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The Hip-hop Echo of the Nashville Sound

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May 18, 2012

Music City has a growing talent pool of rappers who value things like guitar playing and songcraft, staples of Nashville’s more recognizable genres.

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One Songwriter, Generations of Hits

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January 27, 2012

Crafting a country hit certainly hasn’t gotten any easier over the last five decades, but veteran songwriter Bill Anderson just happens to be great at adapting.

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Caitlin Rose: A Sharp Twist to the Twang

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December 16, 2011

Rose’s music crosses sensibilities, with plenty of buzz to show for it.

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Jim Foglesong: The Great Record Man Who Came Up Singing

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November 10, 2011

Thirty-nine years ago today Joe Stampley’s sunny, R&B-steeped single “Soul Song” claimed the top spot on the country chart. It was the first of more than 90 country number ones Jim Foglesong would oversee during his Hall of Fame career as a label executive. And part of what made him such a great leader was […]

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Charley Pride: An Authentic Country Voice, Forty Years Later

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July 28, 2011

Say the name “Charley Pride” and people think of the first African-American country superstar, but traditional country crooning was what really earned Pride his spot in hit-making history.

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Fans Get Generous, Records Get Made

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February 17, 2011

Lots of Nashville artists want that “studio sound” but are on their own to get it. So, they’re turning to fan-funding web sites.

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Megan McCormick

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October 18, 2010

Nashville’s Megan McCormick has made it from daydreaming amongst her family’s instruments to a debut album with an impressive signature sound.

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