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“Going around the country right after Covid last summer, I really saw the impact that it had on busking communities,” says the group’s Benjamin Tod, who started singing on Nashville sidewalks when he was just 13
Black Opry was born as a simple way for founder Holly G to meet likeminded fans. It’s now a force of change in bringing racial equity to country music
Prestwood wrote hits for Randy Travis and Trisha Yearwood in the Nineties, but at 79 he was forced to launch a GoFundMe campaign when he and his wife could no longer afford rent
According to some of the city’s top writers, remote collaborations are here to stay. “No one’s worrying about travel. I was writing with people in London and people in Nashville,” says Jaren Johnston
The country star’s record deal is on ice after he was caught using a racial slur. But experts say it’s mostly an empty gesture
A bill proposes erecting a likeness of the country-music legend at the Tennessee state capitol, but any new statue should honor a black leader
After weeks of tourists flocking to the bars on Broadway, the city is finally taking action. But is it enough?
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