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Bluegrass at Bonnaroo
Since 2013, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has featured a SuperJam dedicated to the appreciation of bluegrass music. The annual showcase is presented by The Bluegrass Situation and headed by Ed Helms who, rumor has it, moonlights as an actor when he’s not picking a banjo. While Helms adds a bit of star power, […]
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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 […]
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Introducing: The High Water Festival
If you’re anything like us, you’re over the moon for husband-wife Americana duo Shovels & Rope; they’ve released albums, toured, and expanded their family, and just when we thought they had done all the things, they made a major announcement–Shovels & Rope curated the first annual High Water Festival, a weekend of music, food, and drink taking place April 22-23, […]
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Pew Playlist: 3 Songs That Should Be On Your Radar, 4/22/16
“Get on the Floor”- C.W. Stoneking Award-winning Australian artist C.W. Stoneking has a new album, Gon’ Boogaloo, set for release June 3rd via his own King Hokum Records, and “Get on the Floor” is the lead single…and Lord have mercy, it’s a toe-tapper. You can almost hear the antique crackle of dusty vinyl in the recording; Stoneking hollers and howls like a […]