Nashville music

Grand Ole Opry

Nashville music refers broadly to country music as shaped by the Nashville, Tennessee recording industry, particularly the polished "Nashville sound" that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s.

This style smoothed country's rougher edges with string arrangements and background vocals to reach mainstream audiences.

The term can also describe the commercial country music establishment generally: She moved to Nashville to break into Nashville music.

Related

guitar · Broadway · boots · whiskey · heartbreak · ballad · broken heart · fiddle · steel guitar · pickup truck · rhinestones · neon · bachelorette · bluegrass · Dolly · outlaw · records · demo

Opposites
geographic/cultural music center

Nashville musicMotown

Detroit's soulful moniker

Detroit techno · West Coast rap · K-pop

musical authenticity/production style

Nashville musicoutlaw country

Rebellious country music subgenre

alt-country · Americana · indie folk · roots music · lo-fi

cultural/political association

Nashville musicprotest music

Songs advocating social change

punk rock · hip-hop · folk revival · progressive rock · riot grrrl

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G