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REVIEW: First Aid Kit | 7.12.23 @ The Ryman Auditorium [PHOTOS]
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First Aid Kitw/ The Weather StationThe Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TNJuly 12, 2023 Review by Philip Obenschain. Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Though they hail from Sweden, indie folk sister duo First Aid Kit have been no strangers to Nashville throughout their career, and, in fact, have made it to Music City on tour around the…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Calexico and Iron & Wine w/ Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn | Feb. 11 @ The Ryman
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Individually acclaimed for their respective decades of fantastic individual work, folk and Tex-Mex infused indie rock duo Calexico and indie folk troubadour Iron & Wine first teamed up for a collective release way back in ’05, a fan-favorite EP called In the Reins. Though they remained friendly and occasionally guested on each other’s work in the ensuing years, their…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Shovels & Rope w/ Hayes Carll | Nov. 6 @ The Ryman Auditorium
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It’s been an exciting year for Charleston folk and Americana husband and wife duo and longtime site favorite Shovels & Rope, who, in addition to releasing a stellar new album, By Blood, have notably also released a children’s book and a unique concert film, Shovels & Rope: The Movie, all in 2019. Out in support, the duo…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Sleater-Kinney w/ Joseph Keckler | Oct. 21 @ The Ryman Auditorium
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Undoubtedly one of the most important punk bands of the last 25 years, Washington’s Sleater-Kinney, who returned in 2014 after a near decade-long split, released a comeback album the following year, and played their first Nashville show in ages, at Marathon Music Works, shortly thereafter, have in recent years settled into their status as both…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Marina w/ LPX | Sept. 20 @ The Ryman
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Out in support of great new double album Love + Fear, her first in four years and first under her newly shortened moniker, eclectic pop singer Marina (formerly Marina and the Diamonds) is set to make her headlining debut at Nashville’s own Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 20. One of the most unique and interesting pop artists of the last decade, we can’t…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Ray LaMontagne w/ Kacy & Clayton | Oct. 29 & 30 @ The Ryman
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Since the release of his debut album 15 years ago, folky, earnest northeastern singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne has consistently been one of the most interesting, eclectic, and beloved figures in the folk scene, cementing his legacy with each passing release as one of his generation’s most talented singer-songwriters. After tapping well-known artists like Dan Auerbach and Jim James…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Snarky Puppy w/ House of Waters | Sept. 18 @ The Ryman
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Fans of jazz-rooted, worldly, genre-bending music are surely already familiar with New York by way of Texas outfit Snarky Puppy, who, over 15 years and 13 albums, have become one of the most celebrated contemporary fixtures on the world music and fusion landscape, employing a massive lineup and prolific output, regularly touring the globe. No…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Common w/ Maimouna Youssef | Aug. 22 @ The Ryman
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If you’re Gen Xer, you might primarily think of multi-faceted Chicago hip hop artist Common as an underground, profound alternative MC who came up under the moniker Common Sense. If you’re a millennial, you might first associate him with Kanye West, No I.D., and his breakout mainstream and award-winning LPs of the mid-00s. And if you’re…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Herbie Hancock | Aug. 11 @ The Ryman Auditorium
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Undoubtedly one of the most important, influential, long-lasting, and evolutionary artists to spring out of the jazz space, pioneering ’60s jazz with the great Miles Davis, before going on to influence jazz fusion, electronic jazz, r&b, and even hip hop and electronic music, Herbie Hancock has proven capable of profund, critically-acclaimed reinvention decade after decade, capping off…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Mandolin Orange w/ Bonny Light Horseman | Sept. 6 @ The Ryman Auditorium
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Out in support of their sixth and, perhaps, best LP to date, Tides of a Teardrop, beloved North Carolina folk/Americana duo Mandolin Orange are set to return to The Ryman Auditorium later their summer for not one, but two headlining dates, Sept. 6 & 7. Joining the band on night one is a new supergroup with an unbelievable pedigree, Bonny Light Horseman,…