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Dystopian fiction has dominated screens and pages for a while now but a Nashville-based artist may have just crafted the first dystopian emo album. In some ways it sounds like what if the band Pinegrove made a soundtrack for a Hollywood doomsday epic with big choruses and a deeply personal backstory.  Ok, maybe that’s a little reductionist, but it approaches some of the underlying sounds and theme...

this week What Where When-sday , we feature Muse of the Macabre happening at Faeker’s Theater. Music City Muse is a Nashville-based arts platform connecting music, film, and visual art to highlight the creative side of the city that exists outside traditional genres. The event will be part film, part concert, part art installation with the goal of celebrating Nashville’s creative culture. WNXP 91....

William Edmondson was the first African American artist to have a solo show at the Museum of Modern Art in 1937. He was a self-taught limestone carver who carved tombstones and garden ornaments at his workshop, which sat outside of his house in Edgehill. Although he had no intention of being a career artist, he became a trailblazer. For the last 20 years the site where he had worked and lived has...

Ahead of their show in Nashville, Alex Kapranos stopped by the WNXP Studio to talk to Jude Mason about Human Fear, the community-building power of radio and the joys of stumbling across your new favorite band.  WNXP 91.ONE - Nashville's Music Experience SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: https://wnxp.org/weeklyrecord/ FOLLOW US: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wnxpnashville X: https://twitter.com/w...

Indianapolis band Wishy, co-founded by high school friends Kevin Krauter and Nina Pitchkites, burst through with debut LP 'Triple Seven' in 2024 followed quickly by the 'Planet Popstar' EP this year. They talked On The Record with WNXP at Kilby Block Party festival in Utah in May and will return to Nashville for a show on November 10. WNXP 91.ONE - Nashville's Music Experience SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEW...

This week for What Where When-sday , we feature DRKMTTR Fest 2025 happening on Friday and Saturday. Celebrating 10 years of the local, all-ages music venue that has built a community in the underground music and arts scene in Nashville. The event will feature vendors and live music and a few of them tell us how important the DIY space was for them. WNXP 91.ONE - Nashville's Music Experience SUBSCR...

This week for What Where When-sday , we feature the fourth annual You Got Gold, celebrating the life and songs of John Prine. Starting on Thursday through Sunday featuring tribute shows at The Basement East, Ryman, CMA Theater and a finale at Imogene + Willie along with events from a Trolley Ride around Nashville to a Guitar Pull and Brunch at Brown’s Diner. Jack Prine, one of the event producers...

Nashville indie crew Snooper went from the city’s underground DIY scene to international festival favorites and critical darlings thanks to their over-the-top live shows and their Third Man Records release Super Snooper , a compilation of re-recorded versions of their previously released material. While they emerged from the “egg punk” sub-genre, they’ve set themselves up to grow beyond that scene...

This week for What Where When-sday , we feature Esencial happening at the Blue Room this Friday. The community dance party highlights Latin cultural roots through music featuring local DJs spinning records backed by live percussion players. WNXP 91.ONE - Nashville's Music Experience SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: https://wnxp.org/weeklyrecord/ FOLLOW US: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wnxpnash...

This week for What Where When-sday , we feature The Wiz happening at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center through Sunday September 28th. The Tony-Award winning musical will kick off TPAC’s 2025-26 season and features a couple of Nashville members in the cast. They spoke with WPLN afternoon host LaTonya Turner about the show.   WNXP 91.ONE - Nashville's Music Experience SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER:...

The west coast sister trio HAIM returns to Nashville September 30 for their 'I quit' tour, named for their fourth LP released this year. Este, Danielle and Alana Haim joined Celia Gregory before they hit the road to discuss the album, being funny on the internet and quitting what no longer serves them. WNXP 91.ONE - Nashville's Music Experience SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: https://wnxp.org/weeklyr...

The Forge Nashville is a nonprofit organization founded in 2012 with their mission to advocate for artists and makers and provide a pathway and place to pursue their craft in the community. Located on 217 Willow Street, The Forge offers a makerspace, wood and metal shops, art gallery, private creative offices, and artist studios. This Saturday The Forge Front Lawn will be a celebration of all the...

