Beyoncé shared the cover art for her upcoming album “Cowboy Carter” on social media Tuesday, with a note giving fans some insight as to why she’s making a country album and referenced a past ...

About six weeks back, Beyoncé announced plans to release a country album titled Act II: Cowboy Carter. “This album has been over five years in the making,” she wrote on Instagram. “It was born out of ...

The growing popularity of Black country artists, spurred in part by Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter,” has sparked a conversation around the history of the genre and the past and present racial tensions ...

“Cowboy Carter” is an extension of the pop superstar’s exploration of how Black creativity fuels all corners of popular music. She’s embracing the music, not the industry. Credit...Matt Williams ...

Andrea Williams is an opinion columnist for The Tennessean and curator of the Black Tennessee Voices initiative. On March 19, Beyoncé took to Instagram to announce the 10-day countdown to the release ...

The greatest lie country music ever told was convincing the world that it is white. That hillbilly music turned white at the turn of the 20th century. And that Black musicians who created this music, ...