Joy Oladokun:"I love that people from all walks of life can find themselves in my music"

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Marit Blossey
March 16, 2024
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Interview

The singer-songwriter, who grew up as the child of Nigerian immigrants in a religious community in Arizona, does not want to commit herself to one genre; her three albums released to date, which range between folk, Americana, country and pop, have earned her a broad fan base and critical acclaim.

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Joy Oladokun
Photo Credit:
Lexander Bryant

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Gay Ole Opry

Why queer country music? Because sometimes you love a culture that doesn’t love you back. And when everyone came to the first Gay Ole Opry in April of 2011 in all their country finery, we knew we weren’t alone. We do it because we love the music and want to build a community to support queer country musicians.

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SongData

The SongData Project explores the potential of using discographic and biographic data to learn more about how popular music genres form, develop, and evolve over time. 

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Musicana Latin-American Musicians' Collective

Instagram Account - Nashville' premiere music and culture collective highlighting works by latin-American creators

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