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Podcast: Saturday Morning with Jack Tame
Episode: Tami Neilson and Dr Jada Watson: Country musician and musicology professor on the gender inequality in country music and 'The F Word'
Description: Classic female country artists like Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, and Faith Hill, along with modern-day musicians like Kasey Musgraves, Carrie Underwood, and Shania Twain are pioneers of the genre. Despite their influence and hand in elevating country music to the heights it’s reached in the modern era, only 10% of country music airplay and awards are granted to women. This is one of the astonishing facts in Tami Neilson’s latest show ‘The F Word’, which combines music with the research of musicology professor Dr Jada Watson. The two first met on Twitter...