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Take Me to Church: How Old Sanctuaries Influence Nashville’s Music Landscape


Churches have been turned into music-related Nashville studios like Ocean Way and Neon Cross, and venues Clementine Hall and the Ryman Auditorium.

As denominations across America consider the meaning of Good Friday and Easter this weekend, Nashville’s music infrastructure has drummers, producers, marketers and label executives working on their secular product in old churches that have been resurrected for a different purpose. It’s hosted a Big Loud party for Mason Ramsey; a Universal Music Group Nashville showcase, Rhythm, Rebels, Revival; and a Brantley Gilbert TV appearance. “Music can be very moving in whatever way you need it to be, whether that’s spiritual and bringing you closer to God, or whether you’re having a bad day and it brightens your mood, or it expresses the sorrow that you’re feeling over love or loss.

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