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Country Music’s Race Problem

Into It: A Vulture Podcast with Sam Sanders

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The Importance of Identity Politics in Country Music

Jason Aldine's new record, nobody's quite as excited as they once were. I think this is just sort of like crass, public relations sort of work to try to be controversial for attention. The economics of it are even better now because of streaming. There's no gatekeeper now if people think that Jason Aldine's song is part of a culture war and they're on the side of it.

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