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EAST NASH GRASS & YONDER MOUNTAIN @3RD & LINDSLEY

Nancy Posey
One of the advantages to attending live shows in Nashville is that opening acts and guests stars often generate as much excitement as the featured performers. It’s a win-win for the audience and for the performers. Friday night’s show at 3rd & Lindsley was just such an experience. People had......

YOU GOT GOLD: PRINE CELEBRATION@RYMAN AUDITORIUM

Nancy Posey
If last year’s You Got Gold celebration of the life and music of John Prine felt like a night at the Grammys, this year’s show felt like a family reunion. Fiona Whelan Prine, sporting crutches this year, welcomed the crowd on what would have been the late singer-songwriter’s 77th birthday.......

WMOT’S AMERICANAFEST DAY STAGES@EASTSIDE BOWL

Nancy Posey
WMOT Roots Radio returned to the Wash at Eastside Bowl for three days of Americana Music. For Americana music fans, the venue offered the opportunity to see five sets each day without having to leave the premises–all with food, bowling, and free parking. Wednesday featured American songster Don Flemons, bluesman......

AMERICANA MUSIC AWARD: RYMAN AUDITORIUM

Nancy Posey
For people with a bad case of FOMO, Nashville’s annual AmericanaFest is enough to push them over the edge. With an official start on Tuesday, the annual festival and conference of the Americana Music Association (AMA) draws attendees from around the world—from musicians, songwriters, and producers, and engineers to publicists,......

SHELTON AND WILLIAMS: THE STATION INN

Nancy Posey
The saying “Two’s Company; three’s a crowd” may be true in some circumstances, but when long-time music and marriage partners Jeanette and Johnny Williams teamed up with Jay Shelton to form Shelton and Williams, three made a perfect combination. On Wednesday, September 13, the Danville, VA, trio was joined on......

PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS HOST A MONROE MANDOLIN CELEBRATION @ STATION INN

Nancy Posey
C.J. Lewandowski, spokeman for the band and a self-proclaimed mandolin geek, went all the way to Greece to procure his Loar mandolin, dubbed Zeus, its serial number just two past Monroe’s. Before the band opened for the first set, musicians lined up across the stage holding twelve vintage instruments. The......

SHAWN CAMP AND LISA STEWART@THE ANALOG

Nancy Posey
Shawn Camp and Lisa Stewart pulled out all the stops at their show on Wednesday at Nashville’s intimate venue, the Analog in the Hutton Hotel. The pair displayed their on-stage and songwriting chemistry, sharing leads as they performed his songs, her songs, and their songs. They opened with “Baby’s Gone......

RUNAWAY ANGEL IS BACK WITH “BEACH PLEASE”

Nancy Posey
Persistence brought the members of Canadian country trio Runaway Angel together initially in 2013, and a decade later, after major life changes, persistence kept brought them back together. Newly signed with Reve records, they have a new single “Beach Please” released just in time for summer listening. Cadence Grace and......

HENHOUSE PROWLERS RELEASE “LEAD AND IRON”

Nancy Posey
Sometimes a songwriter would rather a song not be timely. Such is the case with the Henhouse Prowlers’ single “Lead and Iron” released this week. Jake Howard, the band’s mandolin player, wrote the song at the end of last summer—after Uvalde but before the recent Covenant School shootings. The song......