Country
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Alice Randall Made Country History. Black Women Are Helping Tell Hers.
In “My Black Country,” the musician and author who cracked a Nashville color barrier is telling her story — and…
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Oct. 7 Shattered Netanyahu’s Legacy. The War Saved Him — for Now.
The moment Israel’s devastating war in the Gaza Strip ends, the unfinished conflict within Israel over its future will begin…
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Beyoncé’s Country Is America: Every Bit of It
On the bold, sprawling “Cowboy Carter,” the superstar plays fast and loose — and twangy — with genre.
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Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Is Here, and It’s Much More Than Country
The superstar’s new LP is a 27-track tour of popular music with a Beatles cover, cameos by Willie Nelson and…
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Finance
Does Country Radio’s Treehouse Have Room for Beyoncé?
The pop superstar’s new album, “Cowboy Carter,” could be a litmus test for a format that’s long been inhospitable to…
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Black Pop Artists Have Long Gone Country. Here’s a Brief History.
When Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” arrives next week, it’ll join a lineage of albums by stars including Ray Charles, the Pointer…
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My Country Is Witnessing a Messy, Buffoonish End of Rule
On Dec. 31, 1980, Léopold Sédar Senghor, the first president of Senegal, announced that he was leaving power. At 74,…
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Beyoncé Becomes First Black Woman to Top Billboard Country Chart
Her single “Texas Hold ’Em” debuted atop the country airplay chart after its release during the Super Bowl.
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World
Voters in Finland Will Choose a President to Shape a New NATO Era
The role is responsible for foreign policy in an era of rising wariness of neighboring Russia.
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World
Pakistan Is Stunned as Early Election Results Look Like a Real Race
The party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan has withstood a crackdown by the country’s powerful military and put up…