Beyoncé’s CMAs Shutout & Country’s Ongoing Gatekeeping

Beyoncé's CMAs Shutout & Country's Ongoing Gatekeeping

In a move both shocking and completely unsurprising, the Country Music Association has failed to nominate Cowboy Carter, the landmark country music project from Beyoncé, in any of its 2024 categories. On the second part of […]

Country’s Record-Breaking Run Proves Gatekeepers Are Stronger Than Ever

Country's Record-Breaking Run Proves Gatekeepers Are Stronger Than Ever

Wren Graves (Features Editor): Yeehaw! Or as the country music-lovers in my Wisconsin family might say, ah geez! Today’s Consequence Chat looks at country’s record-breaking run to the top of the Billboard charts — and […]

Lavender Country’s Patrick Haggerty was embraced as gay country music’s radical elder : NPR

Lavender Country's Patrick Haggerty was embraced as gay country music's radical elder : NPR

Lavender Country, led by singer and songwriter Patrick Haggerty, released what it widely considered the first openly gay country album in 1973. Haggerty died this week at age 78. Marie Tamanova/Courtesy of Don Giovanni Records […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was his country’s voice of Paddington Bear | Ents & Arts News

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was his country's voice of Paddington Bear | Ents & Arts News

Shared from news.sky.com It has emerged that Volodymyr Zelenskyy was the voice of Paddington Bear when the popular film was released in Ukraine. The 44-year-old was a comedian and actor before moving into politics, and […]