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 […]
For years, Fancy Hagood faced prejudice and pop detours. Now he’s back to country music, and finally feeling less alone.
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.
Widely varied opinions flood Metro Arts meeting on grant funding
After months of confusion and delays, Metro Arts is one step closer to funding artists and arts nonprofits for the current fiscal year. Last week, the city agency was explaining its reworked grant funding plan and gathering feedback at a series of community listening sessions.
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.
New music event will celebrate independent venues and local artists in Nashville
The new event, called 615 Indie Live, is coming to Nashville in February.
When can Metro Arts distribute this year’s grant money? A lot has to happen first.
Last week, the Metro Arts Commission announced it will give out grant money to artists and arts nonprofits before the end of the 2024-25 fiscal year in June. That’s after two months of confusion.
Keeping the beat: An in-demand session drummer on Nashville’s evolving recording practices
When people picture how music is recorded in Nashville, they often imagine first-rate musicians sitting around in a studio, like they did in the 1960s. But evolving technology is leading to lots of other approaches to recording.
Some Nashville theatre companies are always auditioning — for space
On a rainy Friday evening in late September, Kenny Dozier convenes a group of actors in the basement of his house. Everyone is sitting on couches in a warmly-lit room he calls the “man cave.”
NashVillager Podcast: The changing landscape of Nashville’s music scene
Where can you hear the music in Music City? Plus the local news for October 9, 2024.
A program aimed at diversifying the stages and board rooms of country music is already having an impact
Over the last several years, numerous articles, panel discussions and documentaries have focused on country music’s marginalized voices and called for greater diversity in the genre. In 2022, the Equal Access professional development program set out to do something about it.
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