“The white working class are scapegoated for many ugly things that go on in American society…country music is the audible symbol of that class.” University of Michigan’s nadinehubbs unpicks the politics of country on our “Checks and Balance” podcast
MORGAN WALLEN became one of the stories of 2021 after he was caught using a racial slur. Banned from radio, the country music star’s sales and streams spiked anyway. The affair reinforced a stereotype of the genre as home to hillbilly bigotry. But country is changing and its politics were always more complex than its popularity in Republican heartlands indicates.
Nadine Hubbs of the University of Michigan unpicks the Wallen story and tells us how streaming and social media are revolutionising country music. And we find out how embracing country propelled Richard Nixon to the presidency.
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