Singer-songwriters tend to emulate their heroes. Some rearrange covers and add their own flare to a song, others shoot for a duet or a compilation record, but not Nashville’s Aaron Lee Tasjan. Tasjan opted to indulge in copious amounts of THC a’la […]
Every year, the Americana Music Association holds its annual festival in Nashville, combining industry panels with showcases across town and across the river in East Nashville for nearly a week. For fans, musicians, and behind-the-scenes folks, AmericanaFest connects everyone from […]
There is excitement and celebration with the music coming out of East Nashville. A new wave of singer-songwriters is channeling the outlaw spirit, crafting stories of relationships, trains, and alcohol mixed with cannabis. I first caught wind of Aaron Lee Tasjan by simply […]
Ever been to a show and you are simply lost in what occurs in that two-to-three-hour span of time? You allow yourself to be overtaken by whatever happens. You trust yourself completly to the artists and the audience, and don’t […]
From the Me generation onward musicians have increasingly had the unfortunate tendency to focus their energies and talents upon number one. While the first person point of view has long been a staple of songwriting, we see anymore young musicians […]
If there were a formula for how to become a legend, Texas songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard would be a corollary to that formula. That he is a legend cannot be denied and was proven once again on a Sunday night […]
