In a new podcast from Rural Remix, reporter Lane Wendell Fischer explores the origins and evolution of country music.

Ian Munsick is planting his flag firmly in the ground. "There's not a lot of cowboys in country music," he says.

For musicians like Rhiannon Giddens and Rissi Palmer, trying to break down doors in the folk and country music scenes has been a long road. A festival in Durham this weekend aims to remedy that.