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One of new country's most successful duos, Sugarland is on hiatus with Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush recently both releasing solo projects. Bill King interviews Bush about his work.
"I was born in 1936, a mere 71 years after the Civil War ended when the South was looked upon by what seemed to be a majority of the Northern States as an inbred, backward, uneducated, slow-talking and slower-thinking people, with low morals and a propensity for incest...
"...Natural music-making dropped off as the music industry took over and inserted itself between the makers of music and the consumers of music. Songs became commodities you purchase pre-fab
“Part of the problem is that the music industry has been focused on the music. And that is what a lot of people in music have a passion for.
"Hungarian composer Béla Bartók has a great quote. He says: 'In my country, music didn’t come from the centre it came from the margins.' It’s quite apropos for what is going on with NMC.