Nashville
Articles, blog posts, and videos relating to Nashville artists, figures, news, events, or performances.
- Justin Kalk Interview ()
Reading about Justin Kalk‘s musical development brings to mind something of an artistic trident: the first prong a reverence for the past, strengthened by an early introduction to instruments and past masters, enhanced by a formal musical education; the second, a tendency to experiment and take chances; and the third a dedication to always move […]
- Concurrence & Cher Von at Centennial Black Box Theater (Nashville, TN) ()
Photos and video of Cher Von, Concurrence (Greg Bryant and Paul Horton), and Dig Deep Light Show taken October 10, 2014 at Centennial Black Box Theater for Free Form Friday in Nashville, TN. [Photos and video originally published by the Nashville Fringe Festival.]
- Markey Blue at Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar (Nashville, TN) ()
Photos of Markey Blue taken September 28, 2014 at Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar in Nashville, TN. [Photos originally published by the Nashville Fringe Festival.]
- Markey Blue Interview ()
“I think in life you need to reinvent yourself,” reflects Markey — the namesake and frontwoman of the Nashville blues act Markey Blue — via email. “I don’t believe in being stagnant,” she continues, “[I] always wanna be growing, learning, and getting better at a craft.” However broad the statement, if ever there were a […]
- Deep Fried Five, Dynamo, DeRobert & the Half-Truths, and the Junkyard Horns at Exit/In (Nashville, TN) ()
Photos of Deep Fried Five, Dynamo, DeRobert & the Half-Truths, and Chris West and the Junkyard Horns taken August 30, 2014 at Exit/In in Nashville, TN. [Photos originally published by the Nashville Fringe Festival.]
- Hide Your Mamas, Quiet Entertainer Orchestra, and Dilly Power at The End (Nashville, TN) ()
Photos of Hide Your Mamas, Quiet Entertainer Orchestra, and Dilly Power taken August 14, 2014 at The End in Nashville, TN. [Photos originally published by the Nashville Fringe Festival.]
- Hide Your Mamas Interview ()
“You really only have to look at our song titles or the outfits we wear on stage to see that we don’t take ourselves too seriously,” says keyboardist Zack Moscow. “We have great fun writing and playing music together and that’s what [Hide Your Mamas] is all about.” The three-piece instrumental group delivers a sound […]
- Withdrawn ()
“Withdrawn” is a photo project created in July of 2014 in Nashville, TN.
- Roland Barber at 3rd & Lindsley ()
Poster design for Roland Barber’s July 17, 2014 show at 3rd & Lindsley.
- Greg Bryant Expansion at The Arts Company (Nashville, TN) ()
Photos of the Greg Bryant Expansion taken July 5, 2014 at The Arts Company as part of the downtown art crawl in Nashville, TN. [Photos originally published by the Nashville Fringe Festival.]
- Centennial Park (Nashville, TN) ()
Photos taken July 2 & 3, 2014 at Centennial Park in Nashville, TN.
- Canada Day in Nashville ()
A few days ago I was driving home from FedEx, where I had just interviewed for a position picking up boxes off a conveyor belt and loading them into a truck. I remember one of my main reasons for going to college was because my year of warehouse work was enough to make me consider […]
- Greg Bryant Interview ()
Born in Nashville, Greg Bryant dabbled with piano in his youth, but was primarily introduced to music by immersing himself in his parents’ record collection. “My education has been [through] listening to a lot of records,” he says, reflecting on those early years via email. “And, I mean a lot of them.” In his teens, […]
- Hope Lodge Relay for Life (Nashville, TN) ()
Video and photos of the Relay for Life event—featuring the Saturns and Ron Dee & the Music City Soul Dancers—taken June 26, 2014 at the American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge in Nashville, TN.
- Shelby Park (East Nashville, TN) ()
Photos taken June 15, 2014 at Shelby Park in East Nashville, TN.
- The Junkyard Horns at The Building (Nashville, TN) ()
Photos of Chris West and the Junkyard Horns taken June 12, 2014 at The Building in East Nashville, TN.
- Jeff Blaney at fooBAR (Nashville, TN) ()
Photos of Jeff Blaney taken June 6, 2014 at fooBAR in East Nashville, TN.
- E.T. Interview ()
“I don’t strive to be a famous rapper,” says E.T., the MC drawing out his mission statement via email. “I strive to bring good hip hop music, a positive vibe, a positive atmosphere, [and work with] positive people with positive messages who just want to be themselves and join in the celebration of hip hop […]
- Jeff Blaney Interview ()
At the time of his move, Jeff Blaney was playing in a pair of cover bands and an acoustic duo, while also holding down gigs as an open mic host, music teacher, and producer. “Moving to Tennessee made me realize that doing that much at once doesn’t really allow me to see any of [my […]
- Taking it Slow ()
“It was a big blessing in disguise.” Early in 2012, six songs that had been recorded for Penicillin Baby’s debut LP were mistakenly deleted. Someone got ahead of themselves at the studio and in an attempt to clear up some hard drive space, wiped the session without double-checking to make sure it’d been backed up. […]
- Two Rivers Park (Nashville, TN) ()
Photos taken May 26, 2014 at Two Rivers Park in Nashville, TN.
- Charles Butler and Kai Welch at The Building (Nashville, TN) ()
Photos of Kai Welch and Charles Butler & Associates taken May 22, 2014 at The Building in East Nashville, TN.
- Just Let Go ()
In “Just Let Go,” the most raw and emotionally satisfying track from Sturgill Simpson’s Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, the singer looks within before turning his gaze outward and graduating to a feeling of wholeness. “Woke up today and decided to kill my ego / It ain’t ever done me no good no how / […]
- Identity Control ()
“The old me and the new me are in a fist fight!” As howled in PUJOL’s “Manufactured Crisis Control,” the lyrics help paint an obvious scene of conflict, revealing an individual struggling for an objective view while commentating on an overbearing I against I scenario. While the new album, KLUDGE, “idiosyncratically captures life as it […]
- The Metamodern Gospel of Sturgill Simpson ()
Does Sturgill Simpson ever consider giving up? “Every fucking day,” he said over the phone, speaking to the internal doubt that haunts his professional direction, emphasizing how the well being of his soon-to-be expanding family rests on his success as a musician. It’s a conflict that breathes through Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, and one […]
- Sturgill Simpson at Grimey’s (Nashville, TN) ()
Photos of Sturgill Simpson taken May 13, 2014 at Grimey’s New and Pre-Loved Music in Nashville, TN. [These photos were first published on villin]
- A Whole New You ()
William Tyler‘s Lost Colony isn’t quite a rebirth, but for being only three tracks deep there’s a surprisingly bold message that breathes through the release. “Tailor made for epic, exploratory road trips,” the EP is led by a pair of the guitarist’s catalog songs — now revisited with the support of a band — and […]
- Penicillin Baby at The Basement (Nashville, TN) ()
Photos of Penicillin Baby taken May 10, 2014 at The Basement in Nashville, TN. [These photos were first published on villin]
- Into the Wild ()
“I’ve been back and forth between Cleveland and Nashville a lot in the past five years,” writes Christopher Wild, emailing en route to Nashville from L.A., returning from a trip to the Mojave Desert. “Both cities feel a bit like home,” he continues, “but also a bit less than a place that I feel like […]
- Sturgill Simpson at The Station Inn (Nashville, TN) ()
Photos and video of Sturgill Simpson taken May 8, 2014 at The Station Inn in Nashville, TN. [These photos and video were first published on villin]