Superstar Beyoncé called out country music. That's huge.

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Andrea Williams
March 22, 2024
Tennessean
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On March 19, Beyoncé took to Instagram to announce the 10-day countdown to the release of her highly anticipated country album, “Act II: Cowboy Carter.” In the announcement, she also revealed the personal reasons behind her full-length foray into country music.“This album has been over five years in the making,” she wrote. “It was born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed…and it was very clear that I wasn’t.”

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Beyonce on stage with Dixie Chicks at 2016 CMA awards
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Color Me Country Artist Grant Fund

to support artists of color in country music

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Gay Ole Opry Playlist

Karen & the Sorrows have been building queer country community in Brooklyn by running the Queer Country Quarterly and the Gay Ole Opry (gayoleopry.com) since 2011. Most of these bands have come to play for us, but some we're still wishing on!

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Color Me Country

Hosted by Rissi Palmer, Color Me Country brings to the forefront the Black, Indigenous, and Latinx histories of country music that for too long have lived outside the spotlight and off mainstream airwaves.

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