"Sometimes you don't know what you like until someone you trust turns you on to some real good ****," country music legend Willie Nelson said during one of two interludes featured in the album.The album was a canny choice for Beyoncé, who breathed a new swing into the country-infused "TEXAS HOLD 'EM," giving her audience a space to do-si-do the mundanity away with silver … [Read more...] about Saddle Up for Beyoncé’s Emotive Rodeo in ‘COWBOY CARTER’
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Beyoncé Reclaims Country Music For Black Culture
Transparency item: A review provides an informed and opinionated critique. These informed critiques are published to make a recommendation to readers. This review is the opinion of the writer. Beyoncé made a rare appearance in a commercial for Verizon and their 5G network in her attempts to "break the internet." She finished the ad with, "OK they ready, drop the new music … [Read more...] about Beyoncé Reclaims Country Music For Black Culture
Album Review: Kacey Musgraves Divorces Country Music with ‘star-crossed’
The cover of "star-crossed" shows a hazy broken heart necklace emblazoned with the album's title. Musgraves' album is about her heartbreak, making the subject of the cover appropriate. Photo Courtesy of KaceyMusgraves.comKacey Musgraves’ released her fifth studio album, “star-crossed,” on Sept. 10. The first album since her 2020 divorce from ex-husband, Ruston … [Read more...] about Album Review: Kacey Musgraves Divorces Country Music with ‘star-crossed’
2019 Grammy Awards Highlights: Kacey Musgraves, Cardi B, Dua Lipa & More Take Home Top Awards
Art by Caitlin RoarkAfter facing scrutiny at last year's Grammy Awards for the lack of winning female artists, the 2019 awards ceremony shifted to multiple women of different genres going home with awards in top categories. Among the many winners were rising pop sensation Dua Lipa, who won Best New Artist, pop-country phenomenon Kacey Musgraves for Album of the Year and rapper … [Read more...] about 2019 Grammy Awards Highlights: Kacey Musgraves, Cardi B, Dua Lipa & More Take Home Top Awards
Going Country with G-Phi
Photo by Diana KimCountry music filled the Caf with its Southern-influenced lyrics and twang. Different patterns of plaid, paired with leather and cowboy boots, colored the room. Sweet tea and cupcakes lined the side wall, and a mechanical bull in the center of the floor replaced the round and rectangular tables normally there. The Gamma Phi Beta Rodeo had again returned. The … [Read more...] about Going Country with G-Phi