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country music

Remembrance: Larysa Jaye left her mark on Nashville by transcending country boundaries and centering her experience

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December 10, 2024

Nashville singer and songwriter Larysa Jaye died in a car accident over the weekend. She had just turned 40.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Making Noise, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: country music, Larysa Jaye, Lovenoise, Making Noise, music, obituary, The Black Opry

In a year of blockbuster crossovers, the CMAs double down on country continuity

jewly hight

November 22, 2024

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The three-hour show was an ode to the robustness and stability of country music. But the genre dominated charts and discourse this year thanks to pop superstars Beyoncé, Post Malone and Shaboozey.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Awards, Beyonce, CMA, CMAs, country music, Country Music Association, music

Ringo goes country, again. The ex-Beatle mixes peace and love with twang and heartache on new album.

Andrew Dalton, AP

November 20, 2024

Country comes naturally to Ringo Starr. It’s been a low-key part of his of his career since his Beatle beginnings, so it was not a serious swerve for him to make a whole country album, the forthcoming “Look Up,” a collaboration with the modern maestro of classic country and Americana, T Bone Burnett. “I’ve done 20 albums and […]

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Americana, Associated Press, country music, Ringo Starr, The Beatles

For years, Fancy Hagood faced prejudice and pop detours. Now he’s back to country music, and finally feeling less alone.

jewly hight

November 12, 2024

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Fancy Hagood left small-town Arkansas to make music at age 17. He’s faced prejudice in Nashville and L.A., but on his sophomore album, “American Spirit,” the openly gay country-pop singer-songwriter shows how far he’s actually come.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: country music, Fancy Hagood, lgbtq

NashVillager Podcast: The past and future of country music

Nina Cardona

October 7, 2024

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What can the country singers of the past teach us about today’s music scene? Plus the local news for October 7, 2024.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: country music, music, music city

Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88

Andrew Dalton, APandKristin M. Hall, AP

September 29, 2024

A photo of Kris Kristofferson with a black shirt on looking to camera

Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style who became a country music superstar, has died.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: country music, obituary

No drinking and only Christian music during Sunday Gospel Hour at Nashville’s most iconic honky tonk

Luis Andres Henao, AP

August 11, 2024

Robert’s Western World is Nashville’s most iconic honky tonk and practically synonymous with country music. But for an hour on Sunday mornings no one can drink alcohol and they can only listen to Christian music.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, Christian, country music, gospel, honky-tonk, religion

Orville Peck makes queer country for everyone. On ‘Stampede,’ stars like Willie Nelson join the fun.

Maria Sherman, AP

August 3, 2024

It is not easy to be an outsider in country music, but Orville Peck has made a career out of it.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, country music, Elton John, Mickey Guyton, music, Orville Peck, Willie Nelson

What it meant for Denitia to make it onto the Grand Ole Opry stage: ‘Looking forward to this day for so long’

jewly hight

July 18, 2024

Tradition looms large in country music. But not every artist has the luxury of simply following the old, familiar paths to acceptance and success.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: country music, Denitia, Grand Ole Opry, The Black Opry

Singer Ingrid Andress says she was drunk during panned MLB anthem performance, will get treatment

The Associated Press

July 16, 2024

Upcoming shows in Nashville and Denver have been canceled.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: alcohol use disorder, country music, Ingrid Andress

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