Big Girl – “Hold on to that easy feeling”-“When the sun rises in the morning before you remember you’re alone, you can hold on to that easy feeling or you can let it go.” Dang. This one really hits with a sweetness that’s …
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Concert Review: Nashville’s Festivus — Guest Post by Ray Blair
Nashville’s Marathon Music Works is an excellent venue for a concert. It is a renovated former automobile manufacturing factory. The overall facility has a museum feel. It is a gallery of physical objects harkening back to America’s industrial past, and perhaps a simpler …
Album Review: Bob Sumner – Wasted Love Songs
It’s hard to find country music that feels genuine, but Bob Sumner has put together a classy country album full of quality songs. If you’re a fan of the Rayland Baxter and Andrew Combs version of country music these days, you’ll love what …
Guest Concert Review – Ray Blair on Kelsey Kopecky in Nashville’s Centennial Park
Considering that as I type this there are storm sirens wailing outside my door for the fourth time, the outdoor concert I just went to was pretty darn good! It was a night of firsts. It was my daughter’s first concert, and it …
Featured Single: Lennon Stella – “Fortress (Live)”
Well, fans of the cute duo “Lennon and Maisy” will recognize the older of the two girls, Lennon Stella. I’m here to report on good authority that she is all grown up. Wowzers. This single is an absolute tour de force. Not only …
Artist Feature: Red River Hymn (Winner NMF Ep 67)
If you’re a fan of southern rock, then hang on to your hats and get ready for Red River Hymn. This is an exciting rising southern rock band. Whether it’s the saucy guitar licks or the tight harmonies, they’re a band you’ll be …
Artist Interview: Paul Johnson’s hopeful project Canyon City continues to impress
Canyon City is the moniker for a Nashville-based singer songwriter Paul Johnson. We’ve featured his EP Refuge a few years ago and have shared a few of his songs off of the 2016 album Midnight Waves. It was off of the merits of …
Album Review: Canyon City – Midnight Waves (#NewMusicFriday – Ep. 34 Winner!)
Canyon City is a he, not a they. It’s the moniker for Nashville-based singer songwriter Paul Johnson. It’s an atmospheric, beautiful indie folk style that you’ll really enjoy. It’s hard not to compare him with artists like Sleeping at Last. He deserves to …
Artist Interview: Nashville’s Emerging Folk Trio The Arcadian Wild
Nestled in the landscape just south of Nashville, Tennessee is the bucolic campus of Lipscomb University. That school served as the matchmaker for the three talented artists who make up The Arcadian Wild and has served as a bit of a refining fire …
Album Review: Jenny & Tyler – Of This I’m Sure
Album Review: Jenny & Tyler – Of This I’m Sure Jenny and Tyler‘s album Of This I’m Sure is one that absolutely could have made my top 20 albums of 2015. I regret only that I got to it a few weeks too late. But …
