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Cowboy Carter: The Beyoncé Record That Became a Genre Argument

A year out, Beyoncé's country album is not a country album. It is a demolition project. An argument for Cowboy Carter as one of the most important genre interventions of the decade.

Jules Okonkwo·30 May·5 min

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Deeper Well: Kacey Musgraves' Retreat

Kacey Musgraves' fifth album is the record of an artist deliberately stepping back from the cultural centre she had briefly occupied. An argument for the retreat as a specific creative choice.

Jules Okonkwo·8 Apr·5 min