From Beyoncé's new single 'Texas Hold 'Em' Photo: Screenshot
Music commentator Dave Wilson looks at how country music's roots, histories and current practices are in the music of Black artists and communities.
He'll use the example of Beyoncé's new singles "Texas Hold 'Em" and "16 Carriages", which foreshadow an upcoming album that embraces the music style and other elements of the country music genre.
He'll play a track released in 1932 by DeFord Bailey, another from Charley Pride and one from contemporary artist Micky Guyton - at one time she was the only Black female artist signed to a major label in country music.
Dave Wilson is musician, composer, and ethnomusicologist, a senior lecturer at the New Zealand School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington
