Jarren Blair stands out as an artist on the brink of a breakout because of his talent as a writer and producer, skill as a multi-instrumentalist and his eagerness to collaborate with Nashville musicians.
The songs of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings have added to the shared folk canon, but their career is their own
It’s easy to forget how unorthodox they seemed when they first arrived in Nashville in the early 1990s.
Chuck INDigo, longtime leader in the Nashville hip-hop scene, clarifies where he’s coming from
Chuck INDigo opens his seventh project, Until I Get There, with a song that establishes the album’s reflective tone. During one verse, over a gently lurching beat and burbling synths, he contrasts the old him with the new.
Conner Youngblood works in mysterious ways
A lot of artists move to Nashville to be part of the music community and land opportunities in the business. But Conner Youngblood was drawn here shortly after he finished college by the environment, outdoors especially.
Hip-hop artist Brian Brown has his own way of repping Nashville
It’s tradition for hip-hop artists to rep the places, people and scenes they come from with fierce displays of pride. But in Brown’s music, including his new album, “BBGonProfit,” released in December, he makes a subtler art of speaking to and for his city, watchful and witty from where he stands on the fringes of Nashville’s powerful music industry and booming economic growth.
Re-acclimating to life after incarceration
Most people who go to prison eventually get out. As difficult an experience as that can be, re-entering society afterward can be just as challenging as life on the inside — and in some ways, more so. What is it like to rebuild a life after spending years, or even decades, behind bars? What resources […]
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