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Changing country music

Lady Nade explores the roots of country and Americana and its debt to black music, and reflects on her own place in a genre that is only now starting to confront its history.

Of Billboard’s 2019 top 50 country artists, only one was black. Four were women. None of them were black women. Now, with country music under the spotlight as it never has been before, is it finally moving beyond its white, male image?

Americana-folk singer Lady Nade explores the roots of country and Americana and its debt to black music, and reflects on her own place in a genre that is only now starting to confront its history.

Image: Lady Nade (Credit: Arthur RenΓ© Walwin)

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50 minutes

Last on

Thu 2 Dec 2021 00:06GMT

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  • Sat 27 Nov 2021 12:06GMT
  • Sun 28 Nov 2021 03:06GMT
  • Sun 28 Nov 2021 15:06GMT
  • Sun 28 Nov 2021 17:06GMT
  • Thu 2 Dec 2021 00:06GMT