Ben Folds is more than a songwriter, he’s a storyteller. Some might even call him a therapist — at the very least, an observer of the times. His latest record What Matters Most reflects on the political turmoil and overall social divide that’s been occurring across the globe. Oftentimes autobiographical and comical, the album follows […]
PLAYLISTBully “How Will I Know”Becca Mancari “Over and Over”Corook “CGI”Ben Folds “What Matters Most”Ben Folds “Kristine From the 7th Grade”Ben Folds “But Wait, There’s More”Ben Folds “Back to Anonymous”W.I.T.C.H. “Stop the Rot”Catalina “Paradise”Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys in the Campfire “Here We Go Again”Middle Kids “Bootleg Firecracker” This week on the show, we have a “Listening Party” […]
What Matters Most is the return of Nashville legend Ben Folds to the storytelling songwriter territory that first made him famous after several years of primarily focusing on his symphonic work. Specifically, it calls to mind 1999’s The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, the final album from Ben Folds Five, and the first indication of […]
The live-streaming event will include performances from Nashville-based artists like Ben Folds, Langhorne Slim, Larkin Poe, Nicki Bluhm and Nicole Atkins.
A five-Thursday month of January meant five full hours of cover tunes on WNXP to kick off 2025, our annual “Under The Covers” Thematic Static shows featuring dozens of your requests! Remember we gather your input primarily on social media @WNXPNashville (we’re on Instagram, X, Facebook and also now Bluesky!), plus via voicemails you leave […]
I’m sorry to be the bearer of possibly shocking news, but all of the songs played on Thematic Static over two consecutive shows — these two dozen rock, pop, hip-hop and R&B tunes that you know all the words to? — are now a quarter-century old. Have a good day, er, (mid)life (crisis). #ThematicStatic Playlist: […]
This week for What Where When-sday, we discuss the 2nd Annual Holiday Sip n’ Shop Market at Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery. Additional event opportunities: Blvck Wizzle, member of the Nashville hip-hop collective Six One Trïbe, performs at the OG Basement. Wrap up your weekend with WNXP Presents: LA LOM at The Basement East. On Monday, […]
This was a fun one. Well, two. It appeals to reason that a good number of songs written before the internet age were about communication on the telephone, so these playlists include a higher concentrate of tunes from the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s. Who could forget the time capsule that cites both a now-defunct phone […]
At the same time we were sharing songs from Vagabon’s new LP Sorry I Haven’t Called, our Record of the Week, I thought we could explore more songs expressing apology and/or regret. And this content is plentiful! Feel super sorry, or not, by streaming the hour-long show we compiled together for this #ThematicStatic (👇). Leave […]
We’re not big on “Best Of” lists for all the obvious reasons (inevitable cultural bias, music as competition, unequal comparisons etc) but it is useful, and fun, to take a moment and look back on the year in music so far. It has been an incredibly deep one for releases by Nashville-based artists and while […]