In 2025, fandom is complicated. Music is at nearly everyone’s fingertips. Concert ticket prices are through the roof. Some fans take devotion to new extremes. What do we owe to the artists we love?
Why would a musician join OnlyFans? Because making a living is only getting harder
In a volatile music industry, some musicians are gravitating towards OnlyFans, a social media platform that has garnered a reputation for hosting sexual content.
What will a Snoop and Dre bar downtown mean for Nashville hip-hop?
Country music celebrity bars dominate Lower Broadway, and now Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre are opening the Still G.I.N. Lounge.
Nashville rapper SeddyMac makes the most of being invited to a songwriting camp by mistake
How Nashville rapper SeddyMac landed an unexpected songwriting opportunity.
Flipping through the stacks of Nashville Public Library’s vinyl record lending program
Nashville Public Library’s vinyl lending pilot program is booming. More than 65% of the records in the collection have been checked out, according to Noelle Rutherford, materials services manager at the downtown branch of the library.
Music Citizens: Nashville propels the vinyl record boom. Now manufacturers face competition from abroad.
Vinyl records have made a big comeback in recent years, and the companies making them are in a fierce battle over market dominance.
Nashville tech startup provides new licensing and tracking tools for the AI era
In the age of generative AI, the music business is becoming something much closer to a tech business. Now a new Nashville tech startup called ViNIL has rolled out a digital licensing and tracking service that wouldn’t have been needed just a few years ago.
Tennessee proposal aims to protect musicians from AI voice impersonation
It’s not every day that Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee convenes a who’s who of the state’s music industry. But he did on Wednesday at historic RCA Studio B to announce that Tennessee will be the first state to pursue legislation on artificial intelligence in music.
Sitting in with Nashville’s hardworking session musicians
When you think of Music City, you probably think of the big-name musicians who got their start here. But session musicians, studio musicians, and backing musicians are a huge part of what keeps the live music scene alive and thriving.
In Nashville’s songwriting scene, women say sexism impacts who they write with and what they write about
Only an alarmingly small fraction of popular songs are written by women. Several in the music industry describe to WPLN News encounters working in Nashville’s songwriting scene — being hit on, harassed or asked inappropriate questions.
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