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EPISODE · Jun 10, 2026 · 50 MIN

An alternative soundtrack for America at 250

from This Is Nashville · host WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio

“All-American Girl.”“God Bless the U.S.A.”“Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue.”You'll hear these songs many times this summer as we celebrate America's 250th anniversary. But those aren't everyone's anthems.In Nashville, a group of musicians and songwriters are responding to this milestone with something different: unfiltered reflections on what it means to exist in America as Black, Brown, and Queer people living in the South. Through their music, visuals, fashion and performance, they are defining and embracing — or rejecting — American identity and patriotism on their own terms.Guests The Cowgays (Chris Housman, Brooke Eden & Adam Mac) Jewly Hight, senior music writer, Nashville Public Radio Kapali Long, Native Hawaiian Americana Country Blues artist & songwriter Lizzie No, producer, guitarist and harpist Tray Wellington, folk, bluegrass, jazz and contemporary roots music banjo innovator

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