The Country Music Media Podcast
The ultimate country music insider podcast. Each Monday, the Country Music Media Podcast features guests involved in timely issues who are willing to offer refreshing candor, unparalleled expertise and rare insight into the singers, songs and stories that define country music today. Journalists and hosts from radio, print, digital and country music trade publications will join the Country Music Media Podcast with information and anecdotes that slipped away, but shouldn’t have. On Thursday, host Billy Dukes offers his own perspectives and analysis on the issues facing country music today and how we can make change for the better. Please subscribe and if you like what you hear, rate and review us. Have questions or suggestions? Email billydukes@gmail.com.
The Country Music Media Podcast
The Future of Country Music, Part 2: We Can Grow Without Selling Our Soul
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Billy Dukes
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Episode 52
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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