independent thoughts on indie rock, alternative, and indie pop music
Day two of Pilgrimage was as steamy as day one, but we made sure to get there early to see 18-year-old blues guitar phenom, Kingfish, who hails from the delta of Mississippi and was raised listening to and playing the blues. The kid plays like a seasoned veteran and sings like someone who has lived... Continue Reading →
It’s Saturday of Pilgrimage Music Festival, and as we arrived to the festival grounds that morning, all I could think about was how hot it was for the end of September in Franklin, Tennessee. After this initial thought, like everyone attending the festival, I decided to embrace the discomfort and take in every moment. This... Continue Reading →
If I were a rock star, I'd want to be just like sElf's Matt Mahaffey. Matt Mahaffey is somewhat of a legend around these parts: the musical wunderkind of middle Tennessee by way of east Tennessee, record producer, recording engineer, multi-instrumentalist, co-founder of the prolific 90's independent record label Spongebath Records in downtown Murfreesboro, and founder... Continue Reading →
As I sat at my favorite coffee shop drafting this post, looking out the window at this gray, rainy, cold, Tennessee winter day, I decided to create a playlist to to lift us all from these unwelcome winter doldrums (click here to listen). There's something amazing about music's ability to lift our spirits, you know?... Continue Reading →
