2020 was a year of many unexpected firsts for musicians. For singer-songwriter Allison Russell, one of those was planting a garden behind her brick ranch rental in Madison. The bottom half of her face hidden behind a golden mask, she gave an outdoor tour of the premises, pausing to point out a success story: a […]
At Monday night’s Love Rising event in Nashville, Tenn., artists including Allison Russell, Jason Isbell, Maren Morris, Joy Oladokun and Amanda Shires, along with drag artists, united against new legislation targeting drag performances and transgender people.
Becca Mancari’s record Left Hand was one of my favorites of 2023, by any artist anywhere, and I named it as my favorite local record released last year in our year-end coverage. Therefore, I was over the MOON when Becca agreed to co-host this Pride Month Thematic Static that kicked off our 61Pride Day of […]
Intro: Everybody’s been talking about how Beyoncé’s new album spotlights Black country and cowboy traditions. But even before she teased that project, author and songwriter Alice Randall had already announced her own book and album, both titled “My Black Country.” Randall’s been lifting up foundational Black country voices for a lifetime, and senior music writer […]
This week for What Where When-sday, we discuss OZ Arts’ anniversary bash with Executive and Artistic Director Mark Murphy. Housed in a renovated, former cigar warehouse in West Nashville, OZ Arts is celebrating 10 years with this event on Friday. The evening will be a culmination of the first decade with pop-up performances and visual […]
This week for What Where When-sday, we discuss the 31st annual Let Freedom Sing with Dr. Jeffery Ames, director of choral activities at Belmont University and conductor of the event. Happening at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center this Sunday, the choose-what-you-pay community event honors the life, legacy and triumphs of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The […]
While counting down the WNXP staff’s collective Top 30 Albums of 2023, it felt right to source the hive mind (that includes you, dear listener!) for favorite individual songs of the year. After all, several bands and artists between record cycles didn’t release an LP in 2023 but did tease us with singles that might […]
The year-end list is a project that each WNXP DJ basically works on all year round, when you consider all the new music digested and shared with the 91.ONE audience, as well as “side quests” per our own individual tastes. For the aggregated Top 30 records of 2023, we’ve taken all our DJs’ Top 10 […]
There’s a slightly accusatory tone to Megan McCormick’s song “Wasting My Time.” Sometimes dwelling on and repeating lines, other times hurtling through them in a blur, she’s singing about an intimate mismatch between people. Their feelings and intentions were fundamentally incompatible, and she fears that she squandered precious time and energy trying to bring them […]
“In the poem, I think Virgil is a more interesting character, really,” Hozier reflected to me backstage at Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville last Friday. Virgil is the poet and guide to Dante down through the nine layers of hell in Dante’s Inferno, the poem that Hozier’s new album Unreal Unearth is based around. At the […]