Stay;Fest is a one day, multi-genre festival happening this Saturday (Sept 13) promotes mental health resources in the Middle Tennessee area through music with the goal to help build community and ending the stigma of getting help. Rebekah Cole, event promoter for RAC Books Nashville, says she's struggled with mental health since she was a kid and music has always been a safe refuge. She knew she...

Shades of Black Theatre Festival came together in 2006 when Shawn Whitsell was apart of a theatre company called Dream 7 Productions. They booked the Darkhorse Theater at the same time as production company Sista Style and Robin’s Nest, which were all owned and operated by black artists. They thought it was a unique coincidence and decided that they were going to help each other promote each other...

For The Black Keys Radio Special WNXP’s Jason Moon Wilkins sat down with the Keys’ Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney at Easy Eye Sound studio around the release of their new album No Rain, No Flowers. The duo share how Nashville changed the way they make music, how they’re highly publicized tour cancellation changed their approach to the music business and share their unique perspective on the Old N...

Nashville artist Daniel Donato went from busking on Lower Broadway as a teenager to a regular gig at a honky tonk and now brings his "Cosmic Country" band and brand to way bigger stages, like that of the revered Ryman Auditorium, just paces away from where he got his start playing guitar. His new record, the third studio LP, is called Horizons . WNXP 91.ONE - Nashville's Music Experience SUBSCRIBE...

This Saturday August 30 is also Play Music on the Porch Day . The idea behind the international event is what if everybody took one day and stopped and we all just listened to music. One of the places participating in the day is Prospect House Music , located in the historic Edgehill area. Sunny McClure, home owner and facilitator of Prospect House hopes to provide a creative space where musicians...

Alabama native Jahnah Camille released her 'My Sunny Oath' EP in June, having worked with one of her favorite producers Alex Farrar in Asheville, North Carolina to write and record this batch of six songs. Sourcing some softer lo-fi sounds and also emulating fierce female rockers from multiple generations, like Liz Phair and Paramore, Camille continues to evolve her songwriting and embrace touring...

This week we feature Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s Summer Shakespeare performances of "The Merry Wives of Windsor" happening Thursdays through Sundays from August 21 to September 21 on The Yard at OneCity. The Nashville Shakespeare Festival was founded in 1988 by a group of actors who wanted to do Shakespeare free-of-charge in Centennial Park. Growing over the last 37 years to be what it is tod...

Artsy Fartsy is a semi-annual event started by Nashvillian Morganne Allen. It began in her front yard in 2022 with three bands and three vendors. After her landlord threatened to evict her if she did it again, she expanded to venues all across Nashville. Happening this Thursday (August 14) at Brooklyn Bowl , each event aims to raise funds for local charities through raffles or canned food drives w...

This week is the 2025 Tomato Art Fest on Friday and Saturday in East Nashville’s Five Points. Featuring activities and contests, the parade, Bloody Mary Garden Party, of course tomato art, and musician performances from Nashville artists Brennan Wedl, Gee Slab, Pressure Heaven, BEAN., and more. If you are looking for pre Tomato Art Fest activities, there’s a pre-view party on Thursday. An unoffici...

Pro Wrestling Symphony mission is to provided pro wrestling for everyone in the heart of Music City. The promotion officially ran their first show back in June with their latest event happening this Sunday (August 3) at Brooklyn Bowl blending wrestling and live music from Nashville band Year of October .  Owners Rory Miller, Connor Casey, and Pat Dooley, met at a wrestling training school. Wanting...

The Symphonic Blues Experience will stop in Nashville on Friday, September 26, at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center . According to the show's description, this immersive musical performance fuses the raw, aching power of authentic Delta Blues with the grandeur of a symphony orchestra, creating a soundscape that is both deeply rooted and breathtakingly expansive. Featuring cinematic narration by Fre...

This year's 2025 Kindling Arts Fest is happening Thursday through Sunday. Kindling Arts is an organization that helps support and provide the practical infrastructure necessary for creatives to make original, innovative and independent live performances. The festival will feature 19 original projects ranging from an electropop musical and contemporary dance to interactive performances at eight dif...

This week for What Where When-sday , we feature Walk Bike Nashville’s Open Streets Summer Series happening this Sunday from noon until 5 p.m.. The local nonprofit has been around for over 25 years dedicated to making Nashville more walkable, bikeable, and livable for everybody. Meredith Montgomery, executive director of Walk Bike Nashville says they want people to be able to get wherever they need...