It's More Good Taste Than A Snub
America's south snubs country music (Phyllis Stark, Reuters, via The Fat Guy)
The Southeast, which includes such country-friendly states as Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and the Carolinas, has become a difficult region for new music, according to label executives. And radio promoters say the Southwest -- Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas -- is the last place they're likely to break a new act or get airplay on a new single.
"The Southwest, if you're not George Strait, is absolutely the hardest place to start any record, whether it's an established act or a new artist," says Gator Michaels, senior VP of promotion at Warner Bros. Nashville, home of Faith Hill.
Maybe it's not so much that the Southwest is "snubbing" commercial "country" music, as it is that large parts of the region simply have turned to the sort of country music that is not so likely to get airplay on Clear Channel (the Americana/Red Dirt/Texas/Alt Country of which some of us are so fond).
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 04/15/06 17:40 | Music | Technorati
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So true. Saw the Weary Boys at the Continental Club on Saturday night...good show. Good country music is alive and kicking, it is just not on the radio.
Posted by Chito @ 10:59 on 04/17/06
There is too good country music on the (satellite) radio.
Posted by TP @ 15:15 on 04/17/06
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