Curating the Vibe
Even if you’ve never met Kari Leigh Ames personally, there’s a good chance you’ve encountered some of her handiwork around …
Vol. IX Issue 1
Muddy Never Sleeps
Ask Jason Galaz about standout memories from eight years of running the Muddy Roots Music Festival, and he quickly recalls …
Vinyl Is Dead, Long Live Vinyl!
Drew Holcomb has one last stop, the hours winding down before his flight to California for a spot on Jimmy …
No Place Like Home
Logan Crowell’s coming-to-Nashville story will sound familiar — singer-songwriter excelling in a smaller town comes to Music City to take …
Music City Magic Maker
For nearly a decade and a half, Grimey’s New and Preloved Music has been a mecca for record-loving locals and …
Fresh Creamer
If you’ve ever known a born-and-bred Texan, you know that leaving Texas isn’t something to be taken lightly. Dallas-born Philip …
Oh Boy Records: John Prine’s Family Affair
Random generosity occasionally falls from the sky. Explain Hank or Dylan. Explain John Prine. These artists, and many others, of course, bring words to the ground for everyone — often providing gifts in the form of ideas ahead of their time. Prine’s presence in the world particularly burnishes some of its rougher edges.
‘Everybody’s Fill-In Guy’
Up until recently, Chase McGillis drove to Texas every weekend, to play bass for the likes of Joe Ely and …
David vs. Goliath
On the drive into the office this morning I caught a commotion out the corner of my eye. Turns out, …
The Soul of Witt
Over a 30-odd-year career, Alicia Witt’s been a lot of things: a cosmic, glowing-eyed “abomination” in Dune; a zombie-bashing badass …