The inspiration for this themed show (which then turned into two shows) was the new Sufjan Stevens record Javelin and its return to heart-swelling choral parts that emphasize the emotion in Stevens’ lyrics. Who knew that songs featuring choirs could span so many genres and generations over two hours of your requests? You can hear […]
WNXP listeners have been bumping to LP Giobbi’s tune “Can’t Let You Go” for several months now – the warm, beachy dance track from her debut record Light Places is one of my most played of the year, to be sure. But thousands (millions?) more music fans now recognize this artist’s name thanks to 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
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 birthday of my one and only sibling, my brother Miles, I played all bands that include blood brothers. In some cases multiple sets and in some cases TWINS! Your requests were numerous and thoughtful, so please enjoy the archived show and also the names of the brothers, which might come in handy at […]
This week has been a bittersweet victory for De La Soul fans. The groundbreaking trio’s first six albums are finally available on streaming services but only after generations had to wait for the music to be digitally available due to rights issues around sampling. The group were finally able to “clear” that hurdle after working […]
It’s the final week of July and there’s plenty of live music, sports and even wrestling to keep your calendar full until August. Legendary rapper and Geto Boys’ member, Scarface is performing at the Brooklyn Bowl for his farewell tour with Nashville rapper Brian Brown opening. On Thursday night Grammy nominated indie pop breakthrough band […]
From some of our earliest ages — maybe being read to at home, if we were so blessed, then exploring school libraries (remember the Scholastic Book Fair and the pure jubilation of those days?!) — flipping through real books assists in our development as people. On Thank You for Libraries Day, we celebrated access to […]
In Instagram footage of Brassville’s very first performance back in 2019, four founding members of the band can be seen taking a distinct sonic strategy to the streets of Nashville. They chose an evening when they knew that NFL draft festivities hosted by the city would draw the tourist hordes, and set up on a […]
The wider Christmas Day theater release of Paul Thomas Anderson’s critically-acclaimed Licorice Pizza followed some early screenings at Nashville’s beloved indie theater, The Belcourt, during a week the movie’s breakout star — a musical performer in her very first feature film, Golden Globe-nominated, too— Alana Haim was set to introduce it to an audience in […]