AltWeeklies Wire
ClubLandnew
The record industry is dying. The concert industry is booming. The club scene is … nervous.
Nashville Scene |
Adam Gold and D. Patrick Rodgers |
09-22-2014 |
Music
Let the Chips Fallnew
Cowboy Jack Clement's final recording recasts the work of a great Nashville songwriter.
Nashville Scene |
Edd Hurt |
07-10-2014 |
Music
Animal Collectivenew
A hot 1980s band has its final residency in a West Nashville bowling alley — if their arms don't fall off. Meet Rock-afire Explosion.
Nashville Scene |
Abby White |
01-31-2013 |
Music
Declaration of Warsnew
How The Civil Wars fought for artistic independence and broadsided Music Row.
Nashville Scene |
Adam Gold |
11-10-2011 |
Music
Tags: The Civil Wars
This Is A Story About The Black Keysnew
The Black Keys have moved to Nashville. What does that say about them — and what does that say about Nashville?
Nashville Scene |
D. Patrick Rodgers |
03-31-2011 |
Music
Tags: The Black Keys
The House That Jack Builtnew
Jack White's Third Man Records tells the world: Your Music City is not dead.
Nashville Scene |
Adam Gold |
01-20-2011 |
Music
Tags: Jack White, Third Man Records
Nashville's Working Musicians Share their Sordid Storiesnew
After talking to more than 20 of Nashville's resident music pros — from club owners to sidemen —the Scene takes a glimpse into this exclusive world of mishaps, transgressions and calamities.
Nashville Scene |
Adam Gold |
04-02-2010 |
Music
Music Fans: Check Out These 10 Artists to Watch in 2010new
Not only do we already have some great touring acts slated to darken our club doors in the early months of the year — Aretha Franklin, Tegan and Sara, Screaming Females, Beach House and Quasi among them — we've also got a slew of new local albums to look forward to as well.
Nashville Scene |
Nashville Scene Staff |
02-05-2010 |
Music
Michael Eades' Label YK Records Bridges the Physical-Digital Gapnew
In his role as Spongebath Records' webmaster, Michael Eades told the staff and bands about a new digital audio encoding format called MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 — more commonly known as MP3 — that would later flip the old music business model on its lid.
Nashville Scene |
Matt Sullivan |
01-15-2010 |
Music
Three Hot Nashville Acts Present a New Breed of Female Songwriternew
Those Darlins, Caitlin Rose and Tristen are songwriters who draw on decades-old traditional folk, country and pop to tell provocative tales from an unabashedly female perspective.
Nashville Scene |
Tracy Moore |
08-21-2009 |
Music
Used MP3s: Hawking 'Old' Digital Music Files Through New Websitenew
A new crop of consumer-facing music stores is focused on helping fans resell "used" digital music the way they do CDs. But the big conundrum with digital music is that there's no way to prove sellers legally own the songs on their computers.
Nashville Scene |
Eliot Van Buskirk |
06-19-2009 |
Music
Hey, Young Nashville Band—Want a Major-Label Deal? Read This Firstnew
If the Nashville curse used to be that no local rock band could snag a record deal, then perhaps now the curse is that they can. It's staying afloat afterward that has proved most elusive.
Nashville Scene |
Tracy Moore |
06-05-2009 |
Music
Tags: Nashville, record labels
A Power Shift Within Nashville's Musicians Union Signals Changing Timesnew
To onlookers, Local 257 became a battleground far larger than Nashville's city limits, in a sort of proxy grudge match for control. At stake was leadership of the fourth largest local in the world's largest trade organization for professional musicians.
Nashville Scene |
Brantley Hargrove |
03-20-2009 |
Music
The Drive-By Truckers and The Hold Steady Consummate Their Mutual Crushnew
For a certain breed of rock fan -- those who like their rock literate and loud -- this tour is a wondrous fantasy, Hanukkah come early, OMFG. But for all the mutual man love going around, the two bands don't necessarily seem like a logical pairing.
Nashville Scene |
Lee Stabert |
10-31-2008 |
Music
The Hit Mannew
From bookie to record mogul to big-screen gangster to Music Row exec, the strange but true life of Frank Dileo.
Nashville Scene |
Jack Silverman |
11-27-2007 |
Music
