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One of our favorite Nashville indie crews, The Sewing Club, just dropped their debut album Sew on Born Losers Records. It was made with Calvin Lauber (boygenius, julien baker) and sees the band lean even heavier into stacked guitars and fuzzed-out, shoegaze-adjacent, catchy-as-heck, melodic rock. Lead singer and songwriter Hannah McElroy sat down with us to talk about the band’s signing, their bre...

On Monday (Oct 19) Nashville singer/songwriter Margo Price Presents: Get Out the Vote at City Winery . Hosted by Civic TN and featuring performances from Mon Rovia, S.G. Goodman, Nathan Evans Fox, Rodney Crowell, and Denitia, Price talked with This is Nashville’s Blake Farmer about using her platform to encourage Tennesseans to get out there and vote regardless of what side they are on politically...

At the age of 8, MT Jones used to sit around and watch his uncle play the piano until he learned how to play on his own. Listening to  The Beatles early on, he watched Ray Charles' biopic, "Ray", starring Jamie Foxx and the documentary "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" about the Funk Brothers and started to immerse himself in soul music. He joined a band and began songwriting and all though he s...

National Coming Out Day is this Sunday (Oct 11), an annual LGBTQ awareness day first celebrated in 1988. This year, Nashville Pride is teaming up with Girlcrush Social House located in Five Points in East Nashville for an event featuring live music, vendors from Nashville Cares and Chroma Wellness Center as well as opportunities for weddings and vow renewals.

The Nashville Film Festival is wrapping up but there is another film fest for the movie buffs out there. The International Black Film Festival , starting today (Sep 30) through Sunday (Oct 4) at Belmont University, Scarritt Bennett Center and other venues across Nashville. The festival was founded more than two decades ago by Hazel Joyner-Smith.  She talked with This is Nashville’s Blake Farmer ab...

Artville started back in 2023 with the mission to celebrate and amplify Nashville’s vibrant artistic community. The free annual visual arts fest has featured public art installations, contemporary art, murals and more highlighting the creative culture of Nashville. Artville will be taking place this Thursday night (Sep 24) at Wasioto Park with an after dark event and Friday (Sep 25) through Sunday...

Medium Build is Nick Carpenter, who recorded his new record 'King of Having Fun' here in Nashville, live with his full band, to best showcase the energy and emotion of the artist as a "freshly raw, sober dude wondering if he's still a person after he got all of his little dreams." Hear Medium Build in full On The Record with WNXP for insight about specific songs plus some of the places that make M...

The Knoblin Trail , happening now until October 3, is a way to explore the neighborhood of Donelson with 27 local businesses along the trail making Knoblin-inspired specials, menu items, discounts, products, classes, and more. FOLLOW US: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wnxpnashville X: https://twitter.com/wnxpnashville TIKTOK: https://tiktok.com/@wnxpnashville FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.c...

Fridays by the River starts this Friday (Sep 11) through October 16 at Riverview Pavilion in Shelby Park. Executive Director of Friends of Shelby Rebecca Ratz says Fridays by the River is a great way to kick off the weekend describing the atmosphere as relaxed, chill, and open with picnic tables set up under these big oak trees at the Riverview Picnic Pavilion, which is right by the Cumberland Riv...

This week for What Where When-sday, we feature An Indigenous Present at the Frist Art Musuem. The gallery will end on Sunday, September 27 with events highlighting the exhibit throughout the month starting tomorrow night with Frist Films: Reframing the Narrative - Indigenous Filmmakers in focus. FOLLOW US: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wnxpnashville X: https://twitter.com/wnxpnashville TIKT...

It's the time of the year for Superbloom when the meadows in Shelby Bottoms are typically in peak bloom from late August to early September with classic bright yellow Tickseed Sunflower and bright purple Ironweed.  Another event this week for restaurant owners and service industry workers is the Nashville Area Independent Restaurant Show happening at Fat Bottom Brewery on Tuesday. A place where Na...

Mirror Mirror Network , located on 2623 Lebanon Pike, will be closing their doors on their space after four years with a final show this Monday (Aug 24) featuring performances from DJ Afrosheen and The Serpenteens. Marco and Tracy Argiro, co-owners of the space and members of The Serpenteens says they wanted to provide a safe place for people to gather and celebrate love, art, music.  FOLLOW US: I...

