Ashley McBryde’s N/A forward Redemption Bar is now open. Doubly named for McBryde’s 2016 Jalopies & Expensive Guitars album cut as well as the word’s most literal meaning, Redemption creates a home on Broadway for anyone who needs it.
Owning the fifth floor of Eric Church’s Chief’s at 200 Broadway, Redemption is inspired by McBryde’s personal path to sobriety, designed as a space that honors authenticity, connection, and original songwriting. Brought to life by the team at AJ Capital, Redemption is painted crimson, adorned with moody decor and easter egg details of McBryde’s journey. Each of the 18 zero-proof drinks available on its menu are as carefully composed as a setlist – from the “Flickerin’ Flames of Hell” and “Martini McBryde,” to “Gospel Night” and “The Devil I Know.”
This week, McBryde celebrated the bar’s opening with a series of intimate soft openings, welcoming Redemption’s first 200 guests herself. Christening the bar’s corner stage with an acoustic set that ranged from namesake song “Redemption,” and “Luckiest S.O.B.,” to unreleased new music and Randall Clay original “Emptying Ashtrays,” McBryde quietly showcased how she “became one of country’s greatest storytellers – without ever compromising,” (Billboard).
“I had a bunch of friends in last night and some of them have been watching me play music since I was 19 years old in Memphis,” McBryde shared from the intimate corner stage. “I played in bars that I wouldn’t let you walk into now; places where your feet stick to the floor and there aren’t stalls in the bathroom. And then they got to walk into this place,” she smiled.
In its first week, Redemption will see performances from some of Nashville’s finest, including Caylee Hammack, Harper O’Neill, Makayla Lynn, Peytan Porter, Terri Jo Box, Jason Nix, Wes Dorethy, Blue Foley, and Cecilia Castleman.
McBryde announced her sold-out four-show Redemption Residency at Chief’s Neon Steeple earlier this month. Each of the four nights of The Redemption Residency will be one-of-a-kind show experiences, with McBryde curating set lists, themes, and moments that could only happen here. Attendees of The Redemption Residency shouldn’t be surprised if McBryde pops up a level before or after the four unique nights in the Steeple to dish out a double dose of Nashville magic on the Redemption stage.
The Redemption Residency Dates
Tues. October 14
Weds. October 15
Thurs. December 11
Fri. December 12
