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Music City Roots welcomes back Alanna Royale to open this week’s show. Tonight’s show also features Dom Flemons, founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Also on the bill are singer songwriters, Ruston Kelly and Elise Davis. As always, doors are at 6PM and the show starts promptly at 7PM.
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Musicians Corner, a program of The Conservancy for the Parthenon and Centennial Park, presents free family friendly music events in Nashville’s Centennial Park on Saturdays from 12 – 5 PM in May – June and September – October. Musicians Corner has moved to a temporary location behind the band shell during construction of it’s permanent…
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Writer and broadcaster Craig Havighurst revives his one-man show String Theory for a two-Monday run at Bongo After Hours Theatre, 2007 Belmont Ave., on August 18 and 25 at 8 pm. Part spoken word, part public lecture, part performance, String Theory is an experience designed to reframe music and offer people new avenues into…
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After a very impressive performance last week by Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, this week’s Music City Roots at The Factory at Franklin is all bluegrass with the IMBA Nomination Show. We try not to let the fact that International Bluegrass Music Association moved its annual World of Bluegrass convention from Nashville to Raleigh, NC last year bother us…
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Jim Lauderdale. Photo by Sundel Perry. Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Susan Werner, David Olney, and Michaela Anne Music City Roots, Franklin, TN Wednesday, August 6 Review by Jeff Moody Photos by Shawn Jackson/Sundel Perry Photography After last week’s amazing trip back to Nashville’s R&B and soul roots, this week’s Music City Roots featured singer-songwriter Susan…
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After last week’s amazing trip back to Nashville’s R&B roots, this week’s Music City Roots at the Factory returns us to more of an Americana / Bluegrass vein. The show will feature singer-songwriter Susan Werner, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter David Olney, country / folk artist Michaela Anne and traditional bluegrassers Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper.
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The Vespers. Photo by Larry Kloess. The Vespers, Anderson East The Basement, Nashville, TN Monday, July 21 Review by Jeff Moody We thought we had arrived at The Basement early on Monday for The Vespers and Anderson East, but apparently the hometown crowd knew something special might be happening. It wasn’t a release show,…
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SIMO, Jack Pearson Mercy Lounge, Nashville, TN Friday, July 18, 2014 Review by Jeff Moody Photos by Shawn Jackson of Sundel Perry Photography “I have a plus one for the SIMO show at Mercy Lounge on Friday night if you are interested,” he says. The band is led by guitar virtuoso JD Simo, who…