“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 […]
The Americana Festival and Conference is in its 25th year based right here in Nashville, and so many spots this week around town — including the conference hub at the Westin Hotel and many local music venues within a tight downtown radius — are packed with music-makers, music fans, music journalists and music business professionals […]
Listen to the New Music Experience This week is a special preview of some of the most exciting album and EP releases coming from Nashville artists this fall with a playlist truly runs the gamut (which, if you’re wondering, is a phrase whose history dates back to musical notation in the Middle Ages). We’re staying […]
This week we are STACKED with new Nashville music from album releases (Jason Isbell, Jenny Lewis) to album announcements (Allison Russell, Nightly) to tour announcements (The Brook and the Bluff) to one-off singles (The Criticals, Miki Fiki) to a little bit of all the above (Okey Dokey, Safari Room). Just press play to hear the […]
“I was told by the world I wasn’t allowed to write classic country, even though I’d written so much of it and I loved doing it,” Mya Byrne says of her new album, Rhinestone Tomboy, which melds her punk sensibility with polished songwriting
All about that bass, ’bout that bass. We gave drummers their flowers a few weeks ago and I thought it was time to sing for/about the unsung heroes of most bands, the bass guitarists. What a joy to also engage some fabulous local bass players — Ryan Madora, Mason Hadley and our very own Jason […]
We’re back with another edition of What Where Wednesday, keeping you up to date with happenings in Nashville and Middle Tennessee. This week includes everything from Reporting for Duty: A Tribute to Leslie Jordan at the Grand Ole Opry to Weyes Blood at Brooklyn Bowl to a WNXP Presents show with Andy Shauf at the […]
Nashville-based singer-songwriter Sydney Ward, known as Sunny War, says there are two sides of her. One of them is very self-destructive and the other is trying to work with the other half to keep things balanced. From a devastating break-up and the loss of her father, the conflict of pain and preserving, the balance between […]
Happy (almost) New Year to all of us. We’ve (almost) made it! Saturday night offers a host of activities, many of them pertaining to live music, to ring in 2023. After a quick rundown of some of these options, I check in on this What Where When-sday with one of the lead vocalists of long-running […]
Each September, thousands of roots-rock, folk, bluegrass and alt-country fans from all over converge in Nashville for the weeklong Americana Music Association conference and festival, jumping from panel discussions to parties with music venues across the city hosting showcases. The biggest show of the week is always the Americana Honors and Awards ceremony Wednesday night […]