BONUS: Nashville’s Indie Scene: Crystal Rose Will Blow Your Mind

About this episode

This episode features Crystal Rose, a singer-songwriter from Nashville, discussing her impact on the indie music scene and her recent performance.

While Nashville is synonymous with country music, Music City’s indie scene is vital. In this special episode of Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now podcast, we introduce you to Crystal Rose, a singer-songwriter with a stunner of a voice working in the R&B and folk space. At a recent showcase in East Nashville, Rose hypnotized the crowd with a flash choir, making for an indelible musical moment. Rose tells us how it came about, what’s on the horizon, and why Nashville is an important creative hub for musicians of all genres. Country is Here… Nashville is Now. Check out our Hear Now playlist on Spotify, updated weekly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Rolling Stone

Guest: Crystal Rose

Topics covered

• Nashville indie scene
• R&B music
• folk music
• singer-songwriter
• live performance

Keywords

• Nashville
• indie music
• Crystal Rose
• R&B
• folk
• live showcase
• music scene

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Nashville, East Nashville

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