Can Nation music assist lead the U.S. out of the gun debate? There’s a lengthy historical past of well-known nation musicians utilizing their platforms to touch upon social and political points. However for the reason that lead singer of The Chicks, Natalie Maines, was ostracized after criticizing then President George W. Bush, nation music stars have felt safer protecting their political opinions out of the general public eye. Musician Ketch Secor (https://www.ketchsecor.com/about) of the band Outdated Crow Drugs Present (https://www.crowmedicine.com/) is attempting to vary that. After the taking pictures at Covenant College in Nashville, Tennessee, Ketch wrote an Op-ed in The New York Instances (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/05/opinion/nashville-school-shooting-country-music-gun-violence.html) calling for nation music stars to let go of the worry of retaliation from their fanbase, and to interrupt their silence on the gun debate. Audie talks with Ketch about what it’s prefer to be a musician and a guardian in Nashville proper now and what he thinks nation musicians can do to assist forestall one other mass taking pictures.
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