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SPOTLIGHT: 'Exactly Where You're Meant To Be' [ESSAY]
Editor's Note: Tami Neilson is No Depression's Spotlight Artist for July 2025. To kick off her Spotlight, she performed an exclusive, acoustic version of her song "Salvation Mountain" from her new album, Neon Cowgirl, which was released July 11 via Outside Music. In this
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