Episode 122: Amythyst Kiah, Jake Blount, Mickey Guyton, Paisley Fields, Cory Grinder and the Playboy Scouts, Christopher Odell Mills, Wilderness, Uncle Sinner, Lowbirds, Soo Line Loons, Under the Reefs Orchestra, The Juniper Berries, Dustbowl Daddies, Rus

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’ve got a big chonker of an episode this time out. Here, Rachel talks about the Black Lives Matter movement and how it impacts country and roots music.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She forgot to mention it in the podcast, but she also made a playlist of anti-racist white musicians. Anti-racism means actively defining and fighting against all the insidious or “subconscious” forms racism takes -- and admitting that all white people have this ingrained in them.</span> <a href= "https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race/topics/being-antiracist"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Here’s</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">where you can read more about anti-racism.</span> <a href= "http://www.adobeandteardrops.com/2020/06/anti-racist-voices-of-country-and.html"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Here’s</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">where you can listen to the Spotify playlist, which she’ll dig into on this coming Friday’s episode.</span></p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Amythyst Kiah -- “Black Myself” (Songs Of Our Native Daughters)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jake Blount -- “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?” (Spider Tales)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Mickey Guyton -- “Black Like Me” (Single) </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Paisley Fields -- “You & The Country” (Electric Park Ballroom)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cory Grinder and the Playboy Scouts -- “I Wouldn’t Count On It” (Good Boy)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Christopher Odell Mills -- “Heaven” (Single)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Wilderness -- “American Lights” (Real Rock Radio) </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Uncle Sinner -- “Rocky Isl