Jewly Hight
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After his older brother helped The BlackSon get his artistic career underway, the pair now find themselves living in a new "city." -
The pair have found and are maintaining a place for themselves in the professional songwriting world of Nashville. -
The autodidact producer spent time learning in Florida, before returning to Nashville with a vision for elevating the entire city. -
Rap from Nashville isn't new, nor is the city's tendency to overlook the creators and entrepreneurs behind that music – despite country artists borrowing liberally from the genre over the past decade.
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The intersections of country music and LGBTQIA+ communities can sometimes come across as solitary acts of bravery. But the state of queer country is better measured by its full time residents. -
"I did Nashville the Nashville way for so long ... with very little results," Guyton tells NPR. "So why am I holding out just in case?" -
Professional songwriting sessions in Nashville can often have the appearance of a lively social call. What happens when that work has to go virtual? -
Dierks Bentley and his band tapped into a long tradition of comedy and country music when they created a parody group to open for them on tour. Now, Hot Country Knights has a debut album. -
While Nashville's standard studio music-making processes remain at a standstill, here's another roundup of compelling new and recent music from Tré Burt, Paul Burch, Marshall Chapman and more.
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The Nashville music community remains holed up at home, but spring still brings new music from artists like Jessi Alexander, Sarah Siskind and Kandace Springs.
