Singer-songwriter Allison Russell was on the Cayamo Cruise when the legislature back in her adopted home of Tennessee began to rush through a series of anti-lgbtq bills. First, SB1 and HB1, which ban and criminalize healthcare for trans youth, went through, and then the much-discussed drag bills SB3 and HB9 followed. “It was like, Ok, this is the moment. Years later we’ll look back and say, ‘How did it happen?’” Russell tells Rolling Stone.
Russell has written and spoken openly about her experiences as a queer Black woman and survivor of childhood sexual abuse,...
Russell has written and spoken openly about her experiences as a queer Black woman and survivor of childhood sexual abuse,...
- 3/15/2023
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Another benefit concert for Tennessee’s imperiled queer community is coming to Nashville. Set for March 21 at 7 p.m., one day after the “Love Rising” event at Bridgestone Arena, “We Will Always Be: Celebrating Queer Voices” promises an intimate night of songs and storytelling with curated songwriters’ rounds, plus performances by Aaron Lee Tasjan, Katie Pruitt, and Mary Gauthier.
City Winery Nashville will host the event, which zeroes in on the strengths of Nashville’s singer-songwriters. Apple Music Country host and Rolling Stone contributor Hunter Kelly will present a songwriters’ round featuring Chris Housman,...
City Winery Nashville will host the event, which zeroes in on the strengths of Nashville’s singer-songwriters. Apple Music Country host and Rolling Stone contributor Hunter Kelly will present a songwriters’ round featuring Chris Housman,...
- 3/10/2023
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Dolly Parton may now be enshrined in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but that doesn’t mean she didn’t feel a little guilty about it. Ahead of the ceremony in November, the country icon experienced a whirlwind of emotions over her induction, which went ahead, despite her encouraging voters to look elsewhere.
“I still had this feeling that I was taking votes from someone that had spent… I would take any country things they give me because I’d feel I’d earned any of them that I get,...
“I still had this feeling that I was taking votes from someone that had spent… I would take any country things they give me because I’d feel I’d earned any of them that I get,...
- 12/2/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
On Tuesday, Apple announced the launch of two new streaming radio stations, Apple Music Country and Apple Music Hits. Both are live now alongside the flagship station Beats 1, which has been renamed Apple Music 1. Originally launched alongside Apple Music in 2015, Beats 1 built its reputation on a combination of in-depth interviews and music discovery.
Several country artists will head up exclusive shows for Apple Music Country, including Dierks Bentley, who will host The Nashville Countdown, Jimmie Allen, Kelsea Ballerini, Breland, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, Morgan Evans, Florida Georgia Line, Pat Green,...
Several country artists will head up exclusive shows for Apple Music Country, including Dierks Bentley, who will host The Nashville Countdown, Jimmie Allen, Kelsea Ballerini, Breland, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, Morgan Evans, Florida Georgia Line, Pat Green,...
- 8/18/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
While the action that plays out on camera at the Cma Awards is usually geared to reap maximum ratings, there’s more going on at the actual event that never makes it to viewers at home. Amid ambitious performances and some lackluster canned instruments and, oh yeah, the presentation of a few awards, here are five things we noticed while sitting in the audience at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena for the 52nd edition of country music’s biggest night.
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Cma Awards hosts Carrie Underwood and...
Donald Trump’s Low-Key Cameo
Cma Awards hosts Carrie Underwood and...
- 11/15/2018
- by Hunter Kelly
- Rollingstone.com
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