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Tickets to the PBS taping of Bluegrass Underground‘s 5th season SOLD OUT in minutes. The good news is that your friends at BGU have put together a contest where one lucky person will win a Bucket List package that includes two priority seating passes for the March 27, 28 & 29 PBS tapings, accommodations for two…
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Singer-songwriter and dual instrumentalist Liz Longley will release her self-titled fourth full-length on March 17. The album, her debut on Sugar Hill Records, was produced by Gus Berry at Ocean Way Studios with the type of all-pro band that you could only find here. Longley penned all eleven tracks during a period of transition, and while…
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Austin-based singer songwriter Joe Pug will release his third album, Windfall, on Tuesday, March 10. In anticipation of its release, Pug has debuted two more new songs: “Burn and Shine,” which premiered on The Bluegrass Situation, and “The Measure,” on Folk Alley, who described Pug as artistically fitting with the likes of Bob Dylan, John Prine, Steve Earle, and John…
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The Attic Sessions are a series of short films that feature intimate, taped performances and interviews in The Attic Lounge, backstage at Nashville’s historic War Memorial Auditorium. These candid documentaries of guest artists playing their songs and sharing their stories add to the efforts to promote Nashville as the premier live music city in the…
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Jorma Kaukonen. Photo by Sundel Perry. Jorma Kaukonen City Winery, Nashville, TN February 28, 2015 Review by Jeff Moody Photos by Shawn Jackson of Sundel Perry Photography. Best known as a founding member of both Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, legendary guitarist/songwriter Jorma Kaukonen stopped by City Winery Nashville this past Saturday night for a solo show…
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It is a busy time for local singer-songwriter Andrew Combs. His sophomore album, All These Dreams, was released today, and he’s set to play a free in-store at Grimey’s tonight at 6 p.m. There is also full show tomorrow night, Wednesday, March 4, at The Basement with The Deslondes and Erin Rae. We already told you about the new…
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The Lowest Pair Bobby’s Idle Hour, Nashville, TN February 24, 2015 Review by Jeff Moody I’d been planning to catch a show at Bobby’s Idle Hour for some time, but kept not making it for one reason or another. So, when I heard that The Lowest Pair would be stopping by in between opening for…
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Sean Watkins. Sean Watkins w/ Jill Andrews The Basement; Nashville, TN February 18, 2015 Review by Jeff Moody After being stranded out of town last week and then returning to find several canceled shows, I was glad that the Sean Watkins and Jill Andrew‘s show at The Basement would go on as scheduled. It was…
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The Lowest Pair opened for Trampled By Turtles on a few dates including the Ryman earlier this month. So, how cool is it that they are making a stop at Bobby’s Idle Hour tonight as part of their solo tour before heading to SWSW next month? We rarely spend time at Bobby’s, and it marks our first…
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Sean Watkins, founder and guitarist for the Grammy award winning trio Nickel Creek, is on tour to support of his fourth solo album, All I Do Is Lie, with a performance at The Basement on Thursday, February 19. Local singer-songwriter, Jill Andrews, is also performing on this leg of the tour. Note this is an…