Nashville – Here’s a story you rarely hear: An increasingly successful musician walks away from his Atlantic Records deal and the attention of MTV and ABC’s music supervisors to form a bluegrass-inspired band with his childhood buddy. Whether or not you think that’s a smart decision, it is, in fact, how Jamestown Revival came into
Nashville – Ben Sollee is from Kentucky, and he looks like most good boys from the South. In his New Balance running shoes, khaki pants, and collared polo, he’d be ready to meet your grandmother at any time. He seems like a pretty regular guy until he picks up his cello. At this moment, his
Nashville – Jordie Lane looks a bit like Gram Parsons, writes songs a bit like Townes Van Zandt, and sounds a bit like Bob Dylan circa Nashville Skyline. To throw a wrench in that mix of American musical wonder, Jordie Lane is an Aussie. Although born and raised in Melbourne, Jordie took a liking to
Vance Joy went from 0 to 100 in about sixty seconds. Okay, maybe it was six months, but that’s not a very long time to transform from James Keogh, a pretty average guy from Melbourne, Australia to Vance Joy, an internationally known artist boasting a five-album record deal with Atlantic Records. It’s unclear if James
You may know Arca, one of the producers who helped with Kanye’s banger, Yeezus. You may know Young Turks, the avant-garde label home to the xx and Chairlift. Who you may not know (yet) is FKA Twigs, the newest addition to the Young Turks family who collaborated with Arca on EP2, the second of two EPs showcasing
On a late Monday night, in a low-ceilinged bar, Mauro Remiddi, better known by his moniker Porcelain Raft, took the stage with enough manly elegance and good humor to rival his doppelgänger, George Clooney. Remiddi knows how to play for his audience and his space; Nashville’s tiny but treasured The Basement. This isn’t unexpected since
Mountains Beaches Cities is the latest album from Nashville darlings, Moon Taxi. They are one of the most buzzed about bands around town, probably because the five members started playing together while attending local college Belmont University. Many twenty-somethings in Nashville know somebody who knows somebody in the band, thus earning them underground rock star
Small, intimate venues can kiss Local Natives goodbye. They’re ready for amphitheater settings, as they recently proved at Live on the Green, a weekly series of free, outdoor concerts hosted by the city of Nashville and its favorite independent radio station, Lightning 100. Local Natives commanded a huge stage and all the bodies that could
If you don’t yet know about BASECAMP, listen and learn. The mysterious electronica group boasted nearly 90,000 Soundcloud plays on their very first track posted only one month ago. “Emmanuel” teased us for the duration of August. Now the trio of producers that make up BASECAMP has released a four-song, self-titled EP. It’s gathered attention
Standing out amongst an eight-band lineup is no small feat, but The Get Togethers did just that when we saw them play a quick, three-song set at a showcase series hosted by Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) and Nashville’s Mercy Lounge music venue. The Get Togethers were unique in their accessibility. Their songs were both emotive