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A record label is reissuing the 'oldest country record in existence'

A small record label is reissuing what it calls the first country record. The music was first released in 1891 on a wax cylinder. And the singer on the album was a Black man from New Orleans.

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Jordan-Marie Smith
Jordan-Marie Smith is a producer with NPR's All Things Considered.