Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, Music“Those songs just touched at a moment,” says Mickey Guyton of the back-to-back impact of her songs “Remember Her Name,” written shortly after the death of Breonna Taylor at the hands of local police, “Black Like Me,” which helped soundtracked the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of the murder of George Floyd (Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted) and “What Are You Gonna Tell Her?,” accompanying the perpetual mountain climb for female artists in country music.
But where moments come and go, Guyton’s music — and message — is timeless.“It wasn’t planned,” she continues. “I never thought any of the songs would get heard.
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