Making Noise about ‘Making Noise’ and advocating for Nashville’s Black music scenes

The four-part Making Noise series by WPLN and WNXP is out! Today, we’re continuing the conversation live.

The locally-founded black-owned music promotion company Lovenoise changed the music landscape of Nashville — and you can hear how on ‘Making Noise.’ Today, we’re talking with WPLN Senior Music Writer Jewly Hight and several guests featured on the series about the current Black music scenes here in Nashville. We’ll dig into ‘Making Noise,’ the rich tradition of artists from different generations supporting each other, and what resources are available right now to help launch home-grown talent. Join us!

Guests:

• Eric Holt, Lovenoise co-founder, Assistant Professor of Music Business at Belmont
• Jewly Hight, Senior Music Writer Nashville Public Radio
• Brian Brown, Hip Hop artist
• Mimi McCarley, We Own Now co-founder, Collab Music Network owner, Nashville Is Not Just Country Music partner
• Logan Crowell, founder HOME

The crew behind ‘Making Noise:’ Jewly Hight, Tony Gonzalez, Justin Barney, and Marquis Munson.

Today’s episode was co-produced by Katherine Ceicys and Jewly Hight.