The popularity of country music in rural sub Saharan Africa
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Re: The popularity of country music in rural sub Saharan Africa
#2I would wager that this came about as a result of the Internet. I can't imagine some record company deciding Africans would like country music and investing there. No the interest started first and then it pulled the record companies along.
Next question is when will country music stars start touring there?
Re: The popularity of country music in rural sub Saharan Africa
#3I would wager that this came about as a result of the Internet. I can't imagine some record company deciding Africans would like country music and investing there. No the interest started first and then it pulled the record companies along. Next question is when will country music stars start touring there?
The second and third tweets in that thread refute that hypothesis.
Re: The popularity of country music in rural sub Saharan Africa
#4I would wager that this came about as a result of the Internet. I can't imagine some record company deciding Africans would like country music and investing there. No the interest started first and then it pulled the record companies along. Next question is when will country music stars start touring there?
It's been a trend since the 70s.
Re: The popularity of country music in rural sub Saharan Africa
#5I would wager that this came about as a result of the Internet. I can't imagine some record company deciding Africans would like country music and investing there. No the interest started first and then it pulled the record companies along. Next question is when will country music stars start touring there?
It's been a trend since the 70s.
Who knows, maybe country music was all the rage on the ARPANET
Re: The popularity of country music in rural sub Saharan Africa
#6Because country music is also black music.
And there have been Black, country musicians as long as country music has existed. But you wouldn’t know them because of the racist history of Nashville music industry.
Re: The popularity of country music in rural sub Saharan Africa
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Re: The popularity of country music in rural sub Saharan Africa
#8Because country music is also black music. And there have been Black, country musicians as long as country music has existed. But you wouldn’t know them because of the racist history of Nashville music industry.
I am pretty sure Charley Pride is not obscure
Re: The popularity of country music in rural sub Saharan Africa
#9A lot of people don't really know it, but American country music is the most commercially successful music genre worldwide and is popular in places such as southeast Asia, Mongolia, sub Saharan Africa, even India and Latin america. Europeans and city dwelling Americans love to shit on it but the world loves it, probably because it's easy to relate to lyrically and uses pleasant melodies and simple to follow rhythms. Love, heartbreak and agriculture are pretty much universal.
Re: The popularity of country music in rural sub Saharan Africa
#10Because country music is also black music. And there have been Black, country musicians as long as country music has existed. But you wouldn’t know them because of the racist history of Nashville music industry.
It's popular in Vietnam too, maybe you know why that is as well?