Englishmen Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook were teenagers in the '70s when they first wrote a concept album set in an American club called Trixies . The project was shelved and Squeeze took off as a band with a different sonic style. But the 13 songs that make up Trixies have now been revived, re-recorded and produced with integrity and intention. Before the band starts their American tour at Rym...

This week for What Where When-sday, we feature Girls Write Nashville presents House Concerts starting this Thursday at 100 Taylor Street. An intimate evening with teaching artists or alumni of the organization who are shaping Nashville’s creative community while mentoring the next generation of artists.  FOLLOW US: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wnxpnashville X: https://twitter.com/wnxpnashv...

Back in 2024, Miles Kane walked into Easy Eye Sound Studio for the first time. The English singer/songwriter & musician reached out and wanted to work with Dan Auerbach, who he would admire his work from afar, but never met him before. When he reached out wanting to see if he was up for doing writing session and Kane thought they would just write a song that he can take back home for an album....

Where We Meet explores themes of resilience, healing, connection and transformation with movement and visual storytelling through aerial and contemporary ballet and an exhibition from Nashville artist Omari Booker. Taking place at Oz Arts Nashville this Friday through Sunday, this is a collaborative initiative between Healing Housing , a recovery housing program for women, and FALL Productions , a...

Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joshua Karpeh, whose creative alias is Cautious Clay, has released his third and final installment of an ambitious project with a song for each hour of the day. He spoke On The Record with WNXP about The Hours: High Noon and songwriting as a spiritual practice.   FOLLOW US: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wnxpnashville X: https://twitter.com/wnxpnas...

This week for What Where When-sday, we feature Showmance, A Musical about a Musical by The Theater Bug at the Nashville School of the Arts’ Roxy Theater this Thursday through Sunday. The Theater Bug’s mission is to inspire young people to create community, build confidence and encourage them through educational experience in the performing arts.  FOLLOW US: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wnx...

Kindling Arts is an organization that helps support and provide the practical infrastructure necessary for creatives to make original, innovative, and independent live performances. This year's Kindling Arts Festival happens this Thursday (June 23) through Sunday (June 26) at eight different venues across Nashville highlighting over 150 local artists and featuring 22 shows ranging from musicals, c...

Leeds band Yard Act recorded their third LP, You're Gonna Need A Little Music , in two separate, months-apart sessions in the U.K. and L.A. split by a tour opening for The Hives. The result is 11 tracks that jump around from the group's trademark English snark -- what singer and lyricist James Smith says is the album's "cynical core" -- to more sun-kissed, optimistic melodies all recorded live in-...

This week for What Where When-sday, we feature the 6th annual Radnor Lake Art Show taking place this Friday through Sunday at the Walter Criley Visitor Center. The Free community event will include works from 60 artists, with a range of scenes from Radnor Lake and offers an opportunity for the community to directly support conservation efforts through art.  FOLLOW US: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instag...

This week for What Where When-sday, we feature  Fútbar Summer Fest happening at The Fairgrounds Nashville this Saturday. The free, family friendly event featuring a street soccer tournament, food trucks, vendors music, and a watch party for two FIFA World Cup quarterfinal matches as a way for  Fútbar to continue to connect with Nashville’s soccer community.  FOLLOW US: INSTAGRAM: https://www.insta...

Let Freedom Sing! Music City is one of the ways Nashville is honoring America 250th. The free, two day fest taking place on Friday (July 3) and Saturday (July 4) across multiple blocks in downtown Nashville. With five stages and performances from The All-American Rejects, Boyz II Men, Brothers Osborne, Lauren Daigle, NE-YO, Nick Jonas, along with a fireworks and drone show and performances from mo...

Former Nashville Artist of the Month Devon Gilfillian is back with his third record called 'Time Will Tell,' which was made with several longtime bandmates and former collaborators on Music Row. We got him On The Record in advance of the June 26 album release date, the same day he plays a hometown show for WNXP's Summer Line Series.

This week for What Where When-sday we highlight two jazz events. First on Thursday Nashville Women in Jazz Redefining the Standards album release show is at Urban Cowboy in East Nashville & Jazzy 88’s Fisk Food & Jazz Music Festival takes place on the campus this Saturday.  FOLLOW US: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wnxpnashville X: https://twitter.com/wnxpnashville TIKTOK: https://ti...