Maren Says Leave

Country Music has always had problems with racism and misogyny, but lately it's gotten much, much worse. So what should country artists do about it? This artist says: LEAVE! NOW!

It’s not that Morris, 33, has tired of twanging guitars or neatly cornered rhymes, both of which define the tunes that came out Friday, a decade after she moved to Nashville from her native Texas, first to write songs for established country acts such as Tim McGraw and later to sign a major-label record deal of her own. Rather, she says she’s leaving because of what she views as the country music industry’s unwillingness to honestly reckon with its history of racism and misogyny and to open its gates to more women and queer people and people of color.

 

 

 It's good Maren gets that option. I suspect it's hard on women in country music. I sort of knew these girls from the Sacramento area, but not seeing signs of huge success just yet.