Country music's debt to African American music has long been recognized. Black musicians have helped to shape the styles of many of the most important performer

How Black musicians have changed the country music landscape and brought light to Black creativity and innovation.

Bailey is largely forgotten today, a victim of the recording industry's emphasis on the blues during the 1920s--a decision which segregated forever "black" folk

Introduction: Dolly mythology -- "Backwoods Barbie": Dolly Parton's gender performance -- My Tennessee mountain home: early Parton and authenticity narratives -

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