Innovations and Evolutions by Trenton Woods
The Evolution of Modern Day Country by Trenton Woods 2021 Country music began in 1900 in the rural south of the US. When your average person thinks of country music they think of southern, twangy, cowboys, and the guitar. From about the 1900's to the 1990's country music had held the exact definition of country music. Just like all music, evolutions to the genre are constant to improve and target the popular audience. Country is slowly shifting to more towards modern day pop while still keeping the southern feel that attracts old listeners as well. You are looking at Alan Jackson, one of the greatest country artist to ever touch a microphone in modern day country. Jackson was born in 1958 and started recording to songs when he was 29. Quickly after recording his first song, Jackson started making country music for Arista Nashville Records in year 1989 and it was all up hill from there. Jackson's single's all reached the country top 40 on the billboard except 6 songs (...