NY Mag’s New Awful, No Good, Very Bad Country Music Article/Infographic

The continued frustration with how the media and journalists decidedly outside of the country music fold decide to commentate on the genre irresponsibly was sent into the stratosphere recently by an article in NY Mag.
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