Modern soul innovator and Grammy-winning producer Son Little is coming to Mercy Lounge on September 23rd to perform songs from his forthcoming sophomore album, New Magic, out September 15th via ANTI- Records. Each of New Magic’s tracks draw from the diaspora of American blues and soul that includes not only modern R&B, but also rock n’ roll and hip-hop,…
Hey y’all! If you haven’t yet experienced a Communion Night, your life isn’t complete! This fall, Nashville’s Communion Residency night showcase is moving to The Basement, and there’s a fun twist– this go round, established local artists are curating the monthly shows’ lineups with their favorite emerging Nashville artists. Tonight, Southern rockers The Weeks are…
“I’m so bad at watching scary movies, my imagination is too wild. I got a little bit spooked,” laughs Beverly frontwoman Drew Citron of the band’s isolation when writing their latest album, The Blue Swell, out last year on Kanine Records. “We were right across the street from train tracks, and a freight train would…
It’s typical Nashville story—people who make music move to Nashville from all over the planet, meet each other in the Music City, join forces, and make plans to the conquer the world. It’s the story of alt-pop outfit Elliot Root, but they’re anything but typical. Soulful-voiced frontman Scott Krueger came to music in his late…
“The first time you go overseas, and you’re playing in France, or England, and people are singing your songs—for a guy who couldn’t get people to sing his songs in his own hometown for most of his life, that’s a mind-blower,” recalls The Record Company’s Chris Vos in a rare moment of reflection. “Having our…
Nick Pankey and Kaston Guffey, who seem more like brothers than life-long friends, met each other in the Ozark, Missouri middle school equivalent of home economics class. “It was a great class, and of course we met girls,” says Pankey with a laugh. The pair bonded over music in high school, and made basement recordings…
It’s 1992. I’m too young for a license, but my cousin volunteers to teach me to drive his blue Chevy Cavalier on a dusty dirt road in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. From the tape deck, this gut-punching Southern rock n’ roll music surges into the car, and I am mystified. “What is this??” I think…
Brooklyn-based indie rock outfit Best Behavior is gearing up to release a new EP, Things That Happened, this fall—an appropriate title given the two-year stretch since their last album, and the events that caused the musical pause. The band had already recorded the EP when a chance encounter changed their trajectory. “We opened up for…
A band of brothers that morphed into an actual band, folk rock outfit Ha Ha Tonka began many moons ago at the former Southwest Missouri State University, now known as Missouri State University, picked up a rowdy roster of members along the way–since then, they have toured the world, graced major festival stages, and set…
California-based alt-pop outfit Private Island, currently on their first nationwide tour, will make a stop at The High Watt on July 28th to dazzle the Nashville crowd with their sultry brand of electro-groove. “We bought a school bus for this tour and I’ve been working on it for the last two weeks, night and day…
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