Ka-Ching…With Twang

I define country music as ‘ka-ching…with twang’. It’s a way to make a living, or entertain people, which is rooted in the traditions of the American South, where country music was the term given to ‘hillbilly’ music, itself a marketing term.

Today country music takes many forms, and essays with this title discuss issues both onstage and behind it, local and international, big or grassroots act. Recent essays include:

  • A profile of Jarrod Morris, who fixes horseshoes by day and sings Texan music by night (December 2022) Read here
  • What happens after Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping song Last Night? (March 2023) Read here
  • Reaction to the cancellation of the British Country Music Association Fan Festival (June 2023), which you can read here
  • ‘It’s not red or blue, it’s green’: the importance of ‘business’ in country music (July 2023) Read here
  • How to create an album for a ‘legacy artist’ like Tim McGraw (August 2023) Read here
  • Nashville’s Acceptable Rebel: Morgan Wade and Ashley McBryde (September 2023) Read here
  • Country Music as Fork: Allison Russell, Tyler Childers and Jon Langston (September 2023) Read here
  • Why I Write About Country Music (October 2023) Read here
  • The CMA Awards as the Pulse of Country Music (November 2023) Read here
  • Chris Stapleton and How to Market a Country Music Superstar (November 2023) Read here

If you would like to be interviewed about your music, or if you promote music or are involved with it in any way, send me an email at jonny_brick@yahoo.co.uk.

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