The Cowboy Image and the Growth of Western Music By Tracey Laird and Bill C. Malone Feature How did cowboy hats and boots become the visual iconography of American rural music?
The Roots of Cowboy Music: ‘This Is the Music We Made. This Is the Land We Made.’ By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Commentary Oakland writer Carvell Wallace travels to Elko, Nevada, for the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering and reflects on what it means to be black and American.