Nashville Music Guide – Holiday Issue 2023
Check out this issue for information on Nashville holiday shows, new holiday albums and songs, holiday charity events, and a shop local artisans gift guide. There is also recaps on the BMI, SESAC, and ASCAP Country Awards. See who was in our Best of 2023 top 3’s for categories including restaurants, live music venues, recording studios and more. And as always we have our extensive list of music venues, album and single reviews and Nashville’s longest-running music column: Inside Track with all the latest Nashville music news by Preshias Harris!
Featured in this Issue
Hank Williams’ 100th
4 Editors Letter
7 Opry Celebrates Keith Whitley
8 Sounds of the Season
10 Singles on the Rise
11 Holiday Movies Spotlight
12 Opry Goes Dolly
13 Shows of the Season
20 A Gift From Music City
23 Gift of Giving Back
24 Willie Nelson’s 90th
25 Reba Celebrates Not So Fancy
26 Tracy Lawrence Mission Possible
28 Holiday Pop-up Bars
30 Sounding Board
32 Amazon Holidays
34 57th CMA Awards
36 Sirius XM Holidays
37 Apple Music Carols
37 Holiday Spotify Singles
38 Lucky 13 with Nora
39 Cody Johnson
Brown & Stephanie Coleman
40 The Toy Store
Christmas 4 Kids
CMA Country Christmas
Kassi Ashton
Willie Nelson
Ian Munsick
41 The War and Treaty
Garth & Ronnie Dunn
Jeannie Seely
Cody Jinks
Eclipse Music Group
42 Maggie Rose
Shenandoah
Walker Montgomery
Johnny Cash
Kelly Lang
Kameron Marlowe
43 HARDY
Words on the Water
Randy Rogers Band
Neal McCoy
LOCASH
44 Gene Watson
Chris Stapleton
Walker Hayes
Drake White
Molly Lovette
45 Hear This Concert Series
The Voices of the West
She Rocks Award
Wreaths Across America
46 IBMA Awards
47 Smashing Glass
48 People’s Country Music Awards
49 SESAC Country Awards
50 Americana Awards
51 Nashville Songwriter Awards
52 BMI Country Awards
53 BMI Pop Awards
54 ASCAP Country Awards
56 Best of 2022
58 Festivals in Review
Tin Pan South
Pilgrimage
MEMPHO
Bonnaroo
CMA Fest
Bourbon & Beyond
Electric Forest
Americana Fest
65 Nashville NYE Guide
Departments
68 Nashville Notes
70 Music Venues
