The 1A Record Club Listens To Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter'

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🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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This ain't Texas. It's 1A.

And today, our record club is listening to some Beyoncé. Her new album, "Cowboy Carter," clocks in at 27 tracks and a little over an hour.

The musical powerhouse plays a string of sounds rooted in country music. She even throws in her takes on some of the genre's classics. But Black artists have long pioneered the country genre.

We break down the sounds Beyoncé explores in her latest project and how Black artists have long been excluded from the genre.

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0:00.0	This message comes from NPR's sponsor, Organic Valley, the farmer-owned cooperative dedicated to providing ethically sourced food from small organic family farms.
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0:16.0	This is the 1A record club.
0:19.0	The 1A record club.
0:20.0	This is 1A.
0:21.0	1A Record Club.
0:23.0	Hey!
0:24.0	Let's go!
0:27.0	Welcome to the 1A Records Club.
0:31.0	Today we're going to do some switching between radio broadcasts. We'll let Willie Nelson explain.
0:36.4	Welcome to the smoke hour on K-N-T-R-Y Radio Texas. You know my name? No need to know yours. Now for this next tune I want y'all to
0:45.0	sit back and hail and go to that good place your mind likes to wander off to. And if you
0:50.3	don't want to go, go find yourself a jubox.
0:53.3	Thank you.
0:54.3	We're taking a dip into K-N-T-R-Y radio.
0:57.7	That's the official radio station by Beyonce Knowles Carter
1:00.9	in her latest album, Cowboy Carter.
1:03.6	In 27 tracks in a little over an hour, Beyonce takes us into a string of sounds rooted in country
1:09.0	music, including her takes on some classics. Jocelyn, Jocelyn, Jocelyn, I'm wanting you,
1:17.0	don't come for my man.
1:27.0	Joline, Joline, Joline, Joline, Joline,
1:28.0	Don't take the chance because you think you can.
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