Name: WMOT's Finally Friday
Start: 2026-01-09T12:00:00-06:00
End: 2026-01-09T14:00:00-06:00
Location: 3rd & Lindsley Nashville

Join us for Finally Friday with performances by Amy Speace, Tristen, & Sherry Cothran. Doors open at 11 am.
This event is free and open to the public.
Amy performs first, followed by Tristen, then Sherry Cothran
Finally Friday can be heard live on WMOT 89.5 FM, streaming on WMOT.org and our WMOT app.
Heralded by Rolling Stone, Billboard Magazine and The New York Times and featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered”, Amy Speace was discovered by Judy Collins, who signed her to her record label and has recorded her songs. She’s the 2020 winner of the AMA UK’s International Song of the Year. Her last record, “The American Dream,” was released October 18, 2024 and became the #1 record and the title track was named #1 song in the FAI Radio Charts for its first month out. Her song, “The Weight of the World” was named the #4 record of last decade by WFUV, NYC. As well, her song, “The Sea and the Shore” was named as one of the 100 best folk songs of the era.
Her new album, The Blue Rock Sessions - was recorded in July of 2025 at The Blue Rock Studio in Wimberley, TX in one three + hour session. It will be released November 21, 2025. It’s basically the solo/acoustic album fans’ at her live shows have been requesting for years. A writer’s writer, her forthcoming debut collection of poetry will be published by Red Hen Press in Spring 2027. She holds an MFA in poetry from Spalding University and is a professor of creative writing at Cumberland University. This summer, she published, “To The Performer: A Singer-Songwriter’s Handbook” based on her 20 years of teaching performance.
She will be releasing a single of Woody Guthrie’s “Plane Wreck at Los Gatos” this coming January 19th accompanied by a video, to help raise awareness for the ACLU.