Price’s career — her success and nearly a decade of struggles — is a testament to the way America’s poisonous politics are scrambling country music. “That’s what country music is supposed to be — three chords and the truth.” Increasingly, though, that truth is shaped by America’s political war. But she’s entirely absent from country music radio — still the major star maker for Nashville-based musicians who aspire to fill stadiums. Country music these days is dominated by men, who typically account for about 80 to 90 percent of Billboard’s top 40 country radio hits. “Country music is taking collateral damage because so many people these days want blood,” said Kyle Coroneos, who runs the website Saving Country Music.

Source: Washington Post February 09, 2019 23:24 UTC