Another Country
<p>I started writing this piece last summer, when the majority of country music stars remained silent about Charlottesville.¹ As a musician and as a fan, I wanted to be part of a more organized anti-racist response, and I wished there were a group called Country Music Against White Supremacy so I could join it.² Then I started wondering about what I could do to help make that a reality.</p>
<p>A group like this wouldn’t be anything out of the ordinary. There’s a long tradition of both liberal and conservative musicians and their fans organizing to speak out on critical issues, raise money and awareness, and support political candidates in almost every genre of American popular music. And conservative country musicians often do have an organized, political platform, brought together by groups like the NRA.³ When it comes to progressive politics in country music, though, we’re usually on our own.⁴</p>
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