Gone Country

During a year marked by calls for racial justice, progressive voices have found success in a genre once inhospitable to dissent.

Erin Vanderhoof

"SOUTH GOTTA CHANGE"

by Adia Victoria

The Nashville-based crooner teamed up with T Bone Burnett for a percussive anthem that vows not to let her homeland slip away.

"BLACK LIKE ME"

by Mickey Guyton

Released in the days after George Floyd's death, this song describes, in a musical style dominated by white men, growing up Black.

"BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT"

by Maren Morris

After welcoming a son this spring, the Grammy winner wrote this ode to improving the world.

"LONG VIOLENT HISTORY"

by Tyler Childers

The Kentucky-born bluegrass musician draws connections between the Appalachian tradition of protest songs and demands for equality in cities like Louisville.

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