"Not everything powerful is loud," Brittany Howard says when asked what the reunited band members wanted to explore with their new music. "Not everything quiet is vulnerable."

Lovenoise is a 20-year-old, Black-owned, Nashville-based concert series that has radically altered the city's live music landscape. "Making Noise" is a four-part homage / podcast series from WPLN and ...

WNXP 91.ONE — Nashville's Music Experience — is a listener-powered music station from Nashville Public Radio, spinning a unique mix of indie-rock, hip hop, urban alternative, electro-pop, and the fres...

S.G. Goodman, one of the most promising singer-songwriters to come up through the Americana music world in recent years, talks a out her new album.

When Big Freedia returns to Nashville Pride this weekend, she’ll add in an element that may seem antithetical to booty-shaking: her version of sanctified gospel music.

While competing on The Singer in China, Mickey Guyton opens up about her exhaustion with the country music industry, the erasure of Black artists, and why healing abroad has offered her a fresh perspe...

WNXP 91.ONE — Nashville's Music Experience — is a listener-powered music station from Nashville Public Radio, spinning a unique mix of indie-rock, hip hop, urban alternative, electro-pop, and the fres...

Back in March, I spoke with Salvadoran-American artist Angie K about how her professional journey motivated her to start the Country Latin Association. She’d seen the country music industry treat Hisp...

There is a through-line from Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" to the music of the film, "Sinners," and her name is Rhiannon Giddens.

Prepare thyself for the Aussie punks’ Marathon Music Works show with selected jargon from their set-list staples

The recent ICE raids in Nashville have left many families afraid to leave the house for even basic necessities, like taking their kids to school.

André Leon Talley’s death was a catalyst for the 2025 Met Gala theme and Costume Institute exhibit, ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.’

A new film called “Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story” captures Shane as a powerhouse R&B performer and a Black, trans woman who got her start in Nashville, then took the Toronto scene by storm in ...

For musicians like Rhiannon Giddens and Rissi Palmer, trying to break down doors in the folk and country music scenes has been a long road. A festival in Durham this weekend aims to remedy that.

At the century mark, a big part of what’s kept the Grand Ole Opry going are the many generations and styles of performers who have been part of the show.

As the Grand Ole Opry mark 100 years, most commemorations are events or broadcasts. But a new book, "100 Years of Grand Ole Opry," is one you can hold.

A Nashville program that offers professional mentoring to underrepresented people in the country music industry has just announced the participants selected for

Podcast Episode · Music Citizens · 04/07/2025 · 29m

El Salvadoran-born, Nashville-based country artist Angie K's new EP reflects the multicultural artistic identity she’s refined over the years. And she’s just launched a campaign to turn Nashville’s at...

Singer-songwriter Moses Sumney left Los Angeles for North Carolina after falling in love with its mountainous landscapes. It became a haven and musical inspiration for him until Hurricane Helene pumme...

What will it take for Nashville’s booming hip-hop scene to get the recognition and industry resources it deserves? Produ...

Roberta Flack is only solo artist to win two consecutive Record of the Year Grammys and she helped usher in an enduring style of R&B. Could she be pop music's most under-appreciated influence?

Saturday, February 22, 2025 The SFC@35 symposium will be held virtually. Please join us for the following sessions via Zoom: 10:00-11:30 a.m. PANEL: Country and Commerce: Nashville and the Busines...

The track “MLB” has the type of industry muscle behind it that Nashville hip-hop has rarely seen in the last two decades. Not that it had that sort of importance at the beginning, when it came out of ...

Music History Podcast · 7 Episodes · Series

Nashville songwriting is big business. It supplies the country music industry with material — gospel and contemporary Christian too. But it’s largely shut out those who specialize in hip-hop and R&B. ...

If the Recording Academy can recognize Beyonce as country music and pivot in a relatively short period of time, what gives with Nashville?

WNXP 91.ONE — Nashville's Music Experience — is a listener-powered music station from Nashville Public Radio, spinning a unique mix of indie-rock, hip hop, urban alternative, electro-pop, and the fres...

Only a very small number of Black artists have ever built sustained careers in country music — and white male hip-hop artists seem to have an easier time achieving crossover airplay.

Underwood’s LGBTQ+ fans once adopted her single “Love Wins” as an affirming anthem. How times have changed.