With her new album ‘My Black Country’ and her memoir of the same name on the way, songwriter, author and educator Alice Randall wants to make sure all parts of Country Music history are highlighted. Making history of her own as the first Black woman to pen a #1 Country hit with Trisha Yearwood’s “XXX’s and OOO’s (An American Girl),” Randall joins us to talk about the importance of preserving and evolving within the genre, how today’s Country space is acknowledging the Black people in the landscape and the advice she has for songwriters.
The High Notes sits down with Country Music icons, up-and-coming artists, stagehands, tour managers, and all the people who make Country Music what it is to see how they prepare for the day before a career milestone.
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