More Patchett - September's "It" Girl

She is everywhere right now, even in the New York Times Travel section. Here she is writing eloquently as always about what makes Nashville's music scene tick:

"But Nashville is a place where musicians of all kinds come to work and to live. Like New York and Los Angeles, it's an American city of dreams — where you go when you decide to put everything on the line and bet on yourself. For that reason, it's also a city with plenty of pawnshops and cheap bars. Seven nights a week the downtown strip is a weird combination of tourists, T-shirt shops and truly inspired singing. Finding a good music club in Nashville is about as challenging as finding good pizza in Sicily. Throw a rock in any direction, you'll hit one: the Mercy, the Basement, the Station Inn, the Bluebird Cafe."


For the full article, click here: "Nashville's Band of Outsiders."