At The Intersection Of Black Culture And Country Music Lies History. Let's talk fact, history, strategy, money, business, and Beyoncé's chart-topping album ...

The first string bands in this country were enslaved people. - Black folks have always made country music. And to be clear, what we call country is really more accurately, it's more ...

Mickey Guyton’s “Black Like Me” earned a Grammy nomination in 2020, christening her as the first Black woman to be nominated for “Best Country Solo Performance.” (“These are valid ...

Black country tells a story that’s as multifaceted as it is multigenerational. Last month, Daniel Breland (who records as Breland) released his debut full-length album, Cross Country.

Other Black women artists in soul and R&B who have recorded country music include Millie Jackson (on her album “Lil Bit Country”), Anita Pointer (with her hit “Too Many Times”) and The ...

The growing popularity of Black country artists, spurred in part by Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter,” has sparked a conversation around the history of the genre and the past and present racial ...

According to her website, this made her the highest-charting Black female country artist at the time, a record she held until Beyoncé’s “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” debuted at #1 on Feb. 21, 2024.

The 2024 edition of the nation's largest Country festival saw one of its most diverse lineups to date, and ESSENCE was boots-on-the-ground ...

Rick Diamond/Getty Images for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Darius Rucker, Mickey Guyton and more Black country artists have been candid about the racism they have faced in the genre ...

Opinion: Jelly Roll found success in country music. Black artists deserve the same. White artists, like Jelly Roll, are afforded the freedom to explore genres while Black artists like Beyoncé are ...

When politics become reactionary, Black people make the blues. And country music makes a choice. It doesn’t matter if country music is cool with pop stars or if the new vanguard has some rap ...