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From Trio to Hank Williams to Tanya Tucker, the Country Roots Music Issue covers a host of music icons with contributions from Imani Perry, Rodney Crowell, Rissi Palmer, and so many others.

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Issue 119, Winter 2022

Exiting / In

When I got to sit in on one of my father’s classes, or to watch when he recorded at a studio, I saw another side of
him, too: relaxed, engaged, and focused.

By Francesca T. Royster
Web Edition

Songs That Hit a Nerve

Country music has always taken on the greatest human emotions: grief, loss, betrayal, love.

By Sarah Rose Etter
Eyes on the South

In the Dark Woods

Attuned to the allure of “running away from the every day,” Genitempo’s project occupies the hazy space “between fact and fiction.”

By Matthew Genitempo
Press Room

Introducing the Country Roots Music Issue

The 24th annual music issue will celebrate the radiant essence of “countrified” sound.

By Oxford American

Prayers for Richard

By David Ramsey

Country Roots Recs

Check in weekly for new album recommendations and playlists from OA editors and staff!

By Oxford American

“Reckoning comes before reconciliation and often begins at the table.”

—Alice Randall

Podcast

If You Would Know Us

KaToya Ellis Fleming investigates the backlash and legacy of violence caused by the 1898 Wilmington Massacre in North Carolina and a performance by the American folk duo Birds of Chicago.

Half My World

Tess Taylor explores Anne Spencer's poetry and a live performance by Lucy Dacus. This episode marks the first time Anne Spencer's voice will be broadcast outside of the Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum.

The Borderlands

A dispatch from the Rio Grande Valley and a performance by Adia Victoria

Eyes on the South

Atlanta Signage: Looking Up

By Emily Wang

You are Where you're Supposed to Be

By Billie Carter-Rankin

A Way Home

By Jay Simple

Canopy Loss

By Colleen Mullins

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