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Hard Working Americans
"I’ve never really taken care of my voice,” Todd Snider offers, half charcoal rasp, half turpentine and sand paper vigor, into the microphone at Audio … more
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Venus in Exile
My assistant called me,” the haute hillbilly diva/songwriter says. “She said, ‘What is going on? I heard two women in line at the Belcourt talking … more
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Unbound & Unabashed
The scruffy kid at the bar, hunched over a plate of eggs, is easy to miss. A funky hat, an oversized coat, a limp T-shirt, … more
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Keep A-Movin’
In 2007, Dorothy Gilmore-Seavers came to a crossroads in her life. She was 47 years old, the mother of two children, and successful in her … more
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Beyond Faith
It’s 7:30 on another Monday morning. But with the Americana Music Association Awards three days away, most practitioners of the grayest genre in the world … more
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Sarah Potenza
Back fat. Sarah Potenza talks about back fat. A lot. It keeps coming up when the 35-year old soul/roots vocalist speaks in that voice … more
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Character Construction
I think in the ’60s and ’70s, the session musicians were so much stronger and outspoken in the way they played,” Spencer Cullum, Jr. … more
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The Home of the Muse
At Fanny’s House of Music, co-owner Pamela Cole has one very special question she always asks a particular segment of her clientele. “When a … more
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Where Goes The Neighborhood?
New residential development is spreading through Nashville’s older neighborhoods like wildfire. Can the character of East Nashville be preserved as property values rise and gentrification … more
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The Wild Feathers
The backstage is littered with plates of food, cold and half-eaten, strewn out across the leather furniture along with guitars, beer bottles, ketchup, stage clothes, … more