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Adjunct Lecturer of American Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Country music executives seem intent on crafting a homogenous genre for the masses. 'Concert' via www.shutterstock.com

June 5, 2015

Keith Hill’s comments about women in country music cut far deeper than misogyny

Clifford Murphy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

For 50 years, country music executives in Nashville have tried to dilute the genre’s rich, diverse history.

Through his music, Lead Belly rejected the stereotype that country music was the domain of white artists, while blues music was reserved for blacks. Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

March 12, 2015

Lead Belly’s music defied racial categorization

Clifford Murphy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection depicts the fully-formed artist – a blues musician, yes, but also a performer of string-band, country and pop songs.

Country music’s soaring popularity in the Northeast isn’t so much a novelty as it is a rebirth. US Navy

October 27, 2014

Stand by your Maine: country music’s Northern roots

Clifford Murphy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

This past June, radio conglomerate Clear Channel (now known as iHeartRadio) announced it was converting Boston’s 101.7 FM to a country station. The story they told the Boston Globe was a familiar one…

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