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carlosgabrx · 1 month

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"COWBOY CARTER" (2024)

Beyoncé, Blair Caldwell & Frederik Heyman

#beyoncé #beyonce #video #photography #art #country #album #music #black #country music #cowboy carter #renaissance #act ii #act i #act iii #blair caldwell #frederik heyman

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pro-royalty · 20 days

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Beyoncé

#beyonce #black girl magic #beauty #blair caldwell #photography #black beauty #cowboy carter #act ii cowboy carter #pro-royalty

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tani-b-art · 21 days

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“This ain’t a Country album. This is a “Beyoncé” album.”

I understand why she said this! Because the way it seems she created a completely new genre with ‘Cowboy Carter’! The Country is there (and all the elements) and there’s some Blues, Folk, Soul, Zydeco, Bluegrass, a lil Rock, Gospel and Opera and then some (all genres with Black (Black) American origins). Almost like she opened a new sonic portal while helping to reclaim the genre made by Black Americans.

First off — the album cover art. She pays homage to a long-standing Black American Southern tradition of Houston rodeo and rodeo queens. Carrying our country’s flag…the imagery is signifying to her being a Black American woman. Who she is.

The album cover alone set the tone for what she presented with act ii. [and the photographer is Blair Caldwell, a fellow Black Texan, who has such an eye for capturing beauty. all his photographs are visually pleasing].

[Even the promo - the track list design is a nod & historical reference to Black American cultural via The Chitlin Circuit promotional posters. I love it. Made my little graphic art heart smile. The nostalgia of it.]

From the opening track title and lyrics and later on within other songs, she wove her ancestral claiming to America with so much pride. Pride for our country and our flag that we absolutely should have.

Then to have Ms. Linda Martell, the trailblazing Black pioneer & legend in the genre who broke many barriers, be a part of this album was so reverent. (Especially her spoken word throughout that spoke to the way that she and Beyoncé have had to navigate this music industry. When their presence wasn’t well-received, in the very genre we created, they set out to move in a “non-traditional” way). They themselves are the embodiment of unconventional. Ms. Martell rightfully receiving her flowers at the golden age of 82 is harmonious!

Every part of act ii has made people research and discover. The same way act i did. Gotta love a good educational experience through music. (btw—the mention of Zydeco had me hyped).

Having Rhiannon Giddens on instrumentation (along with other background Black musicians and I’m sure Black vocalists) and sharing this musical journey with Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy, Reyna Roberts, Willie Jones and Shaboozey — other young Black women and Black men in the genre…all of this Black fellowship made me so happy.

Just sooo much honoring throughout it all. Lots of love poured into it.

Everything is resonate. Connecting. With purpose.

Her voice, her musicality, the note choices, the lyrics, the song titles and the spelling of them, the arrangements.

It’s fun and beautiful.

It sounds amazing.

A beautiful tribute to her roots.

Bravo Beyoncé!

#Beyoncé #Cowboy Carter #Linda Martell #Tanner Adell #Brittney Spencer #Tiera Kennedy #Reyna Roberts #Willie Jones #Shaboozey #Blair Caldwell #Black music #Black culture #Black American culture #Black American music #country music #go stream Cowboy Carter #go buy Cowboy Carter #and go stream and buy all the artists she featured

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manicpixiedepressedwitch · 2 months

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mother said it’s time for the yeehaw agenda

#beyoncé giselle knowles carter #beyonce #beyoncé #renaissance #country music #black country music #yeehaw #yeehaaaawww #yeehaw agenda #16 carriages #texas holdem #houston #houston texas #houston texans #houston texas baby!!!#blair caldwell #mason poole

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artbrains · 12 days

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Photographer Blair Caldwell

#blair caldwell #cowboy carter #act ii #act ii cowboy carter #beyonce #los angeles #california #music #billboard

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legendarytragedynacho · 16 days

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Beyonce photographed by @blaircaldwell

#beyonce #blair caldwell #music #musician #musica #singer #beauty #pop music #destiny's child #dancer #actress #rythm & blues #soul music #hip hop

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freshthoughts2020 · 2 years

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#beyonce #blair caldwell

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notchainedtotrauma · 2 years

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Something in Beryl always soothed her and destroyed her anger. Perhaps it was the way Beryl’s thick braids rested quietly on her shoulders or the way her tiny breasts nudged her middy blouse. They made Selina shy, those breasts, and ashamed of her own shapelessness.

from Brown Girl, Brownstones by Paule Marshall

from top left to bottom right: Deana Lawson, Rafael Rios, unknown, Blair Cadwell, Kennedi Carter, Chrisean Rose, Thom Kerr, Erik Carter

#Deana Lawson #Rafael Rios #Blair Caldwell #Kennedi Carter #Chrisean Rose #Thom Kerr #Erik Carter

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celebratingwomen · 10 months

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