WATCH: Nathan Evans Fox performs at the Rural Democratic Leaders Conference
This weekend, we had a fantastic event. Over 900 rural leaders from small towns and rural communities across the country signed up for the Rural Democratic Leaders Conference.
The virtual event brought together rural civic leaders, rural organizers, rural influencers, and Rural Democrats to develop concrete strategies for opposing the takeover of our government by Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
Over the next few days, we will be compiling all the videos from our event and sharing them with you as soon as they become available. And in the meantime, you can read more about the speakers here.
But today, I wanted to share a video with you from one of my favorite parts of the event.
Watch Nathan Evans Fox perform “Bottleneck” and “Landlords, Bill Lee, etc.” at the Rural Democratic Leaders Conference.
Nathan Evans Fox played two sets on Saturday. Nathan’s songs touched on topics that feel familiar to folks from Rural America. He grew up in Glen Alpine, a small town in western North Carolina, and many of his songs are inspired by the values he learned from his Grandmother, who lived next door to him during his childhood.
Watch Nathan Evans Fox perform “Cigarettes and Moon Pies,” “Jesus & the Buck,” and Texas Blues No. 7.” at the Rural Democratic Leaders Conference.
When I think about growing up in Rural America, I think about neighbors looking out for each other. For me, the rural way of life is all about community members coming together when somebody gets sick to take care of the family, and strangers showing up to help after a climate disaster.
Those are the values Nathan Evans Fox embodies in his country music.
Listen to Nathan Evans Fox on Spotify
Today, it seems like most of the country music out there was written by a Fox News focus group. Way too many country songs are just product placement advertisements for beer, trucks, and fascists.
At a time when some Country singers, like Jason Aldean, celebrate a heritage of hate, artists like Nathan Evans Fox remind us about the better angels in our communities.
The last few months have been exhausting for all of us, and this weekend it was so inspiring to meet hundreds of people across the country fighting for their communities. I’m eager to begin implementing the strategies we've all discussed.
But for now, with all ’s going wrong in the world, I thought you might appreciate his music too.
And be sure to let Nathan know you appreciate his work by following him on Instagram.