Though they began making music together after meeting in a Belmont guitar seminar just over a decade ago, local duo Striking Matches first found widespread attention through ABC’s Nashville, which, from its very first season, featured a number of their original tunes performed by the show’s cast. After landing on the newly-relaunched I.R.S. Records (and since transitioning to…
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Most often when an artist announces a “double album release,” you think of a bloated LP with twice as many tricks. For eclectic, impressionistic local alternative rocker Tony Raney, however, it’s a much more ambitious undertaking: the simultaneous release of two distinctly different records, Soft & Dirty and Zoonosis, each with their own distinct sonic and thematic…
We’ve been buzzing about it for months, and the week has finally arrived, as we prepare to head to Franklin’s Park at Harlinsdale this weekend, Sept. 22 & 23 for the fourth annual Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival. We had a blast at years one, two, and three, and with an expanded lineup, new performance areas and amenities, and additional changes…
Working on your weekend plans (and sticking around town rather than heading to Franklin for Pilgrimage Fest)? Per usual, we’ve got you covered! Check out all of our top show picks in This Weekend in Nashville!
We’ve been buzzing about it for months, and the week has finally arrived, as we prepare to head to Franklin’s Park at Harlinsdale this weekend, Sept. 22 & 23 for the fourth annual Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival. We had a blast at years one, two, and three, and with an expanded lineup, new performance areas and amenities, and additional changes…
Kevin Griffin at Pilgrimage 2016. Photo by Mary-Beth Blankenship. It was only a few years ago that Better Than Ezra frontman and accomplished songwriter and producer Kevin Griffin was out for a jog near his home in Franklin (having recently relocated from Los Angeles, and, before that, his native New Orleans), when he gazed upon the picturesque…
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Paramorew/ Coin, Bully, Canon Blue, Liza Anne, NightingailNashville Municipal Auditorium; Nashville, TNSeptember 7, 2018 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Roxy Moure. On Friday, at Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Music City’s biggest rock band, Paramore, hosted, headlined, and curated a mini day fest called Art + Friends, a loveletter to their hometown and an end of tour celebration,…
We’ve been watching Phangs create flawless pop music since his debut single “Cul De Sac” back in 2016. As Phangs, songwriter Jake Germany planned out a trio of emotional pop EP’s: Get In My Arms, Happy Season and the final, newly released collection No One Loves You. The release, stylized N°1 Loves You, wraps…