As the genre’s name suggests, country music tends to be preoccupied with place; the charts are full of tributes to the satisfaction of being firmly rooted in a small town, and the sorrows of leaving it behind.
—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
19 July 2026
Fricker probably would not like the tributes that are pouring out today.
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