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Monday Open Thread: The Blackness of Country Music

July 23, 2018 by pragobots Leave a Comment

This week the open threads will highlight six elements that illustrate country music's roots in African-American history. There is a total lack of black artists in country music today, except for Darius Rucker, Cowboy Troy, and Charley Pride.  The truth is that the roots of American country run black, and the key artists that built country music couldn’t have done so … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: The Blackness of Country Music

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