For hosts on an NPR Music radio station that started in 2020, and is based just an hour’s drive from the Manchester, Tennessee property that hosts Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, the delayed, then rescheduled hootenanny (set for September 2021) was an exciting prospect. And then Mother Nature had other plans. So after cancellations due […]
We are honored to uplift Black voices year-round and in celebration of the legacy of MLK, today we’re rebroadcasting conversations with and stories about Black artists you may have missed the first time. Listen through 8 p.m. CT on Monday, January 17, and find all sorts of interviews, features and news stories here on WNXP.org. Nashville […]
As the small team at Nashville’s Music Experience, immersing ourselves in new music and then sharing the best cuts with WNXP listeners is not just our job, it’s our calling. Music discovery is our mission. So while we decided to forego a ranked list or countdown after our first full year on-air, we did round […]
Another jam packed week of live music and some weekend festivals around Nashville. We break down everything happening this week with Chris and Zach with Do615. Jason Isbell wrapping up his eight night residency at the Ryman starting tonight with opener Shemekia Copeland. He resumes on Friday with Allison Russell, Saturday with Joy Oladokun, and […]
I often wake up to happy news to share with folks on-air, i.e. tour or album announcements from artists we love here at WNXP. It’s one of my favorite parts of morning hosting, honestly. But last week’s wee-hours tweet from Mercy Lounge forced my hand in sharing crappy news, however inevitable we knew it to […]
We have celebrated #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth through music, with six five-song mixes on #ThematicStatic. Here are some thoughts about the recent history of emotive music – and a 30-song playlist.
WNXP’s Nashville Artist of The Month for May, Briston Maroney was kind enough to share a playlist of songs that have been speaking to him lately. Read through Briston’s notes and hear the playlist below. From Briston: 1.) NOBODY ASKED IF I WAS OK – Sky FerreiraOne of the best parts about discovering songs is […]
This week the New Music Experience featured some of the most promising new artists in Nashville whose work WNXP has been spotlighting in recent months including Dreamer Boy, The Brook & The Bluff and WNXP Nashville Artist of the Month Houston Kendrick.