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Solo Release from Rick Faris: Breaking in Lonesome

Nancy Posey
When someone has been playing music as long as Rick Faris has, it’s natural to want to push the limits and try something new. At seven, he began playing with his family band. Rick went on to join Special Consensus, nominated for Best Bluegrass Album Grammy in 2013 and 2019......

MATT & KIM @ MARATHON MUSIC WORKS

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The crowd at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works Friday served as a reminder than even the week of the CMA Awards, country music doesn’t have the corner on the market in Music City. The indie electronic duo Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino brought their 10thAnniversary Grand Tour to a full venue of......

THE TOKENS SHOW: THANKSGIVING @ THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM

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Lee Camp knows exactly when he had the idea that grew into the Tokens Show, now in its twelfth year. On New Years Eve 2006, he was at Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion show at the Ryman Auditorium with guests Old Crow Medicine Show, Emmylou Harris, Suzy Bogguss, and Cowboy......

THE MILK CARTON KIDS RELEASE NEW EP “THE ONLY ONES”

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When the Milk Carton Kids first hosted the 2018 Americana Music Association’s Honors and awards Ceremony at the Ryman Auditorium, they delivered their special brand of self-deprecating humor and wry repartee, reminiscent of the early Smothers Brothers, and charmed the audiences before their unique blend of harmony and guitar skills......

GUITARS FOR VETS @ NASHVILLE’S GIBSON CUSTOM GUITARS

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Veteran’s Day celebration started early for some Nashville veterans at a special event at the Gibson Custom Guitar Shop GIBSON.COM as Gibson Gives termed up with Guitars for Vets (G4V). The program originally started in 2007 in Milwaukee, WI, by Patrick Nettesheim, came as an inspiration when Patrick was teaching......

upcoming show: MATT & KIM @ MARATHON MUSIC WORKS

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On Friday, November 15, on their GRAND 10-Year Celebration Tour, Matt and Kim will bring their energetic show to Nashville’s Marathon Music Works. The Brooklyn duo Matt Johnson and Kim Shifino will be playing their breakout album Grand in its entirety, along with other favorites from their catalog.   Acknowledging......

THE MUSIC OF DON WILLIAMS@ NASHVILLE’S SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY

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Nowhere but Nashville.  Ten years after Michael Jackson made his first concert appearance after his dead at the Las Vegas Billboard Awards, the Baby Boomer generation had a similar experience at the Nashville Symphony on Halloween weekend, the opportunity to see an almost-live performance of the late Don Williams, known as......

MANDY BARNETT RELEASES SINGLE OF SKEETER DAVIS CLASSIC “THE END OF THE WORLD”

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Twenty years after the Coen Brothers’ O Brother! Where Art Thou? brought a new wave of fans to old-time music, Ken Burns’ Country Music documentary series is bringing country music to the attention of new generations of music lovers. In the spirit of the day, Mandy Barnett released this week her version......