Y'all better buckle up for this one. We sat down with East Tennessee's own EmiSunshine – yeah, that 20-year-old powerhouse who's been making grown folks cry with her voice since she was knee-high to a grasshopper. While Nashville's churning out cookie-cutter country, this Madisonville native's out here singing about real stuff: mountain folks losing their land, families getting torn apart by pills, and why your mama's homemade biscuits matter more than any record deal.
She'll tell you straight up why she turned down that reality TV nonsense, how she's building her own dang studio (because waiting on Nashville is for suckers), and why singing at the Opry is nice and all, but performing for the home folks hits different. Plus, we get into the nitty-gritty about her new album that's got everyone from NPR to your meemaw talking.
Fair warning: This ain't your polished Music Row interview. It's real talk from a young woman who'd rather stay true to these mountains than sell her soul for a number one hit. And if that ruffles some rhinestone-covered feathers? Well, bless their hearts.
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