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Bonnaroo preview – J Roddy Walston & The Business
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These bluesy roadhouse rockers evoke the sounds of Jerry Lee Lewis, Led Zepplin, or a Jack White jam session with a case of beer. The buzz is out about them with recent write ups from NPR, Hear Ya, The New York Times (though that is really more about their touring van), & The Washington…
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Bonnaroo (and Music City Roots) preview – Kopecky Family Band
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Nashville’s own Kopecky Family Band has been a family on fire for the past couple of years. After the release of their first EP, Embraces, in 2008, the band started touring. They blew away the Next Big Nashville Music Festival in the fall of 2009, then SXSW in the spring of 2010, followed by…
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Gary Clark Jr. – Bonnaroo preview
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All I’m gonna say is “weaned on…. Lightnin’ Hopkins” Check Gary Clark Jr. out at Bonnaroo’s On Tap Lounge on Saturday, June 11 from 4:00 to 4:50 pm. Great live video below, and more at the artist’s Bonnaroo webpage. You Don’t Owe A Thing [youtube_sc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECbgzgvfG4Y&w=560&h=349]
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Tristen and Holly Golightly at The End (5/28)
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Rising Nashville starlet Tristen is getting a lot of press these days, from a review by NPR, a slot in this year’s Bonnaroo festival, and a mention by Spin Magazine as one of the 25 “must-hear” acts at Bonnaroo, and now a gig with 20 year veteran, Holly Golightly. Her new album, Charlatans at…
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Bonnaroo preview – JEFF the Brotherhood
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Nashville’s sons (and brothers) of Rock n’ Roll. We don’t really need any introduction to this dynamic, Nashville music force. I first heard about this band while living in San Francisco several years back, and I saw as a promising sign for the Nashville music scene that I wanted to be a part of. …
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GIVERS – Bonnaroo preview
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For those of you that follow other blogs and tweets and whatnot, you don’t really need an introduction to GIVERS. Their poppy, almost like a new generation’s Paul Simon Graceland, has captured the hearts of some many music critics. Almost an accident in coming together, this band has seized opportunity to the fullest and…
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Spin Magazine’s 25 Must-Hear Acts at Bonnaroo 2011
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Clearly riding the coat tails of No Country for New Nashville’s success with the Bonnaroo preview series (ha, ha), Spin Magazine has released a top 25 Must -Hear list of artists at this year’s Bonnaroo festival. Click here to see who they are highlighting for this year’s fest. We have already posted about Nashville’s…
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Hanni El Khatib – Bonnaroo preview (and The End)
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Is San Francisco rocker Hanni El Khatib a one-man Black Keys? Well, wait, he plays live with a drummer…. making him a two-piece… just like the Black Keys. Regardless, he has that hard driving, dive bar, whiskey drinking, shooting pool with your head nodding, kind of sound. I wish I could see this guy…
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Bonnaroo Preview – MiniBoone
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Dude, is that Rock n’ Roll I hear!?!?!?! The distinctive punch-you-in-the-face-then-hug-you sound is super prevalent along with the fastest hair growth in Brooklyn (see video below). I guess that has helped MiniBoone to book shows in most of the New York venues, and to become one of the “must see bands of NYC”. They…