Mae Estes Puts Six Songs Where Her Influences Are

Mae Estes has finished the project that puts her music where her admiration is. The Nashville artist's new EP, a six-song set titled "The 90s Called," is built as a direct thank-you to the artists who shaped her before she ever cut a track of her own. It's a modest, honest way to make a record — naming your influences instead of hiding them — and it's the kind of craft-first move this town still rewards.

With reporting from MusicRow.