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Jenny Lewis, Nikki Lane and Danielle Ponder helped kick off the five-night fest

Thursday's Ryman show with Allison Russell offered both celebration and catharsis

Paige Pfleger / WPLN News The first thing you might notice about Dee's Country Cocktail Lounge is the giant alien, named Rick, perched on its slanted roof. The second, several very-prominent signs requiring customers to wear face masks: "Stand up, mask up" one says. "If you have a medical condition that prevents you from wearing a mask, you probably shouldn't be in a bar," another says. Throughout the pandemic, partner-owners Amy Dee Richardson and Daniel Walker say they tried to do the right thing — requiring temperature checks at the door, strictly enforcing mask rules and protecting...

New Oral History Project Spotlights Roles of Nashville’s Women Musicians Talking with Tiffany Minton about The Women Musicians in Nashville Oral History Project at the Center for Popular Music Tweet Photo: Miles Price It’s no secret that the backbone of the Nashville music industry is its murderers’ row of session musicians. Often called “sidemen,” some of these players and vocalists are as well-known as the artists they support. The famed Nashville Cats, heard on recordings by Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash among many, many others, were at the cent...