{"id":35169,"date":"2014-08-04T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=35169"},"modified":"2014-08-04T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T23:00:00","slug":"keith-urban-pleads-for-nashville-to-preserve-music-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2014\/08\/04\/keith-urban-pleads-for-nashville-to-preserve-music-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Pleads with Nashville to Preserve Music Row"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KeithUrban01\"<\/a>Keith Urban Pleads for Nashville Residents to Help Preserve Music Row<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Keith Urban may have been born in New Zealand, but he makes his home \u2014 and music \u2014 in Nashville, Tenn. Recently, there\u2019s been a threat to the esteemed Music Row, and Urban is calling on Music City residents to help preserve the iconic area.<\/p>\n

In an article penned for the Tennessean, the \u2018Somewhere in My Car\u2019 hitmaker states, \u201cMusic Row is where the past, present and future meet, and that\u2019s a vital part of keeping balance.\u201d<\/p>\n

He explains how he made my first trip to Nashville from Australia in the summer of 1989 and immediately went to explore Music Row. \u201cI knew instantly that this was where I belonged, and I became a Nashville resident in 1992,\u201d says the star.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the area that many musicians historically found a place for themselves and their music is under threat from developers. The city is growing swiftly, and that means developers want to take the area to the next level \u2014 even if it means yanking out country music landmarks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe past, present and the future are ALL still here \u2014 but the Row is currently under threat from developers,\u201d Urban writes. \u201cNashville has exploded as a music town, and not just country music. Musicians from all genres, all over the world are making the pilgrimage here to immerse themselves in the kind of creative center that so many other cities have lost but that Nashville still maintains.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even though any city would love to have the kind of growth Middle Tennessee is experiencing, Urban points out, \u201cNashville\u2019s growth is exciting, but not at the risk of losing the creative epicenter that is Music Row and that truly makes Nashville Music City.\u201d<\/p>\n

He pleads for local residents to help preserve the area \u2014 and it doesn\u2019t have to be just country music fans either; everybody who makes their home in the Southern city needs to stand up for preservation. \u201cI sincerely hope that those who have made Nashville their home over the years, and those who have recently discovered our fair city, will come together as a united front and continue to be vocal about preserving and fortifying our beloved Music Row,\u201d Urban says.<\/p>\n

Urban is currently on his2014 Raise \u2018Em Up Tour, which ends on Sept. 13 in Washington. Jerrod Niemann\u00a0and\u00a0Brett Eldredge are along for the ride, acting as his openers. Hopefully, the singer will return to his adopted hometown to lots of other Nashville lovers ready to take a stand and keep the history of Nashville in Music Row.<\/p>\n

– By Christina Vinson<\/span>\u00a0 for TasteOfCountry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keith Urban Pleads for Nashville Residents to Help Preserve Music Row Keith Urban may have been born in New Zealand, but he makes his home \u2014 and music \u2014 in Nashville, Tenn. Recently, there\u2019s been a threat to the esteemed Music Row, and Urban is calling on Music City residents to help preserve the iconic area. In an article penned for the Tennessean, the \u2018Somewhere in My Car\u2019 hitmaker states, \u201cMusic Row is where the past, present and future meet, and that\u2019s a vital part of keeping balance.\u201d He explains<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}