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Mickey Guyton Releases Powerful Single "Black Like Me" as Country Musicians Take Stand Against Racism

Some of those voices are coming out of Nashville,...

Cillea Houghton

AF 2019 IN REVIEWA Year in Country Music

With the end of the year comes a time of reflection. Looking back on this year in country music, the firestorm of conversation about the lack of women on country radio spilled into 2019, while new artists like Lil Nas X and Blanco Brown broke down barriers, and names including Billy Ray Cyrus and...

Cillea Houghton

PLAYING NASHVILLELouis York Carry the Tradition of "American Griots" on Debut LP

A “griot” is defined as an oral storyteller in West Africa, the roots of the tradition tracing back centuries. Nashville-based duo Louis York not only bring this tradition into the modern era with their debut album, American Griots, but prove they’ve long been griots themselves. The journey begins...

Cillea Houghton