King Corduroy has played alongside Ed Helms and Dierks Bentley at Bonnaroo and was featured in Tanya Tucker’s “Hard Luck” music video. McMahan takes his talents to new impressive levels on Avalon Ave., available August 16.
On their recently released debut LP Sterling, New York City-based Americana duo Joanie & Matt (Joanie Leeds and Matthew Check) adapt ancient texts from the Hebrew Bible for a powerful collection of songs.
Matthew Check, an original member of the group Gangstagrass (who performed the theme song for the FX series Justified) says the duo’s song “The One Above” draws upon Nazarite law.
Who? Hanne Hukkelberg
Where? Norway
What? ‘The Young and Bold I’
What they say? Norwegian experimental pop artist Hanne continues to utilise her collagist method of structuring songs, with further integration of found instruments. “I wanted the lyrics and my voice to stand out the most. I needed something to lift up the vocals and the lyrics, and I wanted to challenge myself. I think it’s a richer process if I write the lyrics and write the songs, and produce the record at the same time. It’s a tiny bit chaotic, but incredibly rewarding,” says Hukkelberg.
Why we love it? Inventive pop built on harmonic layers and catchy refrains. Skittering and pattering beats and beat boxing are threaded with an ingenious palette of pianos and guitars. Marvellously addictive.
People still imagine a sea of cowboy boots and hats when they think of Nashville, but it’s so much more than that when it comes to our rich and diverse community of music creators. WMOT has recently launched a three-prong series to focus on local emerging artists. The Local Brew includes The Daily Local Brew, which highlights a different local artist every Monday through Friday. There’s also The Local Brew Show, a weekly long-form show including an interview, plus a weekly showcase, The Local Brew Live.
Narrowing this list down to just ten Nashville based artists was no easy task. This list includes a taste of some of the different sounds coming out of Nashville; there’s definitely some twang, but also some soul, rock and roll and even a little bit of jazz. All of these artists have been, or are about to be featured on The Local Brew.
Slark Moan, the pseudonym for Nashville singer/guitarist Mark Sloan, has spent plenty of time of late gigging with some of that town’s greats, serving as touring guitarist for folks like Margo Price and Erin Rae. READ MORE…
Karen & the Sorrows begin a new era with the release of the troupe’s third album, Guaranteed Broken Heart, whose title track is premiering exclusively below.
After 2017’s The Narrow Place, the self-proclaimed “queer country” band lost founding members Elana Redfield (frontwoman Karen Pittelman’s ex) and Tami Johnson. The split was relatively amicable.