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Stacy Harris

(She/Her)
  • Print, Broadcast Journalist, Author, Ghostwriter, Editor, Music Historian, Book and Music Reviewer, Freelance
Nashville
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Covers:  music news, music reviews, book reviews, music industry investigative reporting, media events
Doesn't Cover: e-blast publicity releases unless accompanied by an exclusive news tidbit.

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Stacy Harris’s Biography

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Dubbed the "Doyenne of Music Row," in recognition of my unmatched half-century+ career documenting Nashville's country-music industry, I am an internationally-known hyphenate; i.e., an author, influencer, media pundit, political reporter, country-music historian, academician, music industry and popular culture analyst, celebrity journalist, ethnomusicologist, columnist, broadcast journalist, feature writer, media personality, tastemaker, public speaker, pundit, arts critic, technical writer, a…

Stacy Harris’s Journalist Portfolio

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Stacy Harris Remembers Jeannie Seely

Stacy Harris Remembers Jeannie Seely

I was Jeannie Seely's and Jack Greene's publicist during the singers' Top Billing agency days. Jeannie See…

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Stacy Harris Breaks News of Brenda Lee's Gray Divorce!

Stacy Harris Breaks News of Brenda Lee's Gray Divorce!

Contentious gray divorce has hit Music Row and, as always, you're reading about it here first. Country Music …

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Stacy Harris Remembers Johnny Rodriguez

Stacy Harris Remembers Johnny Rodriguez

So much incorrect information in the wake of Johnny Rodriguez's passing. While Johnny had to take responsi…

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Stacy Harris Refutes Researchers' Findings

Stacy Harris Refutes Researchers' Findings

I’m not buying this for one minute. I don’t know my internist’s nor my ophthalmologist’s political affiliatio…

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Stacy Harris' Assesses Donald Trump's Love of Tariffs

Stacy Harris' Assesses Donald Trump's Love of Tariffs

"I support Donald Trump's 'love' of tariffs to the extent that they are not excessive and indiscriminate and …

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Stacy Harris Opines on Paul Cohen: The Chicago Jew Behind Country's Nashville Sound

Stacy Harris Opines on Paul Cohen: The Chicago Jew Behind Country's Nashville Sound

At least one author who has written about the Jewish influence on Nashville’s music scene – Stacy Harris – se…

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Articles

A Nashville songwriter wrote on her transgender life. The city library refused the book. | Opinion

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By Stacy Harris
| The Tennessean Verified
The songwriter formerly known as Dick Feller wrote about her journey to becoming Deena Kaye Rose, but the Nashville Public Library refused the book. Stacy Harris |  Guest Columnist Stacy Harris is a Nashville author, music historian and broadcast professional. Having worked in the music industry for close to five decades, I sometimes feel like the only constant in Music Row’s transient community.
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High Pay From Unsolicited Assignment! By Stacy Harris

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By Stacy Harris
| WritersWeekly Verified
Several years ago, having cornered the then-limited market for country-music journalists as a freelancer, I had come to an acceptance of the going rate for my work being rather embarrassingly low. I queried better-paying, national, mainstream publications from time-to-time, but none were interested in a Nashville-based country-music reviewer, nor her interviews with country-music artists. I was stuck.
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Stacy Harris's Story About Country Music Foundation Inc

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By Stacy Harris
| greatnonprofits.org
Nonprofit Overview Causes: Arts & Culture, Museums Mission: To identify and preserve the evolving history and traditions of country music and to educate its audiences. Programs: Founded in 1967, the country music hall of fame and museum is a not-for-profit education institution that preserves and interprets the evolving history and traditions of country music and its cultural relatives.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Upper Midwest Country & Western News-Scene staff writer/columnist.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I grew up with typewriters. The question suggests I shouldn't tell anyone!

How is social media changing news?

It lowers the bar.