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<blockquote data-quote="RockHard" data-source="post: 437963" data-attributes="member: 5772">Point of order: shouldn't this be in the arts section?That's the joke on OK Cupid, white girls saying in their preferences &quot;I like everything except Country and Hip-Hop&quot;.Sheryl Crow did a career revival last year with a country album, and Darius Rucker also had huge crossover success with his album. Country is basically pop music for white people, which is why Rucker's success was such big news. But it's a safe avenue for new white artists - Miley Cyrus (whose dad was big in the 90s country scene) &amp; Taylor Swift both got started as Country and crossed over to pop.The whole roots music thing I saw happening in the 90's with bands like the Old 97s who had a C&amp;W background but were reacting against the &quot;popification&quot; of those styles. Roots / Folk revival music is huge where I live. Avett Brothers, Elephant Revival, Lumineers, that kind of thing is really huge here. There are several really huge annual folk &amp; bluegrass festivals around the state.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RockHard, post: 437963, member: 5772"] Point of order: shouldn't this be in the arts section? That's the joke on OK Cupid, white girls saying in their preferences "I like everything except Country and Hip-Hop". Sheryl Crow did a career revival last year with a country album, and Darius Rucker also had huge crossover success with his album. Country is basically pop music for white people, which is why Rucker's success was such big news. But it's a safe avenue for new white artists - Miley Cyrus (whose dad was big in the 90s country scene) & Taylor Swift both got started as Country and crossed over to pop. The whole roots music thing I saw happening in the 90's with bands like the Old 97s who had a C&W background but were reacting against the "popification" of those styles. Roots / Folk revival music is huge where I live. Avett Brothers, Elephant Revival, Lumineers, that kind of thing is really huge here. There are several really huge annual folk & bluegrass festivals around the state. [/QUOTE]

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