Kacey Musgraves' album, Same Trailer Different Park, was released on March 19.

Country Music's Not-So-Civil War

Soundcheck | Oct 10, 2013

One thing that everyone in country music can agree on is that the genre just isn’t what it used to be. But that seems to be about the only thing that the country artists can agree on at this point, as they’re increasingly taking sides in a battle between so-called “traditional country” and “pop country.” We talk with Entertainment Weekly writer Grady Smith and Nashville radio host and author Craig Havighurst about the civil war brewing within the genre. 

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