Music's Daniel Goldmark discusses country music surge

How country music culture is taking hold in the rock 'n' roll capital

Cleveland Magazine: Daniel Goldmark, professor and the director of Center for Popular Music Studies at the College of Arts and Sciences, said country music’s surge is part of a long cycle of genres rising and falling, but today’s boom is fueled by listeners caring less about labels and more about what they enjoy. He noted country has always blended influences, and its expanding crossover appeal is helping it take root even in Cleveland’s rock ’n’ roll scene.