Q&A: Who's Making Black Country Music?

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Olivia Weeks
March 10, 2024
Daily Yonder
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Francesca Royster is a writer and professor of English at DePaul University in Chicago. Since Beyoncé announced her forthcoming country album during the Super Bowl, Francesca's Royster’s 2022 book, Black Country Music: Listening for Revolution, has gotten a new wave of attention.

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