It’s that time of year when music halls of fame make their big announcements. And since everyone tends to have their own definition of musical greatness and who embodies it, people have opinions.
The significance of sports soundtracks | Key Changes
We take for granted that sporting events have music. But for performers, it can serve as personal or political expression.
New trio The Cowgays embraces the queerness of ‘90s country music sensibilities
The Cowgays are a new openly gay country vocal trio. They’re just getting started, but the response thus far shows they’re connecting with a hungry audience.
John Anderson sings for the doctors who gave him his music back
John Anderson made his name throughout the 1980s and early ‘90s. Hearing issues stopped him in his tracks.
On her new album, Kacey Musgraves returns home, to the ‘Middle of Nowhere’
Before making her upcoming sixth album, the country star returned to her small-town Texas home and discovered the power of in-between spaces. “I found a lot of clarity there,” she says.
In Nashville radio, Contemporary Christian music, R&B, and hip-hop hold very different places | Key Changes
There’s a good chance that you already know Nashville’s the radio capital for country music. Christian music and R&B both have long histories here, too.
Nashville legacies are in the spotlight during Black History Month
This February marks one century of Black history month. While events across the nation are bringing greater awareness to African American cultural contributions, there’s a lot happening to highlight the history made right here in Nashville.
Noting what feels new about the 68th Grammys | Key Changes
The Grammy Awards have gotten knocked for being slow to adapt. But the 68th edition of the awards show is likely to feel more like a responsive update.
A new biography of Justin Townes Earle clarifies the singer-songwriter’s complex legacy
In the late 2000s, Justin Townes Earle emerged as one of the most magnetic singer-songwriters in roots music. He died in 2020 of a fentanyl overdose in Nashville, and now journalist Jonathan Bernstein has an engrossing biography, “What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome.”
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