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SHEYDA: WOAH!

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Nashville Pop singer-songwriter Sheyda releases her new track, “Woah” today, Friday, April 22. Sheyda co-wrote with Stephony Smith, who has penned hit singles for Nashville heavyweights including The Chicks, Shania Twain, Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire, and Trisha Yearwood, and Jodi Marr, who has written songs performed by fellow female powerhouses......

PILGRIMAGE MUSIC AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED.

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Tickets are on sale for 2022 Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival in Franklin, Tennessee, set for September 24-25. The promoters announced another star-studded lineup fans have come to expect from the festival. Headliners include Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Jon Batiste, and the Avett Brothers. Other acts from across genres include......

THE CACTUS BLOSSOMS: 3rd & Lindsley

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The comparison of The Cactus Blossoms to The Everly Brothers may be a little too easy. Brothers Jack Torrey and Page Burkum certainly share the blood harmony, and their songs often have a timeless quality that would play in any decade. The Minneapolis-based moves easily between folk, indie rock, and......

SHEYDA: ANALOG IN NASHVILLE

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Nashville-based singer-songwriter Sheyda opened at Hutton Hotel’s Analog Friday night for what she called her “first real show,” and though she admitted she had jitters, her strong vocal performance didn’t give it away. She opened with her first single release “The Dragon,” a song dealing with addiction, helping someone who’s......

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND: NASHVILLE’S RYMAN AUDITORIUM

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By the time the Tedeschi Trucks Band cranked up “Joyful Noise” Tuesday night at the first show of their Ryman residency, the audience knew that was a perfect description of the experience. Husband and wife Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks know how to fill a stage. With dual drummers Tyler......

MEGAN KNIGHT: MY DRAMA

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Megan Knight may seem young to be an old pro, but at twenty-four, the Williamsport, New Jersey native has been in the music business since she was thirteen. She found her way to Muscle Shoals unexpectedly after playing a backyard benefit party. Someone there mentioned having a friend in Alabama......

Chris Castino and Chicken Wire Empire: Fresh Pickles

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Fresh Pickles, Chris Castino’s upcoming release with Chicken Wire Empire, is less a departure from his career with the jam band The Big Wu than a return to his earlier influences. Castino admits that when he started writing songs, he was new to bluegrass. He credits his heightened interest to......

CHARLIE PARR: MERCY LOUNGE

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Charlie Parr doesn’t take himself too seriously. He lets his music speak for itself. At his Nashville show at Mercy Lounge Thursday, the Minnesota singer-songwriter was working the merch table by himself until time to go on stage. He opened with “Walking Back from Willmar” from his newest release Last......