Trisha Yearwood Says Women Still Getting A Raw Deal At Country Radio

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While Kacey Musgraves winning the Album of the Year GRAMMY for “Golden Hour” may look like a step in the right direction for women in music, Trisha Yearwood believes there’s still a long way to go, especially when it comes to radio airplay. In a new interview at Build Series, Trisha insists “women are still absolutely getting the raw end of the deal at country radio,” blaming it on “old, antiquated ways of thinking.” 

“I want to go, ‘Who says that’s the way it is?’ Like, you don’t play two female artists back to back and you make sure you play four guys before you play a girl? Like, whose rules are those?,” she says, adding, “I think they are about to get a rude awakening, because women are rising up. We’re going to start marching to your radio station, and you’re going to be afraid not to play our records.”

As for Kacey, Trisha is happy to see her win, noting that Kacey made her album without thinking about radio play in mind. “Her album was one that she purely made because she’s saying, ‘I’m an artist. This is what I want to say,’” she said. “But if you’re going to call yourself an artist, your first love, your first priority has to be making sure you take care of that music and do what you feel in your heart and you hope you’re going to connect with somebody out there.”

She adds, “So I think that’s what Kacey did with the record, and I think that’s why she’s being recognized. People can tell when you follow your heart.” 

Source: Huffington Post