
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…

Though she’s played Nashville countless times over the last decade- at Bridgestone Arena in support of Alanis Morissette earlier this summer and in support of Bryan Adams last year; in support of Motley Crue, Def Leppard, and Poison at Nissan Stadium in 2022; several shows at Ascend Amphitheater in the 2010s support of artists…
![[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)
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)
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…
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…
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…

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,…
Formed in 1996 in Ontario, Canada, seminal rockers Sum 41 were a staple of the early ’00s pop punk explosion, breaking out with 2001 full-length debut All Killer No Filler, and becoming certifiable, worldwide stars by the following year’s followup, Does This Look Infected? At their heyday, Sum were as huge as other titans of the scene like Blink-182, Green…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] City and Colour w/ Georgia Harmer | May 13 @ The Ryman](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/City-and-Colour-2024-1800.jpg)
Though elder millennials like myself might first and forever know him for as the guitarist and co-vocalist for beloved ’00s Canadian post-hardcore and screamo band Alexisonfire (who split in 2011, before reconvening in 2015, going on to release their first album in 13 years in 2022), singer-songwriter Dallas Green has been making music with…
![REVIEW: Mitski w/ Julia Jacklin | 4.12.24 @ The Ryman Auditorium [PHOTOS]](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Mitski-The-Ryman-Credit-Mary-Beth-Blankenship-8.jpg)
Mitskiw/ Julia JacklinThe Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TNApril 12, 2024 Review by Philip Obenschain. Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Since springing to national recognition and critical adoration with her brilliant third album Bury Me at Makeout Creek a decade ago, and cementing her status as one of indie rock’s most inventive, unparalleled, multifaceted and generational talents…