Thanks to Bullhorn Publicity for sharing. To create this record Holley teamed up with veteran Nashville-based producer Chris Grainger (Wilco, Sixpence None The Richer, Switchfoot, Kopecky Family Band) and electro-pop singer/songwriter Kyle Andrews. Together the three of them created a five-song EP that incorporates some new electronic elements into Holley’s characteristically acoustic songs while still […]
Local Spotlight
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Local Spotlight: Lovelife
I first learned about the Nashville band Lovelife a few months ago and recently I found this video for their single Watching TV. Wow! It takes a lot of [hard] work to produce quality stop motion videos but Lovelife have created quite the symbolic masterpiece with this one. The song and the visuals match up perfectly […]
Mid Tenn Listens with Valerie Smith ep.36
Mid Tenn Listens with Valerie Smith ep.36 C Bret Campbell and Valerie Smith hijacked an office at Charter Channel 6 after a show both participated in. Available Here (Valerie is at 1:18, Bret at 54 min.) Valerie explains the number one secret to the DIY approach for independent musicians. There is no doubt about it, […]
Mid Tenn Listens ep. 42 – Rickety Shack with C Bret Campbell
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 […]
Interview with Grace and Tony at The Brew
Mid Tenn Listens recently interviewed one of the most talented duos in music right now, Grace and Tony. C Bret Campbell discusses their influences and history after a recent performance at The Brew in Manchester, TN. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZNdakoZ3NQ
Local Spotlight – Candace Brown
In an attempt to bring more attention to musicians in our area, we are starting this local spotlight series. If you would like to be considered, contact us. We first met Candace Brown at MTSU Can Jam 2012. Feel free to check out our interview from that event. Originally from Walla Walla, Washington, Candace Brown is […]
Local Spotlight – Farewell Fighter
You want to know the way Farewell Fighter learned? In 2011, after being listed as Alternative Press Magazine’s top un-signed bands of 2010, Farewell Fighter let go of the comfy, material life to hit the road. Spending 12 months playing 150+ shows in 40+ states and selling over 5,500 copies of their album during the […]
Local Spotlight – Detra
Born and raised in this beautiful land of Middle Tennessee, Detra is Breaking Dawn with her newest single. More and more each day the world realizes that Nashville is more complex than country music. “Lyrically my songs sometime tend to be a little daring and I have to tame them down a bit,” she admits. “The […]
Local Spotlight – WARE
Jedi Gro and I got to agree on this one, and I know he’s writing something up on it, too, so I’m going to take a completely different approach on this record, by WARE, No Landing Gear. A different approach is actually very fitting for this cat. First some bio… Michael “Shance” Ware is a Southern […]
Local Spotlight – Fireworks Over London
On the advisement of someone whose musical opinion I hold in high regard, I listened to Fireworks Over London. My first thoughts were, “WOW! This is why I take advice from musical geniuses.” Fireworks Over London may be the best band you have never heard of. If nothing else, they win the coolest band name […]