Women in music

Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour will go down in history as a record-breaking feat that managed to bring tremendous amounts of joy to millions of fans, even when that didn’t seem possible. In the Disney+ documentary series, The End of an Era, filmmakers Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce, along with the star subject herself attempt to chronicle all the many facets of the tour. “Every single night, no matter what’s going on, we’re going to do everything in our power to blow your mind,” Swift says in the series, referring to the show.

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From at least around the pandemic, country music has been undergoing a distinct political and cultural fracture. Now, it’s unlikely you’d see certain artists collaborating with those across the aisle or joining tours that lean one way or the other (for instance, the recent Rock the Country festival drama). But Grammy-nominated songwriter Laura Veltz, who’s written hits with Jessie Murph, Dan + Shay, and Maren Morris, says it’s easy to bridge the gap in Nashville’s writers’ rooms — with some conditions.

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