James Barker (He/They)

Newcastle University Music PhD Student #PhDolly Writing on LGBTQ+ belonging in Country Music and Dolly Parton.

[James Barker (He/They) @PhDolly91]

I passed my PhD Viva! (with minor corrections)

Thank you to my supervisors Richard Elliott and Gareth Longstaff for all the support over these past few years, and to Francesca Royster and Michael Waugh for being my examiners.

[James Barker (He/They) @PhDolly91]

Looking forward to presenting at #TayDay today!

‘cowboy like me: Taylor Swift as a post-country artist’ 🤠🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

[James Barker (He/They) @PhDolly91]

Looking forward to delivering this short course at the Voice Study Centre later! @Voice_Studies

[James Barker (He/They) @PhDolly91]

Really excited to be delivering this short course on LGBTQIA+ country artists next week! 🤠🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

[Ellie Armon Azoulay, PhD, #UCU @Ellie_AA87]

Join @RobynShooter @PhDolly91us & myself Tmrw (Fri) 12-1 @OfficialBAAS for a panel + discussion on music & cultural memory. I'll be speaking about the sonic legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer, Daphne Brooks's Black feminist sound & bell hooks critical pedagogy.
@clloyd9 will be chairing

[Sangita Myska @SangitaMyska]

To Conservative Party HQ,

What Tory donor Frank Hester said about Diane Abbot MP was racially motivated

What Lee Anderson MP said about Sadiq khan is an anti-Muslim trope; “I want my country back” is a far right chant

It’s not “wrong” or “rude” it is racist rhetoric

[Jamal Khadar @khadarfi]

I wrote this month's @guardian music essay on African country music, Jamaica and my family's history with country. With shoutouts to @dustyandstones Uchenna Ikonne @lloydbradley @SoulCountry1 @BlackOpry @outsidechild13 @NTSlive and more.
https://t.co/svHUFc63yD

[Rhiannon Giddens @RhiannonGiddens]

Love all the agitation over “is it country???” Re: Texas Hold ‘Em. Reality is genre was created wholesale to sell our own music, American music of all kinds, back to us. Capitalism gotta capitalize…meanwhile the world burns.

[BEYONCÉ LEGION @BeyLegion]

#BeyHive! Let's kindly educate Oklahoma country radio station 1001 KYKC that Beyoncé's upcoming project and already released singles are indeed country music!

Remember to be kind and diplomatic. 🤠👢

Twitter: @/1001KYKC

[Holly G @_love_holly_]

I think I’m gonna help you guys count down to the album by sharing a Black country artist with you all every day til it drops. Would that be alright?

[K A C E Y @KaceyMusgraves]

My new album, Deeper Well, arrives March 15th. It’s a collection of songs I hold very dear to my heart. I hope it makes a home in all of your hearts, too.

(Both album covers shot by my little sister)

🌱 Listen to the title track, watch the video, and pre-order now. Link in bio.

[Nadia Whittome MP @NadiaWhittomeMP]

I pray this #PMQs is a wake up call for certain politicians and pundits: that their transphobic jibes and headlines are wrong *everyday*.

It shouldn’t take the murder of a trans child, or the presence of her mother, to remind them that culture wars have real life consequences.

[GRAMMYS @RecordingAcad]

Congrats Best American Roots Performance winner - "Eve Was Black'' @outsidechild13. #GRAMMYs🎶

WATCH NOW https://t.co/OuKk34kvdu

[James Barker (He/They) @PhDolly91]

On the way with @josephmclean28 to see @outsidechild13 and @shammonddallas at @Nath_Brudenell tonight!

[Prof. Stephen Whittle OBE, PhD, DLaws, FAcSS, @stephenwhittle]

This morning 50 people have insisted I am a woman.
But, somehow I don’t think they would be happy if I used the ladies loo or changing rooms.

[James Barker (He/They) @PhDolly91]

https://t.co/uJyIkAS2W2

[James Barker (He/They) @PhDolly91]

Really excited to deliver a short course at the Voice Study Centre @Voice_Studies in April: 'Queering Country Music: Conceptualising LGBTQIA+ Voices in a Contested Genre'. 🤠🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

[Stonewall @stonewalluk]

The UK Government’s draft trans guidance for schools does not put the best interests of children first, and as such is simply not fit for purpose.

Our full statement ⬇️
https://t.co/rFLO4YL30i

[James Barker (He/They) @PhDolly91]

https://t.co/btOZTQzxvM

[James Barker (He/They) @PhDolly91]

My review of Shana Goldin-Perschbacher's book 'Queer Country' in the latest volume of MUSICultures is now out! 🤠🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