Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Thinking About a Genre (and Its Conventions) Through Country Music

(Class #2, typically, though I've used it during Class #1 during extended 75-min or 150-min classes.)

I wanted to post these videos to help you (re)consider the following questions which can, hopefully, help you to think about the relationship between genres and their conventions:
  • what's the "glue" that binds these songs together? 
  • what about them makes them fall into the “country music” category?
  • at what points do they bend/blend into other genres (such as folk, blues, and bluegrass)?

"Your Cheating Heart"


"Coal Miner’s Daughter"


"Whiskey River"


"I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow"

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