technology – FLYING Magazine

    Air Force Invests in Whisper’s Ultraquiet Propulsion Technology – FLYING Magazine

    Trump administration set to overhaul Biden’s AI chip export regulations – TechHQ

    Trump administration set to overhaul Biden’s AI chip export regulations – TechHQ

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
No Result
View All Result
Earth-News
No Result
View All Result
Home Science

Beyonce’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ is throwing a spotlight on racism and gatekeeping in country music

April 12, 2024
in Science
Beyonce’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ is throwing a spotlight on racism and gatekeeping in country music
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

At the 2016 annual Country Music Awards, Beyonce joined country music trio The Chicks on stage to perform her song Daddy Lessons.

The backlash was swift: the online announcement of the performance was mercilessly trolled, with hundreds calling for a CMA boycott.

On the night, the star musicians received an icy welcome.

Buckling to pressure, the CMAs never posted the performance clip online, despite it being the highest-rated 15 minutes in the show’s 50-year history.

Eight years later, Beyonce has released a country album, Cowboy Carter, and sparked a discussion on the genre’s gatekeeping.

Some fans believe her choice to release a country album goes back to the CMAs incident, something backed up by the artist’s own words.

“It was born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed … and it was very clear that I wasn’t,” she wrote on Instagram.

Some of those tactics of exclusion continue today, particularly targeting Black women in country music.

Research from The Pudding found that of 182,848 songs played by 29 country radio stations across 19 days, just 14 were songs by Black women.

24 out of the 29 stations didn’t play a single song by a Black woman.

It’s also borne out in the response to Beyone’s album. Tiktok is awash with declarations that her album does not belong in the genre.

“If you’re Black, you’re not country,” declared one college student in a viral video.

Racism in the Australian country music industry

Racism and gate-keeping aren’t exclusive to the American country music scene: there are countless examples of Aboriginal musicians experiencing discrimination in Australia.

Tamworth local Loren Ryan grew up loving country music.

She’s now a successful country music star, winning the 2023 Toyota Star Maker competition at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

But the Gamilaraay woman says her career has been marked by the struggle against racism: she believes there are underlying attempts to “conserve” the genre.

“I’ve faced a lot from people who are in higher positions … they’ve stopped me in ways that are just uncalled for, and downright racist,” she told NITV.

“They’ll want you to turn up to something or be the face of something, but not be too Blak. They don’t want you to be outspoken, or have a voice.”

There are people who know who you are, know what you stand for and will still say something racist to your face. That’s how bad it is.

428636221_1065183034576572_1822394026142192791_n.jpg

Gamilaraay woman and country music star Loren Ryan. Credit: @lorenryanmusic

Ryan says the unfortunate reality is that racism comes with the job.

“There are people you have to deal with … if you want to work in the industry,” she said.

“It’s so hard. But I want to be successful: I want to do tours, I want the record deals, I want to be successful within the Australian country music industry.

“Unfortunately, these people are part of that.”

Despite it all, Ryan pushes back: she’s written in language and even released a cover of the iconic Cold Chisel song Flame Trees in Gamilaraay.

In the tough times, she’s looked to the example of Aboriginal artists who came before her, like living legends Troy Cassar-Daley and Roger Knox.

“I think about the heaviness that they have had to carry with them and the success they’ve had despite it. I know what I have to carry and that I need to change things.

“I hate to think that young ones have to deal with that. I hope that they don’t have the things that have been said to me ever said to them.”

The racism that Black country musicians face has a darkly ironic side.

In creating her album, Beyonce not only paid homage to her Texan roots, but also to the genre’s true history.

The Black roots of country music

Rhiannon-Giddens-e1681835053719.jpg

Rhiannon Giddens is an expert on the history of the Banjo and its ties to Black America. Credit: Wondrium

Country music was born in the Appalachian mountains, in the deep South of America.

The genre is inextricably linked to Black people, with one of its most recognisable instruments, the banjo, descended from a West African instrument

The banjo player on Texas Hold ‘Em, Rhiannon Giddens, is a Grammy-Award-winning musician, Macarthur recipient and Pulitzer Prize winner.

Giddens told NowThis that it was an “emblem for Black America for a long time before whites ever picked it up”.

“It was created in the Caribbean by Africans who had been brought over and enslaved – it came out of that culture,” she said.

“There are all these ancestral instruments … that are West African, and then it goes up into North America with enslaved people and becomes a part of the landscape and becomes a part of Black America.”

But the cultural appropriation of that music eventually became so entrenched, that Black history was forgotten.

What is recorded is remembered.

Giddens described it as “a white supremacist rewrite of the narrative of this music”.

“As the genre became more popular among white musicians, they had access to record their music and in turn their ability to be recorded in history as the pioneers of the genre.

“What is recorded is remembered.”

Reclaiming the genre

Despite the racist backlash, Cowboy Carter has no doubt made a significant step in reclaiming country music for the Black musicians who made and make it.

The 27-song tracklist features collaborations with country music royalty, including Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, and Miley Cyrus; it has already made history, with Beyonce becoming the first Black artist with a UK number-one country album.

It also claimed the title of Spotify’s most streamed album in a single day in 2024 on its release date, March 29.

Its success was somewhat expected after the single Texas Hold ‘Em peaked at No.1 on the US Top 50 charts, being streamed over 200 million times: that feat made her the first Black woman with a No.1 single on the Hot Country Songs chart.

With the impact of Cowboy Carter on the Australian country music industry, Ryan has been inspired to keep pushing for space as a staunch Aboriginal woman.

“I’m so excited because I don’t feel so alone anymore. I feel like there’s solidarity. She’s facing some of the things I face when I bring diversity to the genre, and she’s Beyonce!” Loren said.

“It’s challenging people, and what I’m seeing in the Australian country music industry is that the people who don’t understand or acknowledge the Blak struggle, don’t like the album.

“It shows her understanding of the genre, its history and the trailblazers. She’s covered songs that have shaped the industry and moments in history. It’s inspired me, and made me think about stories I have to tell and stories that only I can tell.”

As the dust settles on Cowboy Carter’s release, it’s hard to know the long-term impacts of the album.

But it can already be said it’s made history not only for the genre and the entertainment industry, but for Black and Indigenous country music artists in America and the world.

>>> Read full article>>>
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source : SBS – https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/heres-how-beyonces-cowboy-carter-has-lifted-the-curtain-on-gatekeeping-and-racism-in-country-music/xz2xq5utg

Tags: Beyonce'sCowboyscience
Previous Post

Mining magnate’s criminal case against Facebook over fraudulent crypto ads dropped

Next Post

‘Women are living on eggshells’: Ballarat gathers against gender-based ‘crisis’

‘Active Management’ Harms Forests — And It’s About to Get a Whole Lot Worse – The Revelator

‘Active Management’ Harms Forests — And It’s About to Get a Whole Lot Worse – The Revelator

May 10, 2025

Unlocking the Future: How Innovation Funds Propel Breakthroughs in AI, Bioengineering, and Materials Science

May 10, 2025
Talking Animals: Veteran science journalist Stephen S. Hall recounts reporting and research that yielded Slither, singular book on snakes – WMNF 88.5 FM

Unraveling the Secrets of Snakes: A Journey with Veteran Science Journalist Stephen S. Hall

May 10, 2025
Lifestyle Lookout: Mother’s Day brunch in Bellingham, Big Jam Stories in Ferndale and The Spring Wine Walk – My Bellingham Now

Unforgettable Mother’s Day Brunch, Big Jam Stories, and the Spring Wine Walk: Exciting Events in Bellingham and Ferndale!

May 10, 2025
WCK Forced to Halt Cooking in Gaza as Supplies Run Out – World Central Kitchen

World Central Kitchen Suspends Operations in Gaza Amid Supply Crisis

May 10, 2025
China Reacts to Trump Claims About ‘Suffering’ Chinese Economy – Newsweek

China Responds to Trump’s Claims of Economic Struggles: What You Need to Know

May 10, 2025
Flutter Entertainment eyes U.S. prediction markets amid growing interest – Sports Business Journal

Flutter Entertainment Sets Its Sights on U.S. Prediction Markets as Interest Soars

May 10, 2025
Optimizing Human Health On Earth And In Space – Texas A&M Today

Optimizing Human Health On Earth And In Space – Texas A&M Today

May 10, 2025
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she won’t run for U.S. Senate – NBC News

Marjorie Taylor Greene Declares She’s Not Entering the Senate Race!

May 10, 2025
Harnessing emerging technologies to power a small business – The Oaklandside

Unlocking Success: How Emerging Technologies Can Transform Your Small Business

May 10, 2025

Categories

Archives

May 2025
MTWTFSS
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031 
« Apr    
Earth-News.info

The Earth News is an independent English-language daily published Website from all around the World News

Browse by Category

  • Business (20,132)
  • Ecology (597)
  • Economy (608)
  • Entertainment (21,521)
  • General (15,210)
  • Health (9,650)
  • Lifestyle (613)
  • News (22,149)
  • People (611)
  • Politics (615)
  • Science (15,830)
  • Sports (21,118)
  • Technology (15,598)
  • World (598)

Recent News

‘Active Management’ Harms Forests — And It’s About to Get a Whole Lot Worse – The Revelator

‘Active Management’ Harms Forests — And It’s About to Get a Whole Lot Worse – The Revelator

May 10, 2025

Unlocking the Future: How Innovation Funds Propel Breakthroughs in AI, Bioengineering, and Materials Science

May 10, 2025
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

© 2023 earth-news.info

No Result
View All Result

© 2023 earth-news.info

No Result
View All Result

© 2023 earth-news.info

Go to mobile version