{"id":254089,"date":"2025-12-27T13:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T13:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/254089\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T13:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T13:32:12","slug":"maryville-artist-emi-sunshine-talks-winning-music-award-and-how-tennessee-inspires-her-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/254089\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryville artist Emi Sunshine talks winning music award and how Tennessee inspires her music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">MARYVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) &#8211; EmiSunshine is a local artist who has been making music since she was nine years old, and now she\u2019s getting national recognition. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThey said my name and said I was the winner and they had me go on stage and accept my award. And it was just all very surreal,\u201d EmiSunshine said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">She won the 2025 Josie Music Award for Female Country Artist of The Year. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wvlt.tv\/page\/wvlt-news-and-weather-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"wvlt\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EAFJZDKWSJFMFGBA5C5FOEW7NM.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">EmiSunshine said the nature of East Tennessee is one of the main things that inspires her as she writes new music. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI think it\u2019s mostly getting to be around the nature that we all get to be in every single day that we kind of take for granted. And that whenever I\u2019m in the middle of that, it just kind of sparks this inspiration that you guys get to see whenever I play,\u201d EmiSunshine said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><b>Previous Coverage:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvlt.tv\/2020\/06\/30\/emisunshine-debuts-song-benefiting-covid-19-relief-efforts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wvlt.tv\/2020\/06\/30\/emisunshine-debuts-song-benefiting-covid-19-relief-efforts\/\"><b>EmiSunshine debuts song benefitting COVID-19 relief efforts<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Her Knoxville fans are still supporting her every step of the way, and the up-and-coming artist said that means a lot to her. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cKnowing that they\u2019re out there and that they still want to listen to my music and that I\u2019m still growing that every day, you know, that means a lot to me. It means that what I\u2019m doing actually is worth it,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Her new album, Miss Demeanor, was released earlier this year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 WVLT. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MARYVILLE, Tenn. 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