WNXP Podcasts

Arlo Parks became an international sensation after the release of her 2021 breakout album Collapsed in Sunbeams earned the singer, songwriter several Grammy and BRIT award nominations. With this newfound success, Parks took an even more introspective approach on her highly anticipated sophomore effort My Soft Machine . The deeply personal record narrates Parks’ transition into adulthood with a muc...

Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist and singer Eric Slick, best known as the drummer for Dr. Dog, released his second solo record 'New Age Rage' in April. Before embarking on tour for this funky, dance-y, sample-rich and obviously highly percussive album, Slick visited WNXP’s studio to talk about the new music and his elation to get back in front of people. The Nashville show is Friday, May 10 a...

WNXP’s Nashville Artist of the Month for April is Phosphorescent. The man behind that project is Matthew Houck. Over two decades he’s compiled a library of songs, some of the best are anthems, epic in scope and often dealing with melancholy. Most are written though from a standpoint of assuredness, like that wild-hearted character whose bones are steel in “Song for Zula.” The new album Revelator t...

This week for What Where When-sday , we discuss It’s Giving Global’s Cinco De Mayo event at Golden Pony. Taking place on Sunday, the event will feature DJs spinning Latin and global sounds with food and clothing vendors.

The four songwriters and instrumentalists that make up Nashville punk/garage rock band Gloom Girl MFG have only played together for a couple of years, but they've quickly gelled as a group and attracted lots of positive attention for their high-energy live shows. Counted among their enthusiastic local fan base is Cage the Elephant guitarist and producer Brad Shultz, who asked to work with Gloom Gi...

Everybody’s been talking about how Beyoncé’s new album spotlights Black country and cowboy traditions. But even before she teased that project, author and songwriter Alice Randall had already announced her own book and album, both titled “My Black Country.” Randall’s been lifting up foundational Black country voices for a lifetime , and senior music writer Jewly Hight reports she’s finally being t...

This week for What Where When-sday , we discuss Black Opry Presents Three-Year Celebration Honoring Alice Randall at City Winery. The Black Opry has been a platform for black artists and fans of country, roots, folk, and Americana in an industry that doesn’t often offer them the space. They are celebrating their third year by honoring Randall, whose songwriting contributions have been overlooked i...

The high-demand 20th Anniversary Transatlanticism and Give Up tour, co-headlined by Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service in celebration of their respective records first released in 2003, has extended into 2024 with a stop at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on April 29. Death Cab’s founding bass guitarist Nick Harmer, who connected from home in Seattle before tour began, shared some of the “re...

This week for What Where When-sday , we discuss Earth Day N’ The Hood with Jaffee Judah, executive director of Recycle & Reinvest. Starting as a local community cleanup crew in 2018, the organization’s mission is to provide safer communities and greener environments while promoting sustainability — and using music in the efforts to raise awareness of environmental importance to the next genera...

The songs that make up “Package Pt. 2” from Gustaf are a logical continuation of the powerful debut LP by the NYC five-piece, with more loud, in-your-face punk songs but also some surprising detours into experimental grooves. Gustaf’s singer and lyricist Lydia Gammill shed light on this new LP, WNXP’s Record of the Week, in advance of their U.S. tour, which stops in Nashville May 17 for a WNXP Pre...

This week for What Where When-sday , we discuss OZ Arts’ anniversary bash with Executive and Artistic Director Mark Murphy. Housed in a renovated, former cigar warehouse in West Nashville, OZ Arts is celebrating 10 years with this event on Friday. The evening will be a culmination of the first decade with pop-up performances and visual art installations. Murphy, who worked in the contemporary art...

In 2012 Katie Crutchfield took the moniker of a creek by her house in central Alabama, the Waxahatchee creek and released the album American Weekend . Where she garnered a good amount of buzz in the blog era for being a songwriter in her early 20’s who was a vividly personal storyteller. “My life was so chaotic. As many people’s in their 20’s are, you know? It was just chocked full of drama. Every...

Leeds’ four-piece Yard Act made a massive splash in a crowded post-punk wave with their 2022 debut  The Overload . Frontman James Smith was impossible to ignore, and the band’s humorous approach to the genre was a refreshing addition to the established acts leading the scene. On their follow-up Where’s My Utopia? , Smith’s charisma is still front and center, but a bit more self-reflective, and the...

There are number of series making hip-hop, soul and R&B more available to Nashville crowds. From NashFeels, Motown Monday, Sunday Night Soul, among others. But there is one that’s making its return this weekend that captures the essence of hip hop from the late 80s and early 90s.   The series Boom Bap started as an event in Nashville in late 2000s with local and eventually legendary DJs from J...

Today is the anniversary of the Covenant School shooting, which killed three adults — Mike Hill, Katherine Koonce and Cynthia Peak — and three children — Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kinney and Hallie Scruggs — on March 27, 2023.  Last year, there were many events, both planned and organically happening, in the weeks and months after. This year, there is really the one, collectively. This week for Wh...

While the music industry has labeled them as “shoegaze,” Hotline TNT’s sound expands far beyond what that description would suggest. The brainchild of Brooklyn-based musician Will Anderson, the project features a rotating cast of players with Anderson’s DIY brilliance at the helm. His dedication to the craft and the scene made their third LP Cartwheel one of the most highly-anticipated releases of...

Adrianne Lenker is reaching the status of folk hero. Her stick-to-your-gut, freewheeling attitude is one that Adrianne Lenker brings to her new solo album, “Bright Future” our Record of the Week. “I wanted to make this record feel like you’re in the room with us. ”In order to actually bring you into the room, Lenker’s record label brought us to a studio in Greenwich Village to capture an interview...

This week for What Where When-sday , we discuss The Rock and Roll Playhouse plays the Music of The Beatles at Brooklyn Bowl on Sunday. The kid-friendly live concert series brings the music of iconic musicians to allow parents to share their musical experiences with their children in an atmosphere that’s fun and engaging for both parties, including games, face painting and, yes, a parachute.

New Orleans based artist Britti had the vision she would work at a Guitar Center in Nashville and that was how she would get discovered. Although that’s not exactly how it worked out, she bought a guitar and during the pandemic would sing covers on her Instagram from Lainey Wilson to John Denver. This caught the attention of Tom Osborn of Easy Eye Sound who would fly Britti out to Nashville for wr...

The trio known as Blonde Redhead formed in New York City in 1993, therefore just celebrated 30 years together with the release of their fall 2023 release called Sit Down for Dinner , the band's first full-length in nine years. Their 2024 American tour supporting this record included a February stop at Nashville's Basement East, where WNXP host Celia sat down backstage with bandmates Kazu Makino an...

Posthumous music releases are tricky. Especially for the creative decision maker left behind. You’re navigating loss, assumption, expectation, doubt... all without input from the voice . In the case of Mama Zu, the voice is Jessi Zazu, a crucial figure in the Middle Tennessee indie music scene who died from cancer seven years ago at the age of 28. Before her death, Zazu had been making what became...

It’s Saint Patrick’s Day this weekend! So this week for What Where Wednesday, we are