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Music Row centers on 16th and 17th Avenues South, the strip of early-1900s cottages that became the heart of Nashville's recording industry starting in the 1950s.
Many of those bungalows have been converted into recording studios, label offices, and publishing houses, and RCA Studio B, where Elvis Presley and many other artists recorded, still offers tours just steps from where renters live.
The neighborhood's musical history is part of the appeal, but it brings daily friction too: tour buses and rideshares add traffic to the narrow streets, especially during the day.
On the upside, Music Row residents get free admission to the Country Music Hall of Fame, a perk tied to the neighborhood's address.
Housing mixes small converted cottages, low-rise apartment buildings, and newer condo and apartment developments that have filled in vacant lots in recent years.
The location is hard to beat for centrality, within easy walking distance of Vanderbilt, Belmont, the Gulch, and downtown, which keeps rents on the higher end relative to less central neighborhoods.
Renters who want to be in the middle of the city's music industry and don't mind some tourist foot traffic tend to gravitate here. Apartment List lets you compare Music Row listings by price and building type so you can weigh that central location against the noise and crowds.
