What Is Musical Genre Exactly?
Billboard's decision to remove Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" from its country chart exposes how artists' race and class—more than their sounds—have always defined genre.
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Justin Timberlake and the White Open Spaces
On Man of the Woods, Timberlake's flirtation with woodsy iconography is an uncomfortable reminder that certain kinds of authenticity are reserved for white people.
In Today’s Country Music, Women Are Often Portrayed as Sexual Objects
Feminist backlash with a twang. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: Matt Cowan/Getty Images for Stagecoach) The Dixie Chicks aside,…