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Forecastle Festival in Louisville announces stellar lineup
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Did you miss out on the first four price levels of Bonnaroo tickets, and now you don’t want to drop the coin to sweat it out in Manchester this summer? Well, a suitable alternative might be right up the road at Louisville’s Waterfront Park. The Forecastle Festival is in it’s 10th year, and they…
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Cory Bishop releases a new EP Vinegar & Wine
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Nashville’s Cory Bishop released a new EP titled Vinegar & Wine yesterday. If you are a singer-songwriter fan this will be a great warm up for his full length that will release in mid-April. More information to come on that one. I’ve attached a bandcamp link to the EP below for your listening pleasure,…
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Wiz Khalifa, Sleigh Bells, MUTEMATH and more to play Vanderbilt’s Rites of Spring Festival
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The lineup is set, and tickets went on sale a couple of days ago for the annual Rites of Spring Festival at Vanderbilt’s Alumni Lawn on April 20th & 21st. The lineup includes performances by Wiz Khalifa, MUTEMATH, Sleigh Bells, Fitz & The Tantrums, Gloriana, Wick-It The Instigator, Tyler Hilton, Chancellor Warhol, & Bleaker…
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New Music Releases – 2/28/12
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Here we go again with a listing of cool new releases for February 28, 2012. As always, I’ve linked some reviews that have tracks for you to check out. It’s a pretty hefty list, so I would start with Dirty Three, Gabriel & The Hounds, Plants & Animals, and School of Seven Bells. What…
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By Lightning! wins the first Road to Bonnaroo competition!
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It was a pretty spectacular night with a lot of turnout for the 1st Road to Bonnaroo competition last night at Mercy Lounge. Eight rapid fire sets with performers giving it their all to earn a coveted spot in this year’s Bonnaroo lineup. We saw very inspired performances from all the contestants, but it…
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Lovedrug’s Residency continues tonight at 12th & Porter
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Nashville transplants Lovedrug continue their residency at 12th & Porter tonight with a performance of their 2009 release The Sucker Punch Show. Each night of this residency is building to the release show for their new record, Wild Blood, next week. In the meantime, scroll down and listen to The Sucker Punch Show in…
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The “Road To Bonnaroo” Begins Tonight at Mercy Lounge
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You may (or may not) have noticed that the posts have been scarce for the past week or so. That’s because I was rumbling along in a truck across the country to officially settle into Nashville. So, it’s fitting that we start things back up here with a reminder about the road to Bonnaroo…
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New Music Releases – 2/21/12
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We at No Country are road tripping the great United States. Not in the really fun way that you might think of touring all the great American venues from coast to coast, but in the driving a Uhaul 2,400 miles through the southern US kind of road tripping. That being said, this notable new…
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Ringo Starr to play The Ryman on July 7th
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It’s a July 7th birthday tradition for the unheralded Beatles drummer to pray for love and peace. This year those 60’s traditions will be here in our fair city of Nashville when Ringo Starr will grace the Mother Church with a little prayer session at the Hard Rock Cafe in the afternoon. You can…
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Hear a new Luke Roberts’ track
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Remember us telling you about Luke Roberts a few months ago? Well, the Nashvillian, New Yorker, adventurer, and Nashvillian again Luke Roberts is at it again. He has a new record titled The Iron Gates At Throop and Newport that will release on March 20th via Thrill Jockey. You can pre-order that record here. …