Ellen Angelico Memorializes Their Mentor A “Girl In a Hurry”

LGBTQIA+
By
Rachel Cholst
February 27, 2025
Rainbow Rodeo
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For every pop country artist singing in front of an arena, there's at least a hundred more who are grinding their way down backroads and shitty gigs just to get there. And they all start from the same place: the bottom. Ellen Angelico, who's toured with artists like Cam and Brandy Clark, memorializes their mentor with their six-part podcast series Girl In a Hurry: The Shelly Bush Story. Not only does Angelico provide a biography of Bush, a relentless performer who did not know the meaning of "no," they also take us into Nashville's working class – the grind you don't always hear about.

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