There’s an easy confidence to ‘Going To Nashville,’ the new single from Tim Camrose, that suggests an artist who knows exactly what he wants to say.
The track leans into a country feel without fuss or flash, framing a simple, clear intention: to stand on a Nashville stage and have the room really listen.
It’s complimentary to say the song is catchy, because it is—but its appeal rests just as much on how unforced it feels.
Camrose’s path gives the music its quiet authority.
A keen musician growing up in London, he pressed pause on performing to pursue medicine, spending four decades as a surgeon and university professor.
The melodies never really left—he’d catch them on long flights and drives—and retirement finally opened the door to write, record and share the songs that had been gathering for years.
We can hear the imprint of the writers he grew up with, such as Elton John, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel —in the focus on story, melody and emotional clarity.
America has been a recurring setting in that storytelling.
Camrose trained in Chicago and Palo Alto and has returned often, and those experiences surface in a run of place-based songs: ‘This Is Chicago,’ ‘Back To New York City,’
‘She Saw Dolphins set on a San Diego boardwalk’ and ‘You Know Where To Find Me from Venice Beach.’
‘Going To Nashville’ fits alongside them while standing apart in one key way—he hasn’t been there yet.
That distance works in the song’s favour. Rather than reaching for mythology, it keeps the stakes honest.
He’s not promising a big break—though he admits it would be welcome—just aiming for one good night in Music City where the stories land.
For listeners who gravitate toward classic songcraft, the track offers familiar strengths: a tuneful chorus, direct language and a steady, Americana-tinged pulse that serves the narrative. It’s flattering to the ear without overreaching, and it reads as true to who Camrose is and the journey he’s taken.
Later this year, the song will sit within ‘American Stories,’ a new EP collecting Camrose’s U.S.-inspired material.
For fans of Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and Elton John, it’s a grounded, welcoming entry point to an artist turning long-held ideas into songs at just the right time.
