When Nashville’s Allison Russell disembarked from a week of sun, music and escapism as the Cayamo music cruise 2023 came to a close in February, the reality of what was happening on land hit her hard. The Americana star saw Tennessee on the verge of enacting two new laws, largely without precedent in the United States, restricting the health care options for transgender youth and expressive freedom for the LGBTQ community. She helped organize a major benefit and protest concert taking place on Monday.