As Sarah Baer riled up the crowd between the state capitol building and Bicentennial Plaza, she shouted into the mic that there’s was one essential for joyful resistance.

“There has never been a civil rights movement that wasn’t fueled by music,” she said.

Thousands of people — most carrying signs, some wearing elaborate costumes or carrying giant flags — cheered.

Baer was welcoming Allison Russell, Emmylou Harris, Devon Gilfillian, Denitia and Julie Williams to the second ‘No Kings’ protest in Nashville. It was part of a nationwide day of demonstrations criticizing the Trump Administration.

They sang “Tennessee Rise,” a song Russell wrote with her collaborator and husband JT Nero. They live with their daughter in East Nashville.

“Oh, The Trail of Tears is still rolling, Tennessee’s w

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