by David James
Much-admired documentary maker Ken Burns has produced a series on country music, which makes for some intriguing musical ethnography.
Country music, unlike most of the rest of the music “industry” in America, actually does have a tradition. Whereas the crime and drug-fuelled music “industry” in America (and Australia) has for decades engaged in brutal exploitation of the artists, country music, while intensely competitive, does at least make some attempt to nurture i…
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