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Los Angeles hard rock outfit Badflower sprung onto the scene just over a decade ago (though several members had been playing together for a number of years already, first meeting as teens), attracting label interest and buzz beyond their native SoCal almost instantly thanks to their hard-hitting, energetic live show, and inking a major…
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Accomplished both as a pop artist in her own right, and a in-demand collaborator with artists like Quinn XCII, Louis the Child, Noah Kahan, Kygo, The Band CAMINO, and more, from pop to EDM to indie to folk, singer-songwriter Chelsea Cutler has, perhaps, had no collaboration more successful or acclaimed than those with friend…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Mat Kearney w/ Darren Kiely | Sept. 19 @ The Ryman](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Mat-Kearney-2024-1800-Credit-Orchee-Sorker.jpg)
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Though he born and raised in Oregon, and began making music while attending college in California, Nashville is both where singer-songwriter Mat Kearney first felt inspired to pursue music as career (after coming to town on a whim to help his friend and producer Robert Marvin move), and also where he’s lived for most…

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Joan Jett & the Blackheartsw/ Karley Scott CollinsThe Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TNAugust 25, 2024 Whether you’ve seen her rocking arenas, stadiums, and amphitheaters in support of fellow legends like Motley Crue and Def Leppard, Journey, The Who, Bryan Adams, Heart, Styx, or, most recently, Alanis Morissette, across Nashville over the last decade, Joan Jett…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Passenger w/ SYML | Aug. 30 @ The Ryman](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Passenger-2024-1800-Credit-Mila-Austin.jpg)
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What began as a band in the 2000s, and continued on as a solo moniker following the group’s split in 2009, Passenger is the musical alias of English singer-songwriter Michael Rosenberg, who began seriously making music as a teen, going so far as to drop out of school to pursue it full-time. After a…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] PJ Morton w/ The Cavemen. & Clint Coley | Aug. 26 @ The Ryman](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/PJ-Mortonn-2024-1800-Credit-Patrick-Melon.jpg)
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Versatile, acclaimed, Grammy winning r&b, pop, and soul artist PJ Morton was born and raised in New Orleans, immersed from a young in the city’s rich musical scene by his gospel singer father and pastor mother. Throughout the 2000s, after relocating to Los Angeles, he became an in-demand studio collaborator for his skillful keyboard…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Lucky Daye w/ Fana Hues | July 23 @ The Ryman Auditorium](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Lucky-Daye-2024-1200.jpg)
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Born David Brown and hailing from New Orleans, genre-bending R&B breakout Lucky Daye initially found a love and affinity for music through church, eventually branching out to secular artists and finding a love for classic R&B, soul, and funk. Honing his craft in Atlanta, and now based in Los Angeles, Daye’s first taste of…
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Formed nearly 25 years ago in Portland, Oregon, folk and baroque pop infused indie rock outfit The Decemberists have, over many years, cemented their legacy as one of the smartest, most prolific, most enduring and endearing bands of modern era. Led by bookish troubadour Colin Meloy, the group established a knack for crafting poetic, imaginative, history-referencing, and…
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Sum 41w/ The Interrupters, Joey Valence & BraeThe Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TNMay 14, 20204 Review by Philip Obenschain. Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Sometimes, when bands announce a planned breakup or farewell tour, it’s met with a healthy dose of warranted skepticism, when all too often a reunion tour, comeback album, or change a mind…

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To simply peg Say Anything as an emo or pop punk band, or merely a product of the explosive 2000s pop punk scene, would be to sell short their long, nuanced, and expansive history, throughout which they’ve become one of their era’s greatest rock bands, period. Helmed by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Max Bemis, the group formed in 2000,…