On the album "Cowboy Carter", Beyoncé takes us through the complex history of the relationship between black and white America, letting us know how many seemingly traditionally "white" things actually had their dark-skinned pioneers, heroes and audiences. This is a big record, no doubt about it
Pop diva Beyonce Knowles Carter she recently released her eighth consecutive studio album "Cowboy Carter" (Parkwood/Columbia), which at the same time forms the second part of the trilogy started in 2022 with the album "Renaissance". Unlike this previous one, with which she performed a brilliant analysis of dance music, detecting its many roots in black culture, on her new record Beyoncé equally studiously and with many undeniable arguments considers African-American contributions to the sound of so-called "white" genres, such as, among other things, country.
The album "Cowboy Carter" thus takes us through the complex history of the relationship between black and white America, letting us know how many apparently traditionally "white" things actually had their dark-skinned pioneers, heroes and audiences. With her musical story, Beyoncé covers a whole range of genres - from bel canto to psychedelic work and classical rock, across soul, blues, hip hop i rag - takes the former Texas girl back to her own past, but also takes us along the paths of black cowboys and rodeo acrobats in the United States, who for their part made these shows famous and sang the lifestyle of ranchers.
Although she changes into many different styles on her new album, Beyoncé throughout the album "Cowboy Carter" remains personally herself, celebrating first of all the power of music, but at the same time the achievements of the Civil Rights Movement in the USA, as well as the creative power of women in society and on stage. The cover of the song "Blackbird" by the Beatles, that is, Paul McCartney as the author who joins her on this track on guitar, is especially touching because it revives the memory of the famous "Little Rock Nine", actually a group of African-American students facing racial discrimination in the local high school in 1957 .
But, the album "Cowboy Carter" actually parades impressive female characters - from Beyoncé herself, through the first big black country stars Linda Martel, the indestructible Dolly Parton, the explosive Miley Cyrus to the black female country teenager and daughter Rumi Carter, while the presence of the legendary Tina Turner is felt all the time. This is a big record, no doubt about it.
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