Two years ago, songs starting coming to me. I tried to block them out – they persisted. So I bought a guitar. I wrote. I recorded. My first release hit #1 in Las Vegas. I made some important decisions. To not relive the rock n roll life, I chose Country. To take money out of […]
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.
Wale and DJ Crisis Bring Their Tours To Limelight In Nashville [show review]
On Sunday, October 16th, I got a special birthday present in the form of a hip hop event at Limelight. DJ Crisis brought his current tour to town, plus Wale was in Nashville with Black Cobain. I got the privilege of bringing in my birthday with my hands in the air, and it was truly […]
Urban Music Challenge 3.4 Goes Down This Saturday
THIS SATURDAY 8 CONTESTANTS GO HEAD TO HEAD FOR THE UMC TITLE AND THE ULTIMATE PRIZE PACKAGE LIVE AT THE RUTLEDGE AND ONLINE AT WWW.URBANMUSICCHALLENGE.COM Connect YouTube | Twitter | Facebook UMC 3.4 Prize Package
Nashville Hit LIVE AND DIRECT Courtesy of Kid Daytona, 9th Wonder, Murs, Freddie Gibbs, and More
On Sunday, October 9th, Nashville was hit LIVE AND DIRECT with a huge hip hop event. Trending on Twitter under the hash tag, #LivexDirectTN , it was set to be an amazing evening! As the Mercy Lounge started filling up, the opening acts began to draw the crowd closer to the stage. By the time […]
Musicians Gavin and Joey DeGraw Bring Their Popular NYC Club to Nashville
The National Underground Grand Opening 10/15 on Lower Broadway Nashville’s newest music venue and restaurant, The National Underground, will have its official grand opening on Saturday, October 15, 2011. The first off-shoot of the popular New York City club owned by artists and brothers Gavin and Joey DeGraw, The National Underground Nashville, will combine the […]
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s Nevermind, Oreo Jones covered “Stay Away” for X103’s Forevermind tribute album
Oreo Jones x 90 LBs – “Cordon Bleu” [Directed by Jace] httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3pMvcM13SA A few months ago, Indianapolis’s leading rock station X103 approached Oreo Jones about being included in their upcoming tribute to Nirvana’s “Nevermind”. X103’s basic idea was approaching both local Indianapolis and national bands for this tribute album and asking them the question, “If […]
Bill Breeze, Truth Clipsy, and Mr. Ahmad Rashad Dropping into BeatKnockin Radio to discuss “HIP HOP TAKE OVER”.
October 9th 2011 (5:30 PM CST): Bill Breeze, Truth Clipsy, and Mr. Ahmad Rashad will be dropping into BeatKnockin Radio to discuss a slew of new topics during a new segment called, “HIP HOP TAKE OVER”. In this interview, they will delve into new releases, new websites, new show dates, and the #LIVExDirectTN show going […]
Brian Mackey – Florida to New York to Tennessee
We get a lot of invitations to review new artists here at Mid-Tenn, and it is unfortunate that we can’t get to all of them – though we do try. I surely am glad I did not let this one slip through the cracks. I got an invitation from Brian Mackey the other day, and […]
Rockin’ for Autism
Bands Battle for Anthony’s Cause Our friends Masquarade and The Brew Coffeeshop in Manchester, Tn are teaming up to present a huge “Battle of The Bands” on September 10 in beautiful downtown Manchester. This charity event will benefit Anthony’s Cause, a local charity formed by Richard Banaski and Robert Lowry of Manchester. The gentlemen met […]