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Alt-country americana singer-songwriter Lindi Ortega cut her teeth for nearly a decade in her hometown Toronto’s indie scene before relocating to Nashville. Her brand of super authentic country music infused with traditional folk music of America and Mexico as well as gospel, soul, and alternative rock make her much-adored by critics and music lovers…
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Over the past 11 years since its humble beginnings, East Nashville’s Tomato Art Fest has turned into one of the premiere street festivals in the south. It’s packed with parades, family events, music, art, and more drinks than you can shake a stick at. This year the fest returns to 5 Points on Aug.…
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And the post-Bonnaroo show announcements keep rolling in. Local Grammy Award winning breakout country singer Kacey Musgraves, whose Bonnaroo set absolutely floored us, and whose highly-anticiped sophomore album, Pageant Material, just dropped today, has announced her first Music City show in a minute, headlining, for the first time, at The Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 23! A fresh and refreshing…
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Twin Peaks w/ Secret Club The High Watt; Nashville, TN 6/15/15 Words by: Jacob Ryan (@GonzoWithGusto). Photos by: Briana Mailley In the world of music blogging, there ain’t no rest for weary, especially in Music City, where the shows never take a night off. It may have been the Monday after Bonnaroo, but we still…
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The post-Bonnaroo radius clause free show announcements just keep rolling in. Another one of our festival faves, England’s Glass Animals have announced a Music City return, Oct. 8 at Marathon Music Works! As you may recall, the poppy, indie, experimental, psych rock group brought the house down late last year at Exit/In, and their upcoming show, honed by another…
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Celebrating the release of their long awaited and highly anticipated sophomore album, Another Eternity, which finally arrived back in February (and proved well worth the wait), Canadian synthpop duo Purity Ring have just announced a fall world tour, which includes a Sept. 8 show at our very own Marathon Music Works– the group’s first Music City outing in more than two…
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Did you catch that epic Run the Jewels set last weekend at Bonnaroo? If so, then you’re surely chomping at the bit to see them again as soon as possible. And, if not, then you’re really due for some killer, alternative hip hop in your life. Following incredible outings at Exit/In in 2013 and 2014, and, like clockwork, the…
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Earlier this week we sat down with local garage/blues punk rockers That’s My Kid to talk about music, life and the grind of trying to make it as a band in Music City. Although they are still shopping for a label, the group are generating a lot of buzz around town after the release…
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Sol Cat, Future Unlimited, Chrome Pony Acme Feed & Seed; Nashville, TN June 9, 2015 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival; Manchester, TN June 14, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Every single Tuesday since last summer, we’ve been teaming up with hip downtown restaurant and performance space Acme Feed & Seed to host…
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Local reggae rockers Floralorix have wrapped up their debut album, Bloombox, which is set for release later this summer, and we here at No Country couldn’t be happier to premiere their first single entitled “Am The One”. The No Country Presents alums are releasing the LP through local reggae leaning label Dub Cellar…