Brittney Spencer covered The Chicks’ song “Cowboy Take Me Away” in recordings made at a studio named for this creature. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this creature that also titles a 2024 cover featuring Spencer. That cover song named for this creature is the second track on an album with the songs “II (“2”) MOST WANTED” and “16 CARRIAGES.”
ANSWER: blackbirds [accept “Blackbird;” accept “BLACKBIIRD;” accept if i ever get there: a day at blackbird studio; prompt on bird or avian]
[10e] Brittney Spencer and other rising Black women in country music are featured in this artist’s cover of The Beatles’ “Blackbird.” This singer created the albums Cowboy Carter and Lemonade.
ANSWER: Beyoncé [or Beyoncé Knowles or Beyoncé Knowles-Carter or Beyoncé Giselle Knowles or Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter]
[10m] Country artist Joy Oladokun was inspired to learn guitar by watching Tracy Chapman, who wrote this 1988 song about failing to escape poverty. In 2023, a Luke Combs cover of this song hit the top of the country charts.
ANSWER: “Fast Car”
<Editors, Popular Culture>