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Bonnaroo Sets “Concerts on the Farm” Series For May, July
Standalone, Covid safe, summer concerts at the Bonnaroo farm, featuring The Avett Brothers, Jon Pardi, and Billy Strings? Sign us up! With several months to go until the general public will be vaccinated enough to resume something akin to normalcy, it’s hard to imagine in this exact moment, but with a little patience, self-control,…
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Nü Mangos Tackle Religion, Channel ’80s Nostalgia with “Lets Burn Down the Church”
Longtime readers will surely remember The Jag, a band of Mississippi transplants who sprung onto the local scene a number of years ago, honing an eclectic and retro-inspired take on psych rock, which helped make them an integral part of Nashville’s underground rock landscape. And if it seems like you haven’t heard much from…
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![[NO COUNTRY PREMIERE] Bre Kennedy Reflects on Lost Time with New Fall Ballad “Where Did Summer Go?”](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BreKennedy2020-1200.jpg)
[NO COUNTRY PREMIERE] Bre Kennedy Reflects on Lost Time with New Fall Ballad “Where Did Summer Go?”
When last we checked in with local indie pop singer-songwriter Bre Kennedy , back in the spring, when we premiered her home-shot music video for remotely recorded single “Feel It All,” the Covid pandemic was still in its early days, leading to so much uncertainty as to how long our city’s shutdown would last, and…
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![[NO COUNTRY PREMIERE] Touma Unveils Stylish New Video for Dance-Primed Heartbreak Anthem “Fading Out (Epilogue)”](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Touma2020-1200.jpeg)
[NO COUNTRY PREMIERE] Touma Unveils Stylish New Video for Dance-Primed Heartbreak Anthem “Fading Out (Epilogue)”
It’s been nearly a year since we first introduced you to Touma, the solo project of local indie staple Kacie Williams, with the premiere of her etherial, Aaron Marsh produced debut (at least under the Touma moniker) single, “Bodyguard.” Since then, Williams has stayed extraordinarily busy, performing as part of local emo/indie outfit Early Humans, and…
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Bonnaroo Goes Remote with Weekend-Long Virtual ROO-ALITY Digital Fest
It’s been several months since the nearby Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, originally slotted for its typical June weekend with such a great lineup that it sold out in record time, then rescheduled for what would’ve been this weekend as Covid effectively put the entire live music industry on pause, before, like every single 2020 festival…
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Sad13, Lisa Prank, Rose Melberg, More Team Up for Unlikely Indie Tribute to ABC/CMT’s ‘Nashville,’ Organized by Tacocat’s Bree McKenna
Regular readers may remember our love for Seattle indie punk group Tacocat, a band we always make a point to recommend any time they stop through town. What you may not know, however, is that Tacocat’s bassist, Bree McKenna, happens to be a big fan of ABC/CMT musical drama Nashville, which, of course, was filmed right…
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Musician’s Corner Kicks Off Virtual Fall Sundown Series | TONIGHT w/ Erin Rae
One local musical cancelation back in the COVID beginnings of spring that might have slid under your radar, as it didn’t get the broad attention of Bonnaroo-sized festivals, was Musician’s Corner, the free spring and summer festival series in Centennial Park, which has been going on now for over a decade and has long been another site…
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Live On The Green Goes Virtual with Five-Day Live On My Green Radio Broadcast
In a normal year, we would’ve spent our last several Thursdays in Public Square Park, enjoying what would no doubt have been a stellar twelfth season of Live on the Green, Nashville’s premiere annual free, outdoor music fest, and a beloved fixture of our festival season, which would be winding down with its signature Labor…
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After Postponement, Bonnaroo Officially Cancels 2020 Fest, Announces 2021 Dates
If you’ve been following our regularly-updated guide to 2020’s rapidly changing music festival landscape over the past several months, this should come as no surprise, but long-running, nearby Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, our favorite summer fest to cover each and every year, has officially been canceled for 2020, following a short-lived postponement from…
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No Country Guide to 2020’s Changing Music Festival Landscape
Photo by Andrew Ha. When we first put together this guide to track changes, cancelations, and postponements for the 2020 festival season, it was back in mid-March, still in the early days of public and government response to the COVID-19 pandemic, when so much of the future seemed wholly uncertain. While we’ve maintained updates to…