Smithsonian Magazine

The Pop Charts’ Native Roots

No matter what type of music they played, says Apache guitarist Stevie Salas, Native Americans "seemed to share a common rhythmic thread." Ann Johansson “I look at you all, see the love there that’s ...
Iowa Public Radio

50 years ago, 'Come and Get Your Love' put Native culture on the bandstand

This soulful pop tune by the band Redbone was, in some ways, related to what was going on politically. It became the first song by an all-Native and Mexican American band to crack the Billboard Top 10 ...
The Washington Post

Beyoncé’s new country songs salute the genre’s Black cultural roots

If you were surprised by the two country-infused songs Beyoncé dropped on Sunday night, hold your horses — this isn’t her first rodeo. In fact, fans have long speculated that such a genre-shifting ...
The New York Times

In the Age of the Algorithm, Roots Music Is Rising

Streaming services are helping revive America’s most old-fashioned, undigital genre. Charley Crockett, a rising star in the roots-music field, performing in Nashville, Ind., in May.Credit...Kristine ...