Marshall Howden

A Japanese fiddle player, a Russian comedian and a Greek Piano virtuoso known as the Christian Liberace. What do all these entertainers have in common? Well, Branson of course! You see, as much as Branson gets pigeon holed as just being the Home of Country Music in the Ozarks, our stages have been graced over the decades by talent from all over the world. Shoji Tabuchi, a student of the Suzuki method, actually made his mark in the Country Western style and was first brought to Branson...

But all jokes aside, it was about time that Branson had a proper flag of its own.

Now I said that Branson doesn’t bog ourselves down with focus groups but in the year 2020, we did hire a consulting firm called Sound Diplomacy to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of our music industry.