Music City Roots

Music City Roots, Live From The Loveless Cafe is a weekly, two-hour radio show that revives the historic legacy of live musical production on the legendary WSM-AM. Broadcast on Wednesday nights from 7pm to 9pm.

Music City Roots, Live From The Loveless Cafe is a weekly, two-hour radio show that revives the historic legacy of live musical production on the legendary WSM-AM. Broadcast on Wednesday nights from 7pm to 9pm,CST, Music City Roots, Live From The Loveless Cafe showcases Nashville's astonishing music scene, from country and Americana to more progressive interpreters of tradition -- a "roots and branches" format that brings together fans of different tastes and generations. Presented live from the stage of the Loveless Barn, this show will showcase purveyors of authenticity across many genres.

Music fans worldwide know WSM-AM as the greatest broadcaster in the history of country music, and Music City Roots, Live From the Loveless embraces and builds on that foundation. WSM is known to a global audience, not just as the keeper of the traditional flame, but as a trusted tastemaker that looks to the future of music in all its forms and sub-genres: bluegrass, folk, alternative, western, rockabilly and crossovers into rock, jazz and world music. There has never been a time of greater variety, abundance and quality in Nashville's creative community, and Music City Roots looks to put that talent on a worldwide stage.

Each broadcast will feature 3-4 artist in 30 minute segments that highlight individual artists and also encourage collaboration with a nightly Loveless Jam where emcee and performers alike embrace the spirit of Music City as the collaborative epicenter of tradition and innovation. Eddie Stubbs will be the announcer; Jim Lauderdale and other leaders of the music community will host.

Vision

Our vision for Music City Roots, as a live radio show steeped in rich Nashville tradition, is to provide a global platform to showcase the deep well of amazing and diverse talent that exists here in Tennessee. Beyond Nashville, the roots and branches of Americana music are firmly entwined in Memphis, Knoxville, and across the State and entire Southeast region. Over the last several years, pockets of very gifted artists have bubbled up from New York to California and around the world, all sharing the same love for the integrity and honesty of the various forms of roots music that were birthed from American culture.

Music City Roots endeavors to offer artists a way to share their gift with the world – to connect with music lovers everywhere, through creative broadcast networks that were never before possible. Our only standard is one of excellence and integrity. We look to connect and nurture a true community of artists – young and old; famous and obscure; all sharing a desire to enrich and preserve our music, and our planet. As we help one another, the music grows, the world becomes a better place. Through the power of music, walls come down and cultures unite.