Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions

Author: Francesca T. Royste
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Year: 2022
Pages: 248
ISBN: 978-1477326497

After a century of racist whitewashing, country music is finally reckoning with its relationship to Black people. In this timely work—the first book on Black country music by a Black writer—Francesca Royster uncovers the Black performers and fans, including herself, who are exploring the pleasures and possibilities of the genre.