Shaboozey, Lone Women & Sinners: Reflections on Country Music & American Western Iconography
This week, Ashby and Coco ask: can Shaboozey explain America?
While that’s too much pressure to put on one (very talented and very likeable) artist, they use his incredible popularity as an entry point to discuss country music, genre policing, Western iconography, and who gets to be a part of America’s story about itself.
Along the way, Ashby shares her journey with country music, including how an artist like Shaboozey can help heal some of the alienation many left-leaning fans have experienced since the early-2000s “civil war” in the genre.
Of course, Ashby and Coco also revisit their…
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