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Lilly Hiatt Is Going For It On Lately
There’s a very honest moment on Lilly Hiatt’s new album Lately when Hiatt tells us everything we need to know about how she’s been coping … more
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Album Premiere: “Heal-Hop” Artist Heru Heru Drops The Legacy
Ah-Deli (@ahdelihiphop) and Foundation Mecca (@Founditto_the_god) — aka, Heru Heru — drop their full-length album The Legacy today. Purveyors of what they call “Heal Hop,” Heru … more
East Side Buzz
East Side Buzz, Sept. 17
It was after midnight when I got home and checked my email. I had been out with a friend, was tired, and had completely forgotten … more
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A Conduit of Inspiration: Alicia Witt
This is an Alicia Witt story. It is also, to a degree, a David Lynch story. It is not, however, a Lynchian story. There is one … more
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East Side Buzz, Sept. 10
With all the recent news about Tennessee’s recent record-breaking COVID numbers — and maybe because I met a guy at a bar this week who … more
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REVIEW: The Peter Levin Band Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
If you like blues, soul, and funk of the Saturday night variety — Red Stripe and crawfish and Bourbon Street good times — Peter Levin … more
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Farewell to the Queens — Nashville’s Teen Rock Royalty Hang Up Their Crowns
The last four years have been a wild and eventful ride for Nashville’s teenage rock’n’roll machine, Queens of Noise. Formed in 2017, as a tribute … more
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Jim Lauderdale Makes Joyful Noise On Hope
Jim Lauderdale was hard at work on an album of traditionally minded country songs when the pandemic brought his progress to a halt in early … more
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Brett Ryan Stewart and Amelia White Lay Bare Their Loneliness with “Somebody to Hold”
As the old commercial said: We will sell no wine before its time. Thus it is with “Somebody to Hold,” the new single from the … more
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Lawrence Rothman’s Good Morning, America Q&A By Amanda Shires
On their new album, Good Morning, America, Lawrence Rothman takes the micro approach to the meta. It’s like ‘as above, so below,’ only in reverse. … more