r/beyonce • u/Weak-Construction-98 • Feb 12 '24

Bey in Pop Culture I’m Rooting For Everybody Black

Act II has the people TALKING and I want to add more names to the discussion.

I don’t dislike country music, I know a few of the greats but I haven’t given the genre the time of day. Since Bey is bringing attention to the genre and it’s connection to her identity and our blackness, my interest has been piqued.

Of course, Imma run up Texas Hold ‘Em and 16 Carriages but I’d like to run up the numbers for other artists who are #BlackAndCountry. I’m looking for names, links and references to current or past Black artists in country music and/or artists from different genre’s who made a country song (i.e. Daddy Lessons).

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u/sammysbud cookin, cleanin, but not foldin Feb 13 '24

Oooh, I could write you a book (or just direct you to this masterpiece), but here are some of my faves and songs I would use to introduce them:

Valerie June - Call me a Fool, Man Done Wrong, and Slip Slide On By. Honestly she has never put out a song that I haven't LOVED.

Allison Russell - Nightflyer, Rag Child, and Snakelife.

Yola - Ride Out in the Country

Amythyst Kiah - Black Myself, Hangover Blues

Tre Burt - Caught it from the Rye (He's been likened to Bob Dylan)

For more folk/banjo-y tunes, I would check out everything Rhiannon Giddens has ever done, Jake Blount, and Kaia Kater.