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By Contributor Jared Godar This year’s Live on the Green has been incredible. We’ve covered the first three events featuring Matt and Kim, ZZ Ward, and Gin Wigmore; then Matt Nathanson, The Mowgli’s, and local Erin McCarley, and last week’s event with Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Delta Saints, and Luella & The Sun. It’s hard to believe…
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A brand new day fest, Block Buster, is coming to town, and it’s not in a spot you’d typically think of for catching a ton of live music: along Demonbreun. Nonetheless, the lineup is killer and we’re proud to be sponsoring the Dan McGuinness stage for the event. Music will take places at three other locations, Tin Roof, South,…
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School’s back in session, the summer’s winding down, and fall tour announcements are piling up left and right. In the coming weeks, we’ll be bringing you coverage on some fests at the local level, running more exciting contests, looking back at some of our favorite summer shows, and gearing up for a ton of…
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Who’s excited that it is Friday? This weekend features some of our favorite local and touring bands. And, while the weather is finally behaving like August, the music scene this weekend is just as hot. Things get started with Lightning 100’s band of the week at Soulshine, and they end with the 30th anniversary…
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Back in June, we raved about Rayland Baxter‘s performance at Bonnaroo. The Nashville native, who released his debut album, feathers & fishHooks last year on ATO Records, recently debuted a few new things we think you oughta know about. First off, the folky singer-songwriter just released his brand new EP, ashkeLon, which he recorded live at East…
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Nashville country pop princess Taylor Swift recently invited Canadian indie pop duo Tegan and Sara to perform their hit “Closer” with her at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Surprise guests are not an unusual occurrence at T-Swift concerts, but this one is especially of note because both artists, albeit separately, are coming to Nashville in about…
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Just like they did back in June with “Wishes,” Nashville rockers Tesla Rossa have dropped a brand new single, “Vacation,” as a 7″, available today on limited-edition clear gold vinyl and as a digital download. A video for the track is forthcoming. And, like before, the band are set to headline a release show, set to take…
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Nashville electro-rockers Vinyl Thief recently released a music video for “Faces,” a track which appears on the group’s 2012 Rebel Hill EP. The video, which was shot and filtered using Instagram, is unique in that it was crowd-sourced. The band employed the help of 30 different fans to film all at once on their…