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Via Instagram user @hauserpromo. Yusaf Islam, commonly known by his former/musical stage name Cat Stevens, and now frequently referred to as Yusaf/Cat Stevens, played his first Nashville show in 40 years last night at the historic Ryman Auditorium. Unsurprisingly, the iconic singer-songwriter delivered an epic, career-spanning set, and even invited out a few guests, one of…
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Out in support of their great new album and first in six years, Solid States, Washington-bred power pop and alt rock pioneers The Posies are set to return to Nashville tonight, Sept. 26 for the first time in years to perform at The Basement with locals Benjamin A. Harper and Montessori Dads. 30 years into their career, the beloved duo feel as fresh and acclaimed…
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AmericanaFest 2016 is in full swing in Nashville, and that means that we have another round of awards for their top artists. The big winners of the 15th annual event last night included Jason Isbell nabbing Album Of The Year and Song Of The Year, Chris Stapleton winning Artist Of The Year, and Margo…
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Easily one of the most influential record labels in all of Music City, as well as a taste maker in the garage psych/punk/metal/rock movement nationally and beyond, Infinity Cat Recordings holds a very near and dear place in our collective hearts here at No Country. You can bet pretty much every artist on their growing…
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Is Kesha making music with Taylor Swift? Thanks to a recent cryptic Instagram post from the famed party pop singer, many fans seem to believe that might just be the case. Only recently beginning to return to recording and performing, despite failed attempts to get out of her contract after several years of personal struggles and an ugly public legal battle with both…
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Memphis bred and now Franklin based musical superstar Justin Timberlake, who recently joined Pilgrimage Fest as a partner and producer, spent the bulk of the past few years touring in support of his epic 2013 double album, The 20/20 Experience. We caught and loved his second stop in Nashville over the course of the run, naming it…
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Launched in 2014 by corporate radio conglomerate Clear Channel, and distributed through their sprawling iHeartRadio network digitally as well as through traditional terrestrial airwaves, ALT 98.3 was conceived as Nashville-based offering for rock and alternative programming, finding a wonderful balance between genre hits (lots of ’90s grunge and alternative in particular) and contemporary and local tunes,…
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To call Will Toledo prolific might be an understatement. The creative force behind Car Seat Headrest, Toledo released an impressive 11 records via Bandcamp while he was in college, and, reportedly even first started recording vocals in the backseat of his car for privacy, thus the name of the band. Toledo’s DIY ethos, dynamic…
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that southern Louisiana was hit hard by record breaking flooding earlier this month, and tens of thousands lost homes and have been displaced during the historic event. So, what are we going to do in Music City to help them in their time of need? Throw…