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Versatile, genre-bending, timeless, and prolific, with a solo career spanning 20 years, prominent and beloved collaborative groups like She & Him and Monsters of Folk, and a seasoned run as a producer, songwriter, and composer, Portland’s M. Ward is, without a doubt, one of the indie folk scene’s most important modern fixtures. Still buzzing from last…
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A true pioneer of funk thanks to his seminal ’60s and ’70s group The Meters (who remain intermittently active to this day), legendary artist George Porter Jr. has, over his six decade spanning career, cemented his legacy as one of the preeminent performers of his generation, prolifically weaving between high-profile session and collaborative work, several great post-Meters…
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One of the most celebrated, enduring, and beloved musical artists in modern history, with an impressive career spanning five decades and a notable knack for reinvention, the one and only Chaka Khan is set to play an extra special Nashville show later this summer, Sept. 22 at the Grand Ole Opry House, which we first told you about a…
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After immediately hooking us in with her 2017 debut, I Love You Like a Brother, providing one of the best surprises of last year’s Bonnaroo, and delivering one of the year’s coolest, most underrated efforts in her latest, The Best of Luck Club, we’ve been dying to see Australian alt/indie singer on the rise Alex Lahey play a…
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If you’re a fan of vibey, rootsy, worldly, yet pop accessible tunes, brought to life by honed and jam-infused live performances, then Florida’s The Hip Abduction are definitely a group who should be on your radar. Out in support of brand new fourth album To the Ends of the Earth, the buzzy band are set to headline Exit/In on Aug. 17, with…
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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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Dark, eclectic, buzzworthy, and embodying the punk and garage rock spirit on eras past, breakout Los Angeles group Death Valley Girls have released some of the best, most unadulterated rock records in recent years, honing a wild and thrilling live show along the way. The group are set to headline Nashville’s own Mercy Lounge on Aug. 9 (possibly their first…
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Long-running, cult favorite, seminal doo wop punk duo The King Khan and BBQ Show (featuring garage rock favorite King Khan and fellow Canadian garage punk trailblazer Mark Sultan, a.k.a. BBQ), have been a bit more intermittent in activity in recent years, balancing their respective solo and side projects, while still finding time every few years to…
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One of the original, breakout rock acts of Nashville’s early ’00s scene, before the city’s current boom in population and broader genre interest, garage rock and power pop trio The Pink Spiders saw a spectacular rise and untimely fall, at one point to positioned to the the next big thing. After almost a decade of relative dormancy, the…
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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,…