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Our main goal at No Country is to share music from our favorite local artists and touring acts that hit Nashville. Now you can get straight to listening on our Nashville Spotify playlist. Local music additions: “Ragged Child” by Chrome Pony “Waste A Moment’ by Kings of Leon – Playing Ascend Amphitheater on October 6…
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Texas bred, Nashville based Americana songstress and fiddle virtuoso Amanda Shires is gearing up to release her fifth solo album, My Piece of Land, a highly-anticipated followup to 2013’s Down Fell the Doves. Helmed by breakout local super producer Dave Cobb, who’s worked with everyone from Chris Stapleton to Anderson East to Shires’ husband Jason Isbell, the forthcoming…
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“Celebrating 15 years of magic” was the tagline of Bonnaroo this year, as the seminal festival, inarguably a catalyst for helping usher in a boom of American festival interest, crossed a major milestone. For those who attended Bonnaroo 2002, Bonnaroo 2016 might feel like a distant cousin, having transformed, incrementally at first, into something more eclectic, something…
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Bonnaroo Artist | Amanda Shires Bonnaroo History | 2013 Stage & Time | Friday | New Music on Tap Lounge | 5:30 p.m. As we’ve been doing for the past several years now, we’re making it our mission to help you get acquainted with as many bands as we can from Bonnaroo‘s impressive 2016 lineup. In addition to the main stage…
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This weekend, June 9-13, we head back to nearby Manchester, TN for the 15th year of Bonnaroo! As the epic festival fast approaches (check out our breakdown of ticket and camping options if you’re the procrastinating type), and as our exhaustive coverage of every single performer on the bill winds down, we wanted to help you get…
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In celebration of Bob Dylan‘s 75th birthday, an all-star lineup has been assembled to pay tribute to the artist at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium for Dylan Fest 75 on May 23 & 24. Announced artists include Emmylou Harris, Jason Isbell, Kacey Musgraves, Ann Wilson, Kurt Vile, Wynonna & The Big Noise, Kesha, City & Colour,…
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If you’ve caught Jason Isbell performing around town in recent years, then you’ve also seen his backup singer and violinist (and wife) Amanda Shires. The two make incredible music together, but, as we’ve been raving about for awhile now, Shires also has her own thing going on; the former member of Bob Wills’ band…
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Reinforcing his unprecedented popularity, Nashville southern rock/alt-country crooner Jason Isbell has announced four consecutive shows this fall at The Ryman, Oct. 23-26. Still celebrating the success of his fantastic 2013 release Southeastern, the singer-songwriter will receive support from a different act each night. In order, they are: Amanda Shires, Parker Milsap, Hurray for the Riff Raff, and Chris Stapleton, respectively. Tickets are slated…
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As we dive deeper and deeper into winter, the more and more excited we are getting about running amuck in Austin with more bands than you could put on 20 festival schedules for this year’s SXSW Music Conference. We already told you about the strong Nashville representation in the first wave of artist announcements…
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JASON ISBELL, and Sturgill Simpson Mercy Lounge, Nashville, TN 12/15/13 Words by: Jacob Ryan (@GonzoWithGusto) Photos by: Shawn Jackson of Sundel Perry Photography What a night! Odds are you missed out on this epic SOLD OUT show at Mercy Lounge but don’t worry gang. We’ll do our best to at least let you…