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Beyonce

As ‘Sinners’ soundtrack puts spotlight on roots music, a grassroots movement is also having its moment

jewly hight

May 15, 2025

There is a through-line from Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” to the music of the film, “Sinners,” and her name is Rhiannon Giddens.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Beyonce, Carolina Chocolate Drops, cowboy carter, Folk music, Rhiannon Giddens, roots music, Sinners

Grammys 2025: the boundary-crossing hits and crises

jewly hight

January 31, 2025

Ordinarily, the entire week leading up to the Sunday telecast is packed with parties and showcases. Most of those have been canceled, though, and the few remaining have been slightly reframed.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WNXP, WPLN News Tagged With: Beyonce, David Rawlings, Gillian Welch, Grammys, Kacey Musgraves, music

Crossover made the boundaries of country and roots music a little less clear in 2024

jewly hight

December 29, 2024

Linda Martell — the too-long-overlooked, first Black woman to reach the country charts in the early 1970s — reemerged on Cowboy Carter to drop some wisdom on us this year: “Genres are a funny little concept, aren’t they? Yes, they are.”

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: 2024 Year in Review, Americana, Beyonce, country music, cowboy carter, Kacey Musgraves, Linda Martell, Tenille Townes

In a year of blockbuster crossovers, the CMAs double down on country continuity

jewly hight

November 22, 2024

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The three-hour show was an ode to the robustness and stability of country music. But the genre dominated charts and discourse this year thanks to pop superstars Beyoncé, Post Malone and Shaboozey.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Awards, Beyonce, CMA, CMAs, country music, Country Music Association, music

Beyoncé becomes first Black woman to hit No. 1 on Billboard country albums chart

Maria Sherman, AP

April 10, 2024

Beyoncé has made history once again. Her latest album, the epic “Act ll: Cowboy Carter,” hit No. 1 on the Billboard country albums chart, making her the first Black woman to top the chart since its 1964 inception.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Beyonce, country music

NashVillager Podcast: April 5, 2024

Tony Gonzalez

April 5, 2024

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How did “Roosevelt’s Tree Army” pave the way for our state parks?

Filed Under: Environment, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Beyonce, country music, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee State Parks

This ain’t Texas. This is Nashville.

Elizabeth Burton

April 4, 2024

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We couldn’t call ourselves “This Is Nashville” if we weren’t going to dedicate time to Beyoncé’s western epic, “COWBOY CARTER.” 

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Programs Tagged With: Alice Randall, Beyonce, country music, cowboy carter, holly g, The Black Opry

Dive deeper into Beyonce’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ with WPLN’s senior music writer

WPLN Staff

March 29, 2024

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Few albums have generated more conversation before their release than “Cowboy Carter” by Beyoncé — out today.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Alice Randall, Beyonce, country music, Linda Martell

Out, About: Let’s get in formation

Rachel Iacovone

July 14, 2023

Beyoncé will be with us shortly. The Queen Bey herself will be performing at Nissan Stadium tomorrow night — and there are, shockingly, some tickets left, starting at $128 (before all those lovely Ticketmaster fees).

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, NashVillager, Out About Tagged With: Beyonce, food, music

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