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11 Questions to a Nashville Musician: Hailey Whitters
Singer-songwriter Hailey Whitters has just released her new single “The Days” from her forthcoming album “The Dream” which will drop later this year. “Instead of counting up the days, I just want to make ‘em count” sings Hailey in this hopeful tune about slowing down, smelling the roses and not wishing your life away. “The Days” is the […]
11 Questions to a Nashville Musician: Taylor Alexander
Photo by Joshua Black Wilkins Tomorrow, April 12, Taylor Alexander will release his Nashville-recorded debut LP, “Good Old Fashioned Pain.” If you can’t wait until then, there’s a few tasty tracks, including the title cut, available for streaming at the usual places. “Good Old Fashioned Pain” is a 10-song album about “the pain that makes us […]
11 Questions to a Nashville Musician: Mike Patton (Vista Blue)
I have long proclaimed that Power Pop is my favorite musical genre. It’s also no secret that Baseball is the only sport that matters to me. Well, how excited do you think I am about a band like Vista Blue whose catalog includes albums consisting entirely of Power Pop songs about the National Pastime! Go […]
David Mead @ The Basement / Nashville TN / March 22, 2019
It’s hard to believe that it’s been seven years since we last heard from David Mead live or on record other than the occasional Elle Macho gig with his friend Butterfly Boucher. But, the music community of people who appreciate great singer-songwriters is sure happy to have David back recording again. We here in Music […]
11 Questions to a Nashville Musician: Phoenix Mendoza (High South)
Phoenix Mendoza is one-third of one of the hottest new acts in Music City. Along with Jamey Garner and Kevin Campos, their band High South is making mellifluous music that honors those delightful days in the 70s when country-rock reigned on the radio and my car’s 8-Track tape player. High South’s six-song 2018 EP of […]
11 Questions to a Nashville Musician: Austin Plaine
On May 17, Americana storytelling-songwriter Austin Plaine will release his sophomore LP “Stratford” on Blaster Records. You can stream “Honey” from the new record now at Soundcloud. Austin had this to say about the song: “It’s got this rolling and tumbling groove and is about the fleeting moments we often take for granted. Sometimes you […]
11 Questions to a Nashville Musician: Justin Klump
Photo by Jon Karr Singer-songwriter Justin Klump will celebrate his new single, “The Other Side,” on its Friday, April 5 release date at the 6:30pm in-the-round at the Bluebird. Klump says the new song is about “trusting and holding on to the people you love even when you don’t know what’s next.” This single […]
11 Questions to a Nashville Musician: Michelle LeBlanc
Photo by Danielle Shields Pun intended, it was “in the cards” for spirited singer-songwriter Michelle LeBlanc to leave New York City for Music City. Michelle releases a new single, “A Good Man,” on April 5, following her 2018 debut five-song EP release, “A Man Like You.” Featured on that EP was “B.T.W,” a buoyantly upbeat […]
11 Questions to a Nashville Musician: Bobby Watson
(Photo by Anthony Scarleti) Coming off the heels of his 2018 debut four-song EP, “I Can’t Quit,” rising country artist Bobby Watson (not to be confused with the jazz saxophonist of the same name) has released a new single, “Let It Go,” from his new album scheduled for release later this year. It’s a country radio […]
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