Mya Byrne loved country music since her childhood in New Jersey. But it took years of searching and traveling to lead to the place where she could make her new album, “Rhinestone Tomboy.”
Gun violence is mobilizing members of Nashville’s music scene, but not equally
Compared to past gun violence, much about the Nashville music community’s response has played out differently in the wake of the Covenant School attack.
The War and Treaty’s songs of ardent commitment find deeper clarity on ‘Lover’s Game’
The War and Treaty came in hot back in 2017, giving house-wrecking performances at the Americana Music Festival and every other stage that would have them.
Country Music Hall of Fame inducts Patty Loveless, Tanya Tucker and Bob McDill
The Country Music Hall of Fame announced its three newest inductees on Monday. They include songwriter Bob McDill, who wrote numerous hits for Don Williams and other popular performers between arriving in Nashville in 1970 and retiring from songwriting in the year 2000.
‘Where am I going to be free to be who I am?’
At Monday night’s Love Rising event in Nashville, Tenn., artists including Allison Russell, Jason Isbell, Maren Morris, Joy Oladokun and Amanda Shires, along with drag artists, united against new legislation targeting drag performances and transgender people.
‘Love Rising’ concert rallies Maren Morris, Jason Isbell and other big names opposed to Tennessee’s drag restrictions
Thousands turned out to Bridgestone Arena on Monday for the “Love Rising” benefit concert in Nashville, which brought together prominent singer-songwriters and drag queens and kings in an all-ages setting. Events like this will be prohibited starting April 1 following the Republican-led state legislature’s passage of new restrictions.
Tennessee’s drag show roots run deep
Tennessee drag shows: A new threat or a treasured tradition?
AndréWolfe’s ‘Wolves Don’t Howl They Sing’ is WNXP’s Record of the Week
From the title of AndréWolfe’s new album, “Wolves Don’t Howl They Sing,” to its tone of bruising disclosure and its cover image of a single wild canine turning from the pack to bellow at the sky, he plays out the radical reorientation that he’s undergone with his own musical expression.
Viewing the 2023 Grammys through a Nashville lens
The 65th Grammy Awards, held this past Sunday in Los Angeles, featured several fascinating firsts and notable new additions.
When Samia reached the limits of her own perspective, she envisioned others’
There’s empowerment pop, embodied most fully by creators of self-belief bangers like Lizzo, and then there’s the posture common to contemporary pop as a whole: the singer who has the microphone giving the authoritative, one-sided account of how things went down and what they feel about it all. On Honey, Samia’s second solo album, the indie […]
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