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MUSIC OF 1972 @ BASEMENT EAST

Nancy PoseySep 18, 2022September 28, 20220

Every year during AmericanaFest, the Basement East presents a group of performances that have become fan favorites. Featuring the music from fifty years before, Tim Jones hosts four sets—winter through fall—and brings in performers from across the festival and across genres. This year’s Music of 1972 opened with a Jackson...

NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND @ RYMAN AUDITORIUM

Nancy PoseySep 18, 2022September 23, 20220

Whether members of the audience at Nashville’s iconic Roman Auditorium came to hear Nitty Gritty Dirt Band play from their extensive lineup of hits or Bob Dylan tunes from their most recent album, Dirt Does Dylan, no one left the Mother Church disappointed on Friday night of Americana Music Festival....

LYLE LOVETT @ THE WASH AT EASTSIDE BOWL

Nancy PoseySep 17, 2022September 21, 20220

Regular festival-goers during Americana Week in Nashville know the challenge of choosing performances to attend, with so many one-of-a kind shows occurring simultaneously all over Nashville. For several years, WMOT Roots Radio has offered a rotating stage of great acts. Held the last two years at the Wash at Eastside...

PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS PLAY AMERICANAFEST @ STATION INN

Nancy PoseySep 16, 2022September 19, 20220

During AmericanaFest week in Nashville, even the key figures representing Americana Music Association admit to the difficulty of defining Americana music. Is it a genre, a subgenre, or as Brandi Carlile suggested “country music for liberals”? This week Americana seems more like big tent welcoming a diverse range of artists...

WILLIE WATSON AT STATION INN FOR AMERICANAFEST

Nancy PoseySep 16, 2022September 19, 20220

Under the Americana banner of folk music, Willie Watson appeared at Music City’s historic Station Inn on Thursday of the AmericanaFest. Watson, one of the original members of Old Crow Medicine Show, frequently appearing with the Dave Rawlings Band and other Americana troubadours, played a set with his new band:...

Dan Tyminski Plays AmericanaFest: The Wash at Eastside Bowl

Nancy PoseySep 15, 2022September 15, 20220

Regulars at AmericanaFest learn to expect first-rate performances back to back presented by WMOT Roots Radio. For the second year, the station has set up shop in The Wash at Eastside Bowl, a former big box store turned bowling alley and music venue. With so many late-night shows across Music...

BILL SCORZARI: CROSSWINDS OF KANSAS

Nancy PoseyAug 19, 2022August 23, 20220

There is a texture to the songs and sound of Bill Scorzari that defies description. With a voice called “gravelly” or “raspy,” he is likened to Kris Kristofferson or Bob Dylan, though he thinks comparisons to Sam Baker are closer to the truth. “Not so much the voice-but partly the...

JOSHUA DYLAN BALIS: WE’RE ON FIRE

Nancy PoseyAug 15, 2022August 15, 20220

When Joshua Dylan Balis’ released “Stories,” the first single from his latest album We’re on Fire, he intended it as a gift to the friends and family he left behind in Texas when he left Texas for Nashville in September of 2019, but it was also the song he could...

TOMMY EMMANUEL AND FRIENDS PLAY THE ANALOG

Nancy PoseyAug 2, 2022August 3, 20220

Any list of the greatest acoustic guitarists is incomplete without mention of Australian Tommy Emmanuel. On Monday night, he demonstrated why he has earned acclaim from his peers and from fans. In a performance at the Hutton Hotel’s Analog filmed for Nashville Public Television, Emmanuel performed solo as well as...

DAKOTA DANIELLE: IT’S A BEGINNING

Nancy PoseyJul 14, 20220

While Dakota Danielle admits she got a late start in music, not picking up a guitar until junior year of high school, she found her way there while discovering she was not cut out for sales. While in college at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, preparing to go into advertising,...