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    Year in Music 2021

    • Dec 16, 2021
    • Dec 16, 2021
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    Year in Music 2021: Talking With Brittney Spencer
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    Year in Music 2021: Talking With Brittney Spencer

    • Brittney McKenna
    • Dec 16, 2021
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    Catching up with the phenomenal country singer-songwriter about developing her sound and building the foundation for her career

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    Year in Music 2021: Top Local Albums Critics’ Poll
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    Year in Music 2021: Top Local Albums Critics’ Poll

    • Lance Conzett, D’Llisha Davis, Edd Hurt, Lorie Liebig, Brittney McKenna, Marissa R. Moss, Daryl Sanders, Megan Seling, Stephen Trageser and Charlie Zaillian
    • Dec 16, 2021

    From Allison Russell and Reaux Marquez to Tristen and Joy Oladokun, here are our favorite local LPs of the year

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    Year in Music 2021: The Year in Jazz, Blues and Soul
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    Year in Music 2021: The Year in Jazz, Blues and Soul

    • Ron Wynn
    • Dec 16, 2021

    Growth of new establishments like NMAAM and renewal of institutions like Nashville Jazz Workshop marked a busy year

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    Year in Music 2021: The Year in Country
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    Year in Music 2021: The Year in Country

    • Brittney McKenna
    • Dec 16, 2021

    It’s tough to untangle good from bad in an industry where Mickey Guyton and Morgan Wallen both did well

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    Year in Music 2021: The Year in Hip-Hop
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    Year in Music 2021: The Year in Hip-Hop

    • Stephen Trageser
    • Dec 16, 2021

    Nashville MCs and producers banded together to capitalize on the momentum they gained in 2020

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    Year in Music 2021: The Year in Ven-News
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    Year in Music 2021: The Year in Ven-News

    • Stephen Trageser
    • Dec 16, 2021

    A return to in-person shows felt like a triumph, even with pressure on venues from our bonkers real estate market

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    Year in Music 2021: Those We Lost
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    Year in Music 2021: Those We Lost

    • Edd Hurt
    • Dec 16, 2021

    Remembering Tom T. Hall, Nanci Griffith, Ross Norton and more

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    On the Road Again: Catching Up With Alanna Royale

    • Megan Seling
    • Dec 15, 2021

    The soul singer discusses working through her stress, touring during a pandemic and learning to honor her art

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    The 2021 Rock ’n’ Roll Poll
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    The 2021 Rock ’n’ Roll Poll

    • Compiled by Stephen Trageser
    • Dec 16, 2021

    The local music scene on the local music scene

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    We talk with Brittney Spencer, count down the year’s top local albums and much more

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    March 19 - March 25, 2026 (Vol. 45, No. 8)
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    • Bill Carey
    • Mar 19, 2026

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    • Eli Motycka
    • Mar 5, 2026

    Six weeks after Winter Storm Fern knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of people, Nas…

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