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Getting to Know Ke$ha, Pop Sensationnew

It was the day after Christmas, and we were dancing at 12th & Porter while Ke$ha danced barely three feet away. She already had the No. 2 song in the country, but she wouldn't be a global it-girl for at least another week. In retrospect, we should have cut in.

Nashville Scene | Sean L. Maloney | 03-05-2010 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: 12th & Porter, Ke$ha, Nashville

Redneck Woman Gretchen Wilson's Search For Radio Redemptionnew

Just over a year ago, Gretchen Wilson looked into the abyss. Her third album, One of the Boys, had tanked. The label team that had guided her 2004 debut CD Here for the Party to quintuple platinum sales had largely been swept away in the wake of a corporate merger.

Nashville Scene | Rob Simbeck | 02-26-2010 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Nashville, Gretchen Wilson, Here for the Party, One of the Boys

Is Phil Lee the Best Songwriter in Nashville? If Not, You Tell Himnew

Long before he ever threw his first knife, Phil Lee was no stranger to sharp points and edges. He writes songs full of them: character studies that sidle up to folks we'd normally shy away from, pretty ballads that turn staggeringly bleak, ambiguous odes to rough living too laugh-out-loud funny to be considered cautionary tales.

Nashville Scene | Jim Ridley | 07-31-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Phil Lee, So Long, It's Been Good to Know You, Nashville, songwriters

What Happens When a Label Deal Goes Right and the Band Breaks Up Anyway?new

Sometimes for bands, the stars align just right. Labels clamor for the artist. The terms of the deal are more than fair. Offers for maximum-exposure tours abound, and press is eerily pitch-perfect. And the whole thing goes to hell anyway.

Nashville Scene | Tracy Moore | 06-05-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Be Your Own Pet, record labels

The State of the Pink Spidersnew

After flirting with fame and fortune, Nashville's most decadent local rockers The Pink Spiders lost a major-label deal and two of the three founding members -- so now what?

Nashville Scene | Cody De Vos | 08-01-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Pink Spiders

Pop Wizard Kyle Andrews' Excellent New Album Turns Up the Volumenew

The DIY maestro's second full-length is a marvel: crisp, quirky, studio-quality pop recorded using little more than a laptop. Meet the future of the music industry.

Nashville Scene | Lee Stabert | 07-25-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Kyle Andrews, Real Blasty