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The struggle for the soul of country music is on full display now as two very different songs have been making headlines. Michael Loccisano/Getty ImagesThese two songs, so differently received yet recorded under the same big country umbrella, are an embodiment of the crossroads where country music currently stands. Like all musical traditions that fuse, evolve and splinter, country music and its legions of fans are engaged in a negotiation for the genre’s main identity. When the Dixie Chicks spoke out against the Iraq War in the early 2000s, their popularity in country music circles never fully recovered.. Small towns, fast cars and American values are as essential to country music as four chords and the truth.
Persons: Jason Aldean, Luke Combs, Tracy Chapman, Chapman, Combs, , Tracy, ” Chapman, , Luke, Bryan Bedder, they’ve, Aldean, Little Richard, Otis Redding, ” Aldean, , Holly G, Morgan Wallen, Michael Loccisano, foremothers, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, ” Combs, it’s Organizations: CNN, CMT, Billboard, Singer, Amarillo, Black Opry, Washington Post, Texas Democrat, country’s, Dixie, Grand Ole Opry Locations: Copenhagen, underrepresentation, Aldean, Macon , Georgia, Iraq
In May, the country star Jason Aldean released a single, “Try That in a Small Town,” with lyrics that paint contemporary urban life as a hellscape of crime and anarchy: “Sucker punch somebody on a sidewalk/Carjack an old lady at a red light.”“You think you’re tough,” Aldean sings. “Well, try that in a small town.”Initially, the track got relatively little notice, landing at No. “Try That in a Small Town” makes its debut at No. 2 on the Hot 100, Aldean’s best showing ever on Billboard’s all-genre pop chart, beating current hits by Olivia Rodrigo and Morgan Wallen. Aldean was surpassed this week only by Jung Kook of the South Korean supergroup BTS, whose debut solo single, “Seven,” opens at No.
Persons: Jason Aldean, Aldean, Aldean —, , Olivia Rodrigo, Morgan Wallen, Jung Kook, , Henry Choate, Organizations: Korean, BTS Locations: , Maury, Columbia, Tenn
CNN —Sheryl Crow has shared her thoughts on Jason Aldean’s controversial song, “Try That in a Small Town.”Aldean’s single, which was released in May, stirred new controversy when the music video debuted on July 14. “Got a gun that my granddad gave me / They say one day they’re gonna round up / Well, that s— might fly in the city, good luck/Try that in a small town,” Aldean sings in the song. “@Jason_Aldean I’m from a small town. “You should know that better than anyone having survived a mass shooting. “Try That in a Small Town,” produced by longtime Aldean collaborator Michael Knox, was written by Kurt Allison, Kelley Lovelace, Neil Thrasher and Tully Kennedy.
Persons: Sheryl Crow, Jason Aldean’s, , Aldean, , ” Aldean, Crow, ” Crow, Michael Knox, Kurt Allison, Kelley Lovelace, Neil Thrasher, Tully Kennedy Organizations: CNN, Harvest Locations: Kennett , Missouri, Macon , Georgia, Las Vegas, Nashville, Tennessee
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