The Country Music Media Podcast

The Future of Country Music, Part 2: We Can Grow Without Selling Our Soul

April 22, 2021 Billy Dukes Episode 52
The Country Music Media Podcast
The Future of Country Music, Part 2: We Can Grow Without Selling Our Soul
Show Notes

The ACM Awards were great, for country music fans. But for everyone else? Well, the 2021 ACM’s poor ratings showed that there just wasn’t much for the non-country audience, which is a problem. This week we look at ways the genre can grow without losing its soul. Change doesn’t have to be scary. 

1:20 | What the ACM Awards got right and wrong

5:00 | Diversity at the 2021 ACM Awards 

6:30 | Ratings are becoming a big problem 

9:05 | Here’s how to solve it 

Read: Why Luke Bryan Deserved Entertainer of the Year at Taste of Country 

Read: 2021 ACM Awards Ratings, via Hollywood Reporter.

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