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Sep 15 • 15 tweets • 7 min read
The Heavy Heavy. #AMERICANAFEST
Kingfish. #AmericanaFest
#AmericanaFest
Charley Crockett. #AmericanaFest
Black people. #AMERICANAFEST
The Black Opry Panel. #AmericanaFest
“Black artists today in country have social media. If Frankie Staton had social media, the Black Opry wouldn’t have been necessary.” Holly.

“Social media made the difference for my story.” Rissi.
Rissi invoking Audre Lorde on how to be a Black country artist without using the oppressors tools.
Got in an Uber tonight. I recognize the driver. He drove me last year when I was in Nashville. He also remembers me. “I bought your book! I have so many questions!!” Shout out to Larry. #AmericanaFest
Kaia Kater. #americanafest
Kaia tells story of Haitian Revolution and Grenada as she tunes her banjo. That’s pretty in the pocket. #AmericanaFest
Watching Nikki Morgan burn The Station Inn down. #americanafest
Jake Blount is a genius. #americanafest
Allison Russell, everyone. ❤️ #AMERICANAFEST
Good friends. Good people. Good times. Let’s do it again, y’all. ❤️⚖️💋 #BeforeandAfter #AmericanaFest

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Thanks for sharing this, Jess. It gets at a lot of my morbid fascination with the premise. Also? It’s not well done. It just isn’t.
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