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Bonnaroo week is upon us, and, as we prepare to head down to Manchester this weekend, June 8-11, for what is shaping up to be a stellar 16th year for the nearby event, and as we wind down our Band of the Day individual artist spotlight series, we wanted to help you get ready by…
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Local southern blues rockers, and longtime friends of the blog, Blackfoot Gypsies recently released the debut single to their upcoming third full-length To The Top. “Potatoes and Whiskey” features more of the Nashville twang than many of their blues fried tracks in the past, and will certainly be a moment to take your breath during their…
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Louisville indie/psych rockers and festival faves My Morning Jacket have announced a summer run of tour dates, which brings them back through Music City for another gig at Ascend Amphitheater, the site of their last Music City outing in 2015, on July 7. While other supporting acts for the run include The Record Company, Gary Clark…
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For the past few years, the No Country team has nominated all of our favorite records of the past year from a “National” and Nashville perspective, then put them to a vote to come up with top ten lists for each. Our team is diverse with individual tastes all across the spectrum, and, accordingly, we usually…
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It’s so secret that we’re huge fans of local country starlet Margo Price, whose career we’ve followed closely since her Buffalo Clover days, and, if you’re familiar with Price, then you surely know she’s had a huge year, thanks to the well-deserved and widespread success of her debut, solo, revivalist country masterpiece, Midwest Farmer’s Daughter. Of late,…
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We’ve been following the rise of throwback country singer-songwriter Margo Price since her days as a member of Buffalo Clover. Thanks to the release of her latest album, Midwest Farmer’s Daughter, and a little help from Jack White, she’s become a nationally-known name. One of the stand out tracks on the record is “Hands of Time,” which candidly tells…
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Long running radio variety show A Prairie Home Companion started their 2016 season over the weekend, but with one major change, no Garrison Keillor. Keillor, who created the beloved show in 1974, retired last year, and virtuoso mandolinist Chris Thile (Nickel Creek, The Punch Brothers) took over as host to carry the torch into its…
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Photo by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Many of our region’s best festivals were already firmly established before we ever started covering them. Many others we watched emerged with promise, only to disappear after one year, a testament to just how hard it is to pull off an event at this scale, in an increasingly saturated summer music…
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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. 24 & 25 for the second annual Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival. We had a blast at last year’s inaugural event, and expect year two to be bigger and better in every way, thanks…
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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…