Hip Hop

Dirty South : OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop

Bluegrass

Homegrown Music : Discovering Bluegrass

Can't You Hear Me Calling : The Life of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass
Kentucky Country : Folk and Country Music of Kentucky

Gender and Music in the South

- Differences between male and female artists
- Styles
- Lyrical meaning
- Male: Love, depression, drinking,
- Female: Love, sensuality
- Lack of female representation
- Country/Rock Bands
- Rap
- Remixes/Covers
- Women tended to perform mens’ covers
- How women rose in a male-dominated era in music
- ex.) Nina Simone (we could compare Nina to Jay Hawkins for “I put a spell on you”, Dolly
Parton, etc.
- Very few female led groups/bands ex.) Lady Antebellum
- Gender Inequality
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/caitlinkelley/2019/02/06/music-industry-study-annenberg-gender-e
quality/#567aa1cd5f81
- https://www.npr.org/2018/08/07/634725840/beyond-representation-in-music-and-media-gender-
equality-will-take-a-revolution
- https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/arts/music/music-industry-gender-study-women-artists-pro
ducers.html