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Tamara Saviano on a fateful firing and finding Americana music

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Americana often becomes a place for artists or music industry types who don’t fit neatly elsewhere. And for Tamara Saviano, it was a place for a writer and publicist who was shunned by country music. Saviano moved to Nashville and quickly found herself crossways with industry heavyweights. A fateful firing over politics led to a phone call from actor and singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson, and the rest is a history that’s in her new memoir, "Poets and Dreamers." 

Produced by Blake Farmer

More on Tamara Saviano:

  • NPR: Tamara Saviano on Guy Clark lost recordings
  • WMOT: A warm account of the Americana movement
  • Nashville Post (2003): Everything you ever wanted to know about the Charlie Daniels/Saviano dispute
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