Last year was shaping up to be great for Michigander. The Michigan born, Nashville-based artist was set to release an EP It Will Never Be The Same, he’d booked his first, major headlining tour and was about to mark a career milestone with the song “Stay Out of It” entering a top ten radio chart. […]
Michigander, the stage name of singer-songwriter Jason Singer, has been consistently releasing singles and EPs since 2016, showcasing his passion and dedication to the craft. On his latest EP It Will Never Be The Same, Singer masterfully creates indie-pop goodness reminiscent of early aughts radio hits. But don’t let that description fool you. While Singer’s […]
Jason Singer is always going to be a Michigander. WNXP’s Nashville Artist of the Month chose that moniker to honor his Michigan roots and as long as that’s the name on the venue bill, that’s the place Singer will be most associated with. But Singer is also proud to now call Nashville home. And less […]
Fellow Early Riser Jason Singer was bright-eyed and equipped with back-up coffee when he joined me for Morning Host duties on March 8. The Nashville Artist of the Month, who writes and performs as Michigander, plucked some of his favorite tunes — several new and a few of those by his Nashville independent artist peers […]
This week for What Where When-sday, we discuss Black History in Music: Work, Worship, and Celebration at Jefferson Street Sound Museum with Lorenzo Washington, founder and curator, and Karen Lynn Coffee, vice president. Taking place every Saturday during the month of February, the event features an exclusive art exhibit that aims to celebrate businesses and […]
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 […]
We’re keeping you up to date with the happenings in Nashville this week. From Fruit Bats at Brooklyn Bowl tomorrow night, Michigander, former WNXP Nashville Artist of the Month, at Exit/In Saturday night, and more events you can find down below. For What Where When-sday this week we are talking about an event taking place […]
This week we honor longtime Nashville music scene supporter, Michael Eades. He joined us to shine a spotlight on recent releases from his YK Records label, discuss the We Own This Town Podcast and preview his YK celebration at 5 Spot. We begin and end the show with some other new Nashville releases from some […]
Nashville’s music community expressed empathy, anger and frustration in the wake of a deadly school shooting that took the lives of three children and three adult staff members this morning. Our sister station, WPLN, has ongoing coverage of the shooting with reaction from local and state officials. We surveyed Twitter and Instagram for the conversations […]
On the Experience this week we have brand new music from Dan Auerbach’s other band, The Arcs; Brit DIY-shoegaze duo, Jadu Heart; Blondshell, who opens for Suki Waterhouse at the Basement East on Saturday, February 4; and Nashville musicians Brian Brown and Michigander. We also check out Celia Gregory‘s conversation with Brooklyn’s Nick Hakim ahead […]