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Band of smokin’ hot soul rockers Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights brought their ‘A’ game and a shared stash of hot new tunes with a packed house at 3rd & Lindsley last Sunday, May 19th. Due to traffic backup from never-ending weekend construction on I-40, I wasn’t able to make it back to Nashville in…
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Those of you that have followed this rag for a while know that we’ve got a soft spot in our ears for The Kingston Springs. They were one of the first bands in Nashville that I promptly started bragging on when I began force feeding my musical opinions into your eyes, and that hasn’t…
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Daniel Ellsworth and The Great Lakes are an awesome group of transplants from all over that now call Nashville home. They’re about to hit the road yet again in support of their new album, Civilized Man, and we had the chance to check-in with them before they left town for a 15-city adventure that…
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Badass, simply badass. Check out the new Daytrotter Session from Diamond Rugs. If you aren’t a Daytrotter member, you’ll have to drop your $24 to make this happen. I posted the cut “Motherland” below to entice you. Also, as this post published, Diamond Rugs released a new track “Blue Mountains” over at Vice. We…
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Are you stuck trying to keep up with the happenings of SXSW from your computer at work? Yeah, I’m that guy this week too, but, fret not friends, our friends at Daytrotter are webcasting a ton of shows to make you feel like a part of the action. You can see the full lineup…
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The Daytrotter updates just keep coming this week. While the little studio (known as the “Horseshack”) in Rock Island, Il keeps pumping out great sessions by more up and coming artists than you can keep up with, there was also an announcement that they were going to have to start charging folks a couple…
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This has been in my email inbox for months. I first heard Gun Lake (aka Mark Fain) on Turntable several months ago, and met him right there in that little land of avatars. Luckily, I wowed him with this video clip, and from there a mutual appreciation was born. Actually, I don’t know how…
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Singer/songwriters Joy Williams and John Paul White (dba The Civil Wars) met in Nashville in 2008, and the chemistry was immediate. After their first gig in Nashville, they were in the studio with producer Charlie Peacock working on music. The duo’s second ever performance was recorded and released for free as the live album,…
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Do you know about Nashville’s own Mona? Well, if the predictions are correct, you are going to know about them very soon. Mona is blowing up in the UK right now. They were long listed in the BBC’s Sound of 2011 poll (a UK poll of bands that are about to get huge). Past…