![]() Jason Aldean, one of country music’s biggest stars, has been embroiled in controversy over his single “ Try That in a Small Town.” The song contains what critics say are racially charged lyrics, and scenes from the music video were shot in front of a courthouse that was the site of an infamous lynching in the 1920s. The struggle for the soul of country music is on full display now as two very different songs have been making headlines. But a longer pause on the radio dial, or a deeper dive into the genre’s roots, reveals far more variation - different traditions and cultures calling to each other, answering and reinventing themselves as they go. ![]() (And, for the women, there’s an extra dash of marital homicide.) People - non-country lovers specifically - like to joke that modern country music is a repetitive incantation of beer, trucks, girls and American flags, with the occasional sprinkling of Copenhagen or MultiCam thrown in.
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