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Nashville Today highlights with Devon O'Day on WSM Nashville home of the Grand Ole Opry by awarded songwriter Amanda Colleen Williams

Rain Cloud of Knowable Things: an essay and Shane Alexander song release announcement by awarded songwriter Amanda Colleen Williams.

Memorial Day: In Remembrance of Uncle Larry: an essay by awarded songwriter Amanda Colleen Williams.

Highlights from Country Radio Seminar by awarded songwriter Amanda Colleen Williams.

Thank you, Billie Holiday: an essay about musical influences by awarded songwriter Amanda Colleen Williams.

Happy birthday, Garth! An essay by Amanda Colleen Williams awarded songwriter.

Highlights from first show of the year, honored guest Paulette Carlson formerly of Highway 101 with awarded songwriter Amanda Williams

Highlights from Alive Hospice annual fundraiser benefit performance at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Tennessee. Songwriters in the round

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day reflections: an essay by awarded songwriter Amanda Colleen Williams.

Introductory essay by awarded songwriter Amanda Colleen Williams.

I Am Country: an essay about what it means to be country by awarded songwriter Amanda Colleen Williams.

Art is perspective: an essay about the views of a songwriter artist from East Tennessee Appalachia.

The Appalachia Mountains are home to many of America's original musical forms including bluegrass, country, and the blues.

Quilting is a popular craft in hillbilly culture of the Appalachia Mountains.