Country Music Doesn’t Deserve Its Conservative Reputation
Musician Nick Shoulders talks to Jacobin about a genre that has long broadcast the struggles and aspirations of working people.
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Nick Shoulders is a country singer-songwriter from Fayetteville, Arkansas. His latest album, All Bad, has just been released on Gar Hole Records.
Country Music Doesn’t Deserve Its Conservative Reputation
The recent controversy over Oliver Anthony is only the latest example of conservatives using country music to push their own agenda. But the genre isn’t inherently right-wing — it can also broadcast the struggles and aspirations of the working class.