The Accidentals will be celebrating the release of their new EP Time Out Session #2 on March 13, 2022 at Nashville’s City Winery with special guests Kim Richey, Beth Nielsen Chapman, and Maia Sharp.
PREVIEW: THE ACCIDENTALS – ALBUM RELEASE SHOW
Live Show Review: Molly Tuttle
At any given record shop, you can find the volumes of music left behind by amazing musicians who took an ill-fated leap of faith into the spotlight of fronting an album. Some the whispers of faded dreams, others parables on vanity, they haunt the dusty bargain CD bins and record crates. However, some who are... Continue Reading →
Live Show Review: JD McPherson Record Release
The intensity of a show in a record store is much more than I imagined. So close to the band. So loud. So amazing! For those of us that remember when record store showings were more common, the word “treat” doesn’t begin to describe what a fantastic opportunity this was. Realizing that today, fantastic record... Continue Reading →
Live Show Review: India Ramey
It was a crowded house for alt-country songstress India Ramey’s Snake Handler album release show at cozy Nashville venue The Basement. Though her brilliant new effort’s autobiographical subject matter is somber, recounting heartbreak, domestic abuse, and brutalization at the hands of her biological father, the atmosphere was celebratory. “Remember when we couldn’t get a gig... Continue Reading →
Interview: Rose Cousins
“If my guts had a landscape, it would be Prince Edward Island,” Rose Cousins says with a laugh of her seaside Canadian upbringing. “The further I get away from how I grew up, like thinking it wasn’t that interesting, I see how special it was now that I’m older and have been traveling all over,”... Continue Reading →
Interview: Kayley Hill
“One distinct memory I have is dancing around the living room to Brooks & Dunn when I was a kid, ‘Boot Scootin’ Boogie’ was my song,” laughs country roots artist Kayley Hill. Raised on a steady diet of The Dixie Chicks and Martina McBride, Hill developed a taste for country music and bluegrass acquired during... Continue Reading →
Interview: Blackfoot Gypsies
Sitting for a chat at Calypso Cafe in East Nashville with three of four members of blues rock outfit Blackfoot Gypsies is like being in the middle of a ping pong match or a comedy routine--one might gather that they have spent a lifetime together, yet the bulk of their musical journey began only a... Continue Reading →
Interview: Dan Layus
Dan Layus wears many hats— from writer, music-maker, and Augustana frontman, to husband and stay-at-home-dad, new adventures are the name of the game. Today, Layus adds yet another accomplishment or two to the list—his new country-cana solo album Dangerous Things is out, and tonight, he makes his debut on the hallowed stage of the Grand Ole Opry.... Continue Reading →
Live From Nashville: Alex Dezen’s Album Release Extravaganza on 2/11/16
“It’s not enough to play for 9 hours straight, it has to be in a bunch of different locations,” says prolific songcrafter Alex Dezen of his plan to play his entire 115-song catalog all over Nashville on Thursday, February 11th. Dezen’s new self-titled solo album is set for release on February 12th via Rock Ridge Music; he... Continue Reading →
Show Preview: Brooke Waggoner Album Release at EastSide Manor on 1/16/16
Brooke Waggoner has music in her DNA; her singing brothers can play a multitude of instruments, and her mother is a pianist. Her great grandfather, a renowned classical pianist who fled Germany during the Second World War, started a piano company in New York, eventually relocating the family business to south Louisiana. Waggoner herself began... Continue Reading →