Nashville – Prince Harry knows who Kwabs is, but you might not yet. Kwabena Adjepong, better known as Kwabs, hasn’t released a proper album but has already performed at Buckingham Palace. His spine-tingling performance on the British reality television show Goldie’s Band earned him attention from the British press and public, but it is his
Nashville – Spencer Krug has always been a shape-shifter. Each of the many albums he’s been a part of reveals another one of Krug’s talents. His Moonface EPs Marimba And Shit-Drums and Organ Music Not Vibraphone are made with instruments true to their titles and give a taste for Krug’s diverse ambitions. Piano is the
Nashville – Golden Youth’s music sounds like the band members’ personalities. From the moment Kyle Monroe and Stephanie Lauren walk onto the stage, they are glowing. They are effervescent. They are thrilled to be there and thrilled that the audience has joined them. They embody the spirit of uplifting pop music that falls somewhere between
Nashville – Fire dancing isn’t the typical back-up career of fledgling musicians. But then, nothing is typical about Naomi Saalfield. This former fire-dancer, who goes by the all-too-appropriate stage name Nai Palm, is the lead singer/songwriter of Hiatus Kaiyote, a four-piece band from Melbourne, Australia. The eclectic band has been on fire (pun intended) since
Nashville – If you think the Macy Gray hit “I Try” should be confined to karaoke bars, you haven’t heard Friendly Savages cover it with their assortment of folky instruments and The Avett Brothers-esque harmonies. Their version doesn’t reveal some sort of hidden brilliance that we’ve all missed up to this point, but it is
Nashville – The value of making music in a studio has been undermined in the last decade as more and more bedroom projects are breaking into the indie mainstream unaided by expensive recording equipment. If there was ever an album to turn the tide of this trend, it’s Brain Holiday, the latest effort from Mississippi
Nashville – Guitar virtuoso Gary Clark Jr. has gotten an outrageous amount of attention in the past few years. He was named Rolling Stone’s Best Young Gun, he has appeared alongside larger-than-life rockers like The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton, and he’s even laid claim to May 3rd, the day dubbed “Gary Clark Jr. Day”
Nashville – Those Darlins have been causing a bit of a stir in Nashville lately. It’s not necessarily for the music on their new album, Blur The Line, so much as its risqué cover art that shows more Darlin flesh than we’ll ever see of most people. Nashville’s iconic record store Grimey’s New and Pre-loved
Nashville – Gregory Alan Isakov plays big in a quiet way. Some musicians command attention by playing a raucous performance with the volume at 10, but not Isakov. He brought only his acoustic guitar and a banjo to the stage at Mercy Lounge. The Friday night crowd mellowed to a murmur as Isakov’s soft voice
Nashville – K Ishibashi has been playing the indie music circuit for a while now, opening for Regina Spektor and collaborating with the members in Of Montreal and Jupiter One. It wasn’t until the 2011 release of his debut album 151a that K’s creative genius was put on full display. Kishi Bashi quickly became a