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    Stagecoach 2024: Goldenvoice's Stacy Vee on country music's moment in the sun

    LOS ANGELES — Country music waxes and wanes in its influence on the broader industry, but this year, it's been absolutely dominant. For instance: Morgan Wallen topping streaming charts, Beyoncé's landmark "Cowboy Carter," Luke Combs and Tracy Chapman's tearjerker Grammys set — and that barely scratches the surface. Since debuting in 2007, Stagecoach — Goldenvoice's "Country Coachella" — has ...
    by August Brown, Los Angeles Times Apr 24, 2024 6 minutes
    Stacy Vee attends Midland LIVE at the Palomino on Oct. 15, 2019, in North Hollywood, California.

    LOS ANGELES — Country music waxes and wanes in its influence on the broader industry, but this year, it's been absolutely dominant.

    For instance: Morgan Wallen topping streaming charts, Beyoncé's landmark "Cowboy Carter," Luke Combs and Tracy Chapman's tearjerker Grammys set — and that barely scratches the surface.

    Since debuting in 2007, Stagecoach — Goldenvoice's "Country Coachella" — has been ahead of the curve with an omnivorous, welcoming definition of the genre. That philosophy, from longtime booker and vice president of festival talent Stacy Vee, is in full flower on the pop and country charts.

    This year's fest (which sold out, while the two-weekend Coachella did not) is headlined by Wallen, Eric Church and Miranda Lambert, with a country-covers set by Post Malone and buzzy acts like Jelly Roll, Megan Moroney and Bailey Zimmerman.

    We talked to Vee about the fest's role in this red-hot country moment, how Black and Mexican traditions are shaping the genre's future, and if anyone's nervous about Wallen playing just weeks after his high-profile arrest.

    Q: Country music's obviously having an

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