Jason Isbell‘s four-night stand at The Ryman, which kicks off tonight, Oct. 23 and conduces Monday, might have sold out in record time, but fans without tickets in Nashville and beyond should be excited to learn about this very special, just-announced opportunity to stream two of the shows. In partnership with TourGigs, The Ryman and Isbell…
The Neighbourhood w/ Bad Suns, HUNNY Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TN Sept. 25, 2015 Review by Meredith Galyon. Photos by Nolan Knight. Last Friday night may have seemed like just another night in Nashville, but stepping into the Ryman Auditorium for The Neighbourhood, Bad Suns, and HUNNY show felt like being teleported straight to Southern California. All three bands…
Photo by Stacie Huckeba. Dolly Parton The Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TN July 31, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Stacie Huckeba. Growing up in Shenandoah Valley, amidst the Blue Ridge Mountains, I think country music was always in my blood, whether I took to it in childhood or not. Raised on a steady diet of…
Yesterday’s historic ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide drew plenty of love from Nashville-based musicians. Our friends at Nashville Cream have a nice roundup of our creative community’s responses. With impeccable timing, Bonnaroo highlight Kacey Musgraves just stopped by NPR’s “Tiny Desk” for a session and, fittingly, dedicated her breakout single “Follow Your Arrow” to the Supreme Court’s decision.…
While an extraordinary amount of postponements and cancellations (due to illness, logistical concerns, behind the scenes drama and more) have plagued legendary English singer Morrissey over the past several years, leaving him with a bit of a dubious tour reputation, for the most part, his shows in Europe and the United States over the past year…
Death Cab For Cutie w/ The Antlers The Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TN April 29, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Emilia Paré. According to Wikipedia, “kintsugi” is described as “the Japanese art of fixing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. As a philosophy it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than…
As we’ve been raving about for months, Swedish singer-songwriter The Tallest Man on Earth is set to return to Nashville May 27 for a full band show at The Ryman Auditorium, supported by buzzworthy up and comers Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear! We’re insanely excited for this one, and definitely have it pegged as one of this spring’s…
Ryan Adams w/ Natalie Prass The Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TN April 28, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Special thanks to Kate Cauthen. In support of his fantastic self-titled album, released last year, multifaceted singer-songwriter Ryan Adams returned to The Ryman for the first time in nearly a decade, to perform two sold out nights of…
Ten years ago, Kristen and Trent Dabbs decided to create something a little out of the norm for the Nashville music scene. In a city where country reigns supreme and musicians looking to make it are a dime a dozen, Ten Out of Tenn was born. The Dabbs pulled together a selection of successful artists…
Ever since the release of his incredible, self-titled (and Grammy nominated) new album and accompanying stints of national tour dates, we’ve been waiting for Ryan Adams‘ return to Nashville. His absence on the Bonnaroo bill, something we thought would be a sure-thing, practically sealed the deal that a Music City performance was imminent, and, now,…