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Homegoings

Made in America: Denitia comes home to country music

By Myra Flynn
Published December 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM EST

Musician Denitia Odigie has spent her career moving effortlessly between soul, folk, R&B, jazz, indie rock, and pop—earning a reputation as a truly genre-defying artist. But these days, Denitia has chosen a genre: Country music. A genre that’s just beginning to spotlight a wider range of voices and identities.

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“My dream is to be a part of the fabric of the country music canon at large. Like, what's it look like for me to write and sing country music from my lens? Because I have such an appreciation for the country music tradition and how it is representative of America in a way that reminds me how beautiful it is to be Black American.” — Denitia Odigie
Photo: Chase Denton / Graphic: Kyle Ambusk
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“My dream is to be a part of the fabric of the country music canon at large. Like, what's it look like for me to write and sing country music from my lens? Because I have such an appreciation for the country music tradition and how it is representative of America in a way that reminds me how beautiful it is to be Black American.” — Denitia Odigie 

Denitia Odigie has traded Brooklyn for Nashville and she’s hitting the country music scene full force. She’s defied genre throughout her career, but now she shares why she's chosen country.

Today on the show, a conversation with Denitia Odigie — about what it takes to remain authentically herself in a genre of music that is just beginning to more visibly embrace a wide array of identities, marking a notable shift in the genre’s cultural landscape.

Denitia Odigie
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“'I’m standing on the shoulders of generations of musicians who have driven through worse conditions to get to the gig than I have. I go through the front door because they went through the back door for so many years.”

Denitia Odigie

Credits

This episode was hosted and reported by executive producer, Myra Flynn and mixed by Burgess Brown. Our video director is Mike Dunn and Aaron Edwards is our story editor. Myra composed the theme music with other music by Blue Dot Sessions. Kyle Ambusk is the graphic artist behind this episode’s Homegoings portrait.

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Myra Flynn
Myra Flynn joined Vermont Public in March 2021 and is the Host and Executive Producer of Homegoings. Raised in Vermont, Myra Flynn is an accomplished musician who has come to know the lay of dirt-road land that much more intimately through touring both well-known and obscure stages all around the state and beyond. She also has experience as a teaching artist and wore many hats at the Burlington Free Press, including features reporter and correspondent, before her pursuits took her deep into the arts world. Prior to joining Vermont Public, Myra spent eight years in the Los Angeles music industry.
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