![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Mavis Staples w/ MJ Lenderman | Jan. 24 @ The Ryman](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Mavis-Staples-2025-1800-Credit-Elizabeth-De-La-Piedra.jpeg)
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Legendary Chicago R&B and gospel soul singer (not to mention actress and activist) Mavis Staples has had, without a doubt, one of the most impressive careers in all of soul music. The now 86-year-old’s musical beginnings span all the way back to the 1950s, rising to prominence with her family group The Staple Sisters, but younger…

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Folk, Americana, and bluegrass supergroup I’m With Her had met and crossed paths coming up in the bluegrass scene in the 2000s, but it was an impromptu performance together at the 2014 Telluride Bluegrass Festival, where they realized how much chemistry that they had as collaborators, that the group was formed, adopting the name…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Margo Price w/ Rattlesnake Milk | Nov. 20 @ The Ryman](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Margo-Price-2025-1800-Credit-Yana-Yatsuk.jpg)
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It’s hard to believe it’s been almost a decade since local outlaw country and Americana artist Margo Price released her breakout debut album Midwest Farmer’s Daughter, launching her to international fame as one of the stars of alt, neotraditionalist country, earning universal critical acclaim, and even landing her on SNL as musical guest mere…

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When last we updated you about resident local rocker and beloved Paramore singer Hayley Williams, at the end of July, she’d just surprise-released a batch of 17 new songs, which, initially, were mysteriously presented as standalone singles for fans to discover and experience in whatever order they chose. Soon after hitting streaming services, and…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] I’m With Her w/ Ye Vagabonds | Nov. 16 @ The Ryman](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Im-With-Her-2025-1200-Credit-Alysse-Gafkjen.jpg)
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Folk, Americana, and bluegrass supergroup I’m With Her had met and crossed paths coming up in the bluegrass scene in the 2000s, but it was an impromptu performance together at the 2014 Telluride Bluegrass Festival, where they realized how much chemistry that they had as collaborators, that the group was formed, adopting the name…
![REVIEW: Bill Murray & His Blood Brothers | 10.22.25 @ The Ryman Auditorium [PHOTOS]](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bill-Murray-The-Ryman-10-22-25-Credit-Mary-Beth-Blankenship-15.jpg)
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Bill Murray & His Blood Brothersw/ Dan Tyminski and Phillip LammondsThe Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TNOctober 22, 2025 Review by Philip Obenschain. Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. When I say Bill Murray, you probably think of his acting accomplishments- from SNL to iconic ’80s comedies to a turn to the dramatic in the ’90s and ’00s-…

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Legendary actor and comedian Bill Murray is certainly a man who needs no introduction, from his early days as a pioneering cast member on Saturday Night Live in the ’70s, to starring into some of the most iconic comedy films of all time in the ’80s and ’90s, to becoming something of an indie…

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Formed in 2002 in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona, indie pop and rock duo The Format, made up of vocalist Nate Ruess and multi-instrumentalist Sam Means, are one of those rare bands who became significantly more popular after disbanding than they ever really were back in their initial, short-lived but extremely fruitful six year…

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A native of Asheville, NC, Mark Jacob Lenderman, better known as MJ Lenderman, was raised in a musical household, exposed to a wide variety of artists from a young age, and finding, like many kids of the 2000s, a love for a wide breadth of rock thanks to the popularity of Guitar Hero. Jake- who was…
![REVIEW: Alex G w/ Nilüfer Yanya | 10.4.25 @ The Ryman Auditorium [PHOTOS]](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/MG_9674-copy.jpg)
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Alex Gw/ Nilüfer YanyaThe Ryman Auditorium; NashvilleOctober 4, 2025 Review by Philip Obenschain. Photos by Ben Burton. Lo-fi indie rocker Alex G began releasing music in 2011, the same year No Country For New Nashville was founded, so he’s an artist we’ve always had a particular fondness for, as we’ve watched him grow from…