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Album Review: Hotpipes – Dust
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In case anyone hasn’t figured it out yet, I listen to Lightning 100 a lot. In fact, I’d say that my dial stays tuned to 100.1 for 99% of the time, only turning when I don’t think I can stand hearing one more spin of “Stubborn Love” by The Lumineers. It should come as…
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Tonight: Mercy Bell with Adrian Krygowski and James Maple
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As Lightning 100’s Wells Adams prepared to hand over the 2013 Music City Mayhem crown to local family-band folk-rockers Lulu Mae, he stopped to give a special acknowledgement to runner-up Mercy Bell. “In all our years of doing this,” he mused, “we’ve never seen anyone hustle like Mercy and her crew. What you’ve done will…
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Interview: Chad Stokes of Dispatch
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Recently, I was lucky enough to chat with Chad Stokes Urmston of legendary indie-rock outfit Dispatch, who are preparing to launch their upcoming summer tour with a night at The Ryman on May 29th. Check out what Chad had to say about Nashville, NASA, and Dispatch’s new album Circles Around the Sun.
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Get to Know: Swear and Shake and Tumbleweed Wanderers!
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Communion is on to something. The brainchild of Ben Lovett (of Mumford and Sons fame), Communion is a community for artists that acts as a “hub for songwriters and musicians to develop and flourish in an increasingly competitive industry environment.” Across the pond, Communion’s monthly shows have helped spawn names that are now on…
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Tonight: Communion Nashville with Tumbleweed Wanderers, Escondido, The Lonely Wild, Swear and Shake, and Torres
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You should receive Communion every week. It’s good for the soul. Unfortunately, for 3 out the 4 weeks in each month, you’ll have to sit through an hour of church first, but on this, the first Thursday of the month, you can skip that and head over to The Basement and check out a…
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Review: Vintage Trouble at Mercy Lounge
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At one point during Vintage Trouble‘s Sunday-night set at Mercy Lounge, frontman Ty Taylor stopped to remark, “We’re always amazed when people come up to us and tell us that our music has had an effect on their lives. Mostly, we love it when people say that they use our music to make love…
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Show Preview: Ponderosa with Lindi Ortega at The High Watt
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Ponderosa? That’s fun to say! Back in high school, my band wrote a four part acapella called Ponderosa after getting lost on the road and being forced to stop at a Ponderosa Steakhouse. I remember wondering why musicians, with their affinity for gratifying, lyrical words, had not already championed such an awesome name –…
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Show Preview: Cause a Scene presents Lulu Mae, Local Strangers, and Jesse Lafser
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Tomorrow, fellow bloggers at Cause a Scene are hosting a house show featuring Lulu Mae, The Local Strangers, and Jessee Lafser. If you had the chance to catch Lulu Mae last Saturday at Lightning 100’s Music City Mayhem finals you already know that this will be a show well-worth the $6 price of admission,…