A new moment to arise: Beyoncé’s cover of the Beatles’ Blackbird is a timely masterstroke

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A new moment to arise: Beyoncé’s cover of the Beatles’ Blackbird is a timely masterstroke

Penned by Paul McCartney as tribute to the civil rights movement, and featuring Black female country artists, it makes perfect sense for the superstar to feature it on Cowboy CarterWritten by Paul McCartney for the Beatles’ 1968 double album The Beatles (AKA “the White Album”) Blackbird isn’t the most obvious song to turn up 55 years later (retitled Blackbiird) on the new Beyoncé album. However, it makes perfect sense for the superstar to cover …