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Nashville singer/songwriter Alicia Gail, who makes music under the moniker Nightingail, recently recorded a live session performing her song, "Green Coat," at Nashville's Magnetic Sound. “I wrote this song about two years ago while I was driving from Nashville back home to Memphis,” she recalls. “The radio in my car was broken at the time, and I started tapping... Continue Reading →
Texas-based folkster Chase Gassaway recently released A Fly Can’t Bird, an album of carefully-chosen and reimagined tunes--covers of fellow Texas bands as well as of songs made famous by the likes of The Temptations and John Legend; today, Gassaway is back with a brand new video featuring an acoustic performance of "Ho Hey," the ubiquitous earworm by The Lumineers... Continue Reading →
“It's about moving on and letting go,” says acclaimed New Zealand folk singer/songwriter Jackie Bristow of “Kiss You Goodbye”, a song featured on her newly released album, Shot Of Gold. “It’s about allowing life to take hold of you and the journey to flow through you. It’s about saying goodbye to an old love, healing and realization,... Continue Reading →
"Too often, our society still dictates what you can or should do, often based on our gender. To me, 'Hannah' is about rebellion. It's about pushing back against external norms and influences, and finding yourself in the process," explains Clarie Daviss, co-lead vocalist of Washington, D.C.-based folk pop outfit Handsome Hound. "People have often asked us... Continue Reading →
Just in time for Halloween, Melbourne-based rootsy rocker Emilee South unleashes a scream-tastic new video for her latest tune, "Howl", the feverish first single from her forthcoming EP. The decadent video, an homage to the glamorous macabre of 1940s horror flicks, is the perfect setting for South's voodoo-tinged, bone-rattling, throwback rock n’roll style. Filmed and directed by Andrew Watson of Semiconductor... Continue Reading →
"You've got to keep your head up under fire, keep your head up high" sings Taylor Whitaker in her haunting new single, "Under Fire"; the smoky-voiced chanteuse delivers motivational lyrics with alt-folk sensibilities in this song she penned shortly after moving to the Music City. While experiencing the complexities of the music business and finding her voice in... Continue Reading →
Raised in the storied Shoals of northern Alabama and in pursuit of her musical dreams in Nashville, folk-pop songstress McKenzie Lockhart began to experience a longing for home-grown community and a greater space to explore her own creativity—her story then took a unique turn as she packed up her things and headed south with a... Continue Reading →
Elam McKnight had settled in West Tennessee and set up shop, constructing Magic Lantern Studio near Memphis, after over 12 years of recording and national and international touring. McKnight aligned himself with management, a publicist, and a booking agent, but he was missing one thing he had the luxury of in Nashville: a band. "I am in a... Continue Reading →
Nashville's Christopher Douglas Keller, who performs as Douglas ★ Warren, got his start in pop music, but followed his heart and his talent into the realm of country rock. "My influences will always be prevalent and some would argue it's not 'true country', which is fine. There was definitely a difficulty at first, but it wasn't country music... Continue Reading →
At the heart of The Danberrys is Ben DeBerry and Dorothy Daniel - a distinctive pair of artists from East Nashville, Tennessee, whose new album, Give & Receive, set for release on June 17th, draws from the deep traditions of bluegrass, old-time country, blues, and funk/soul. The pair met each other in junior high, dated in high school, went... Continue Reading →