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Love Your Country - country music and social virtue
I went looking for the war on MTV and couldn't find it. True, just after 9/11, MTV did join with the USO to put on a special called "For the Troops." ......(Continue Reading) Stand up to your man - feminist themes in country music
Stand up to your man "Stand by your man" used to be Tammy Wynette's motto, but recently she's begun singing a new tune. In her 1982 song Another Chance ......(Continue Reading)Mindy Smith: with country music caught in a plethora of platitudes, this back-to-basics singer is coming to the emotional rescue - Music Heat - Brief Article
She may not have big hair, speak with a Southern drawl, or employ an array of bells and whistles, but these days Mindy Smith is shining brighter than ......(Continue Reading)Alternative country: origins, music, world-view, fans, and taste in genre formation - Discographic Essay
It is exciting to observe genre formation as a style of music is being consolidated. Think, for example, of going back to 1916 and seeing the early developments in the music we now know as jazz, to...(Continue Reading)Traps, Troubles, and Social Issues: Country Music in the Social Science Classroom
Easy's gettin' harder every day.... --Iris DeMent We're caught in a trap, we can't get out.... --Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter In Tire Sociological ......(Continue Reading)
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