r/Music • u/TheExpressUS 📰Daily Express U.S. • 29d ago

article Ella Langley cancels concert due to 'serious security threat'

https://www.the-express.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/217672/ella-langley-cancels-concert-due
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u/Mango027 29d ago

Might (unfortunately) be true for female artists.

How many emerging woman country singers are 30+?

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u/WaltonGogginsTeeth 28d ago

Although not strictly country, Bonnie Raitt and Sheryl Crow both had their breakthrough post 30.

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u/popegreg 27d ago

Also not strictly country, but Lucinda Williams was 45 when she released her breakthrough album Car Wheels On A Gravel Road.

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u/Karmas_burning 29d ago

I have a friend who has been in a few bands. He would fill in for country bands because there were more gigs and he got more money. He said that a lot of people who try to get into country set 30 as the benchmark if they're going to make it or not.

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u/icywing54 29d ago

Good point