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Is Mississippi’s longstanding claim as the birthplace of the blues a myth? Years of independent research by Xavier University professor and jazz clarinetist Michael White and blues-based guitarist, ...

Songs about the working class are woven throughout the fabric of country music. Unfortunately, some of the more recent ones do nothing more than pander to an already marginalized demographic. Thank ...