The country music business is lucrative, generating $5.5 billion to Nashville’s economy alone, according to RIAA if artists speak out, they run the risk of alienating listeners, particularly in an era when even anodyne statements of support for a cause can be misconstrued. If liberal Hollywood is notorious for pushing a progressive agenda, country has historically been its counterpoint-a safe haven for traditional “family values.” Never mind that many country artists, like Nashville as a city, lean blue: They know that their primary market, like the state of Tennessee itself, skews red. That feels so strange.”īut his reservations are understandable, given that country music remains a bastion of mainstream conservatism in American arts and culture. “I find myself being guarded for not wanting to talk about something that I personally don’t have a problem with. “I’m very comfortable being gay,” he says later, in a quiet room at the office of his management company. In some respects, he says, coming out publicly is no big deal. This isn’t a recent revelation for him he’s known since he was young, and he’s been out to family and friends in his tight-knit Nashville community for years.
What may come as a surprise to the band’s fans is the news that T.J., 36, is gay. and John are engaging performers with a knack for anthemic hooks. There’s nothing surprising about the duo’s popularity: Both T.J. (Have you ever fallen in love in late summer, gazing out at an orange-and-purple sunset from the bed of a pickup truck? Well, me neither, but this song will make you feel like you have!) The duo has won four CMA Awards, been nominated for seven Grammys, and collaborated with heavy-hitting country contemporaries such as Dierks Bentley and Maren Morris. Since signing to EMI Records Nashville, they’ve released seven country Top 40 singles and three studio albums, including their swoony, rollicking platinum hit “Stay a Little Longer,” which crossed over to mainstream radio. He’s the lead vocalist of Brothers Osborne, the duo he formed with his brother John, a guitarist, in 2012 together they make roots-inflected, soulful country-rock that sounds just as good on the radio as it would filling an arena. is tall and friendly, with a twangy, sonorous voice that often crests into deep, warm laughter. When using a search engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo check the safe search settings where you can exclude adult content sites from your search results Īsk your internet service provider if they offer additional filters īe responsible, know what your children are doing online.T.J. Use family filters of your operating systems and/or browsers
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