• Patrik@lemm.ee
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    After 9/11, Country turned from “we are working people” to “My Dad’s an oil tycoon and I love the US”.

    • SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      This is where a lot of Americana music comes in … the online station Americana Boogie Radio has lots of defiant working class songs on it’s playlist :-)

    • Willy@sh.itjust.works
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      that was around the same time local radio collapsed and I heart radio and other conglomerates took over. not long after media ownership rules changed. I don’t think it was the artists who changed.