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[Review + Photos] Muddy Roots Music Festival 2013
Review by Jared Godar. Photos by Shawn Jackson. Labor Day weekend was time to pack up the tent and head east to Cookeville for a few nights of camping and music. Several of my friends have been going to the Muddy Roots Music Festival for years, but this was my first pilgrimage. We made camp…
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[First Listen] Stream Moon Taxi’s New Album ‘Mountains Beaches Cities’ Early | Catch Them Next Week @ Live on the Green!
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know that Nashville indie rockers Moon Taxi are set to close out this season of Live on the Green as headliners, exactly one week from today- an impressive sign of progress since the band’s slot opening for Dr. John at last season’s kickoff show. If you’ve been keeping up…
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Watch Caitlin Rose Cover The National’s “Pink Rabbits”
Nashville’s own Caitlin Rose has just debuted a cover of The National‘s “Pink Rabbits,” a track which appears on the group’s most recent release, Trouble Will Find Me. Though Rose has carved out a career in country music, the singer has always had a well-documented affinity for rock and roll, and has, in the past, been…
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Live on the Green Continues w/ Local Natives, Leagues, & Lulu Mae
Four down, two to go. Can you believe that this season of Live on the Green is already winding down? It feels like we were just telling you about Matt and Kim, ZZ Ward, and Gin Wigmore, but, in the weeks since, we’ve covered Matt Nathanson, The Mowgli’s, and Erin McCarley then Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Delta Saints,…
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Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler Performed at The Bluebird Cafe, Apparently
Apparently Ed Sheeran hasn’t been the only famous singer to make an impromptu appearance this week in Music City. We had heard rumblings that Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler was in town. Not only did that prove to be true, but the 65-year-old rocker also took the time Tuesday evening to attend a songwriter’s round at The…
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Ed Sheeran Just Made a Surprise Appearance at Mercy Lounge with Passenger
Ed Sheeran is currently on tour with country pop princess Taylor Swift but, apparently, he decided to spend his off day right here in Nashville. And, not only that- Ed just made an impromptu appearance at friend and fellow British singer-songwriter Passenger‘s show this evening at Mercy Lounge. The duo performed their mashup of Blackstreet’s “No Diggity”…
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REVIEW: Live On The Green w/ Robert Randolph & The Family Band, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, & Joe Robinson | 8.29.13 [PHOTOS]
LIVE ON THE GREEN w/ Robert Randolph & The Family Band, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Joe Robinson Public Square Park; Nashville, TN August 29, 2013 Review by Jared Godar. Photos by Shawn Jackson. We’re now two-thirds of the way through Live on the Green season. As we approach the final two weeks, with Local Natives then Moon Taxi headlining,…
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John Mayer to Play Bridgestone Arena Dec. 4
Singer-songwriter John Mayer is currently winding down a run of North American performances, ahead of a world tour, and has just announced an additional string of U.S. dates for the fall. Included among them, Mayer is set to perform at Nashville’s own Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Dec. 4. John last played Bridgestone, then known as the Sommett Center, in…
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Forecastle Announces Dates for 2014
With festival season effectively winding down (there are still a handful of stragglers coming up), and fall tour season kicking into high gear, it is, inevitably, about that time where we start marking up our calendars for 2014. Don’t get us wrong, there’s still plenty of awesome music to look forward to throughout this year, but…