Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Thinking About Genre (and Conventions) Through Country Music

I wanted to post these videos to help you (re)consider the following questions which can, hopefully, help you to think about the relationship between genres and their conventions:
  • what's the "glue" that binds these songs together? 
  • what about them makes them fall into the “country music” category?
  • at what points do they bend/blend into other genres (such as folk, blues, and bluegrass)?


"Your Cheating Heart"


"Coal Miner’s Daughter"


"Whiskey River"



"I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow"




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