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Tanya Tucker walked slowly on stage at downtown Nashville’s historic War Memorial Auditorium, briefly home to the early Grand Ole Opry before its longtime Ryman residency, about a half-hour late Friday afternoon, sporting pink hair, black eyepatch and matching bandelero hat and fringed cowgirl jacket boots, trailed by a bulldog puppy on a leash.

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With about 300 acts scheduled throughout the week, Nashville’s 20th annual AMERICANAFEST conference and festival offers a dizzying variety of musical choices.

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If the love fest that was the 18th annual Americana Honors and Awards show Wednesday night at the historic Ryman Auditorium proved anything, it’s that great music — and great musicians — have staying power.

From September 10-15, at nightclubs, music halls and venues throughout Nashville, the 20th Annual AMERICANAFEST® offers hundreds of some of the best roots music going for a wristband that costs little more than the equivalent of a light dinner and drinks at your favorite neighborhood pub. Pat Embry put together a list of day-to-day AMERICANAFEST® View more

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“Amalfi Wind,” a painting created by Nashville artist Cassidy Cole, is this year’s official backdrop for Artober Nashville. Read more from the full press release.

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