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NASHVILLE: Scenes From the New American South

Nashville: Scenes from the New American South beautifully captures my home city….in this exciting moment of change and growth.
— Al Gore

This book is excruciatingly gorgeous. Every page makes me homesick.
—Connie Britton

A great book about a great city.
— John Prine

This has been a time of such great change for Nashville that I think we are all very curious to see who we are now.
— Gillian Welch

This book reminds me, in the sweetest way possible, that I probably should have never left Nashville.
— Chris Thile

From acclaimed photographer Heidi Ross and award-winning writers Ann Patchett and Jon Meacham, Nashville: Scenes From the New American South is a dynamic, intimate portrait exploring diverse facets of this legendary Southern city and country music capital. Nashville is a creative collaboration that awakens the senses, an immersion in the city hailed “the Athens of the South.” Ross, Patchett, and Meacham capture both its iconic historical side—its deep Southern roots, from food and festivals to famous venues, recording studios, and style—and its modern, vividly creative incarnation that draws established and upcoming artists in all mediums. Blending exceptional narrative with 175 evocative evocative black-and-white and color photographs, Nashville is an intimate, textured panorama that brilliantly illuminates one of America’s most remarkable treasures.