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[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 days ago (2 children)

After 9/11, Country turned from "we are working people" to "My Dad's an oil tycoon and I love the US".

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is where a lot of Americana music comes in ... the online station Americana Boogie Radio has lots of defiant working class songs on it's playlist :-)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, that’s a good one.

Boot Liquor on SomaFM is full of working people music, with an emphasis on the drinkin and dyin side of the genre.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Boot Liquor is a new one on me, thanks for the tip :-)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

that was around the same time local radio collapsed and I heart radio and other conglomerates took over. not long after media ownership rules changed. I don't think it was the artists who changed.