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After the Quiet Hollers warmed up the crowd at Trinity United Methodist Church, alt-folk trio The Ballroom Thieves took over performance duties, the band’s first time playing in Savannah; "We're from the north so we're going to milk the whole y'all thing. How are y'all doing?” band member Devin Mauch asked the crowd, or maybe... Continue Reading →
It was a beautiful afternoon when we pulled out of the Music City, hit the highway, and headed to Georgia to cover the Savannah Stopover Music Festival in, you guessed it, Savannah. A fast food lunch, several bathroom stops, a speeding ticket, and a long 8 hours later, my trusty photog, Jenna, and I pulled... Continue Reading →
Following the release of his latest EP, Jade, and his and EZA's cover of Cam’s “Burning House” that reached the Spotify Viral 50 the week of its release, Nashville electronic/pop artist Aaron Krause played to the hometown crowd at The High Watt on March 3rd, with Nashville singer/songwriter Jillian Edwards providing opening support. Jade was self-produced at Krause's Nashville studio, and features the... Continue Reading →
Jimmie Linville, front man of Nashville-by-way-of-Wisconsin indie rock outfit Canyon Spells, has an intensely strong aversion to social media: He: “If you don’t have a Facebook, it really affects how people perceive you today.” Me: “Like how?” He: “I don’t have a Facebook and people either think a) he’s weird, he’s not normal or b)... Continue Reading →
Gritty blues rock artist TRUETT provided opening support for blog favorite Rockicana artist Ron Pope and his band The Nighthawks at the Mercy Lounge recently; TRUETT began with a song called "Left In The Dark", and wasted no time showing us what he could do. His guitar-shredding prowess coupled with his band's consistently funky low-end support and... Continue Reading →
Texas-based Jonathan Tyler, performed recently at local venue Mercy Lounge, providing opening support for Ron Pope & The Nighthawks. Tyler, who has played Mercy Lounge many times, appeared solo this time, equipped with a guitar, a harmonica, and a kick drum (at one point, he introduced the "band" saying, "...and on the kick drum, my... Continue Reading →
A sold-out Mercy Lounge was jam packed with enthusiastic fans recently to see independent Americana legend-in-the-making Ron Pope perform his first show in Nashville as a hometowner. The air was buzzing with anticipation of the greatness about to dominate the room; I'd heard that Pope's performance style was a force to be reckoned with, and... Continue Reading →
This January, The Whistles & The Bells, the new incarnation and creation of multi-instrumentalist Bryan Simpson, did an intra-city tour of Nashville, with the last show taking place at legendary and intimate venue The Basement (the last two shows were supposed to be at The Basement actually, but Nashville was in the midst of Snowmageddon,... Continue Reading →
Des Ark, touring in support of their latest LP, Everything Dies, performed at 3rd & Lindsley as opening support for Saintseneca for Lightning 100’s Nashville Sunday Night series recently; I had interviewed frontwoman and founder Aimée Argote a week or so before the show, and was so excited to see her perform. Argote, whose songs are... Continue Reading →
Ohio folk-rock band Saintseneca delighted the crowd at Nashville’s 3rd & Lindsley for a recent installment of Lightning 100’s Nashville Sunday Night Series live radio broadcast. Frontman Zac Little began the show playing a high-slung, beautiful, black and white viola bass (we bass players notice these things); in atypical frontman fashion though, Little stands at... Continue Reading →
