Maren Morris and Zedd, Cam and Diplo, Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus - there are collaborations going on within Country music all the time that are playing with our pre-conceptions of the genre, just this last week even Kip Moore released a disco version of his track, 'The Bull'! 
But what are our pre-conceptions and where did this whole idea of what a genre is come from? In this week's podcast, James explores the history of the creation of musical genres and uncovers some surprising results.
He then goes on the examine why the genre boundaries are coming down and whether we should do anything to resist it happening!