Events, Festivals, and Shows

This area includes all of our features related to Events in Middle Tennessee. We are very (very) grateful for the amount of invites we receive. Unfortunately (and obviously) we cannot make it to all of them but when we do, interviews and other footage with the promoters, supporters, and artists can be found here. If you have an upcoming event and a press release to go along with it, send it to us and we will publish to our blog. If you take photos, videos, and write show reviews, feel free to send them to us as well. You can view a list of links to all our event coverage on this page.

The Legal Side Of Songwriting And Publishing

by C Bret Campbell June 4, 2013 11:20 pm Tagged With: Nashville, United States

**NASHIVILLE** Tuesday, June 18 1-3 PM The Legal Side Of Songwriting And Publishing with Greg Seneff Esq. – Live Workshop And Online Webinar Are you writing great music and want to protect it? Is not knowing the legal issues of songwriting holding you back? Join us for this live interactive workshop and webinar designed to […]

Interview with WARE

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 31, 2013 4:30 pm Tagged With: dance, Hip Hop, Pop, Rock

Let everyone know who you are, where you are from and what style of music you play. WARE is Michael “Shance” Ware, lead guitar and vocals. Jeremy “Midas” Pegues, bass guitar and backup vocals and Jerry “Magik” Morton, drums. We come from Knoxville, Atlanta, and Nashville. Our music is a blend of rock, hip hop […]

The Third Annual Milkshake is this Saturday!

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 31, 2013 6:44 am Tagged With: Nashville, United States

submitted by Al-D Words Facebook Event Page: www.facebook.com/events/156218567887828/ I throw this dance party every year to remind us all about the connections between hip-hop and funk/soul music. The Boom Bap’s own DJs Rate and Bowls are the resident DJs. This year I got DJ Eticut and I’m super exited about it! Last year she rocked a […]

Interview with Rickety Shack

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 30, 2013 12:07 pm Tagged With: Americana, Folk

Let everyone know who you are, where you are from and what style of music you play. Rickety Shack is a collaboration of three musicians (and family members) from Wartrace TN and Coudersport, PA. Two brothers, Jakob Bailey, (Guitar/Vocals) Logan Bailey, (Banjo/Vocals) and their uncle Ezra Cataldo (Upright bass/Vocals.) They are youthful, energetic, sometimes loud, […]

Mid Tenn Listens ep. 42 – Rickety Shack with C Bret Campbell

by C Bret Campbell May 28, 2013 5:19 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr8YALuI62A Mid Tenn Listens ep 42 – Rickety Shack Middle Tennessee Music’s C Bret Campbell sits down with Logan and Jakob Bailey of Rickety Shack, a Wartrace, TN based band. They draw on influences such as Hank Williams, Sr. and Modest Mouse to create a real, down-home, old-timey-exuberant-youth flavored “altern-icana” style of music. The veterans […]

Mid Tenn Listens 41 – Extended MusicTree Mix

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 27, 2013 7:49 am Tagged With: mid tenn listens, podcast

This episode of Mid Tenn Listens podcast focuses on bands playing this year’s MusicTree Festival in Manchester, Tennessee happening June 7 – 11. Today’s extended mix gives you approximately 40 minutes of listening time. Here is the playlist with links to band interviews: More Like You by 17 Stories Strangers by Mize and the Drive […]

Celia Gary Interview

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 25, 2013 11:08 am Tagged With: singer, songwriter

MusicTree Festival will be going down June 7 – 11 in Manchester, Tennessee. We will be publishing info and features about the bands as we close in on this event. Feel free to check out our coverage from 2012. Let everyone know who you are, where you are from and what style of music you […]

Mid Tenn Listens 40 – MusicTree Festival 2013 Edition

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman May 24, 2013 10:25 pm Tagged With: podcast

This episode of Mid Tenn Listens podcast focuses on bands playing this year’s MusicTree Festival in Manchester, Tennessee happening June 7 – 11. The Django Riders were awesome enough to share their song Fever with us. This one is literally fresh off the presses as they had just received it from mastering before e-mailing me […]