Tweet Angers Female Country Artists
There’s a tweet causing a lot of anger on social media. It all started with veteran entertainment journalist Chris Willman.
He was being sarcastic, but as it turns out, he wasn’t wrong.
A radio station in Saginaw, Michigan stirred up a storm yesterday for a now-deleted Tweet saying they’re not allowed to play two female country artists back to back.
“We cannot play two females back to back. Not even Lady Antebellum or Little Big Town against another female,” they wrote. “I applaud their courage. Pop audiences are more welcoming and forgiving of their female singers. I kinda like that. The Country audience not so much. They accepted Taylor because their daughters loved her.”
That got the attention of pretty much every female country artist alive.
Brandi Carlile was on “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” the other night.
They asked for her take on why we need more females in country music.
“Anyone that listens to country music, ask yourself this question: ‘What do you want your daughter to know about herself.’ And if you can’t get that from country music, it’s a problem.”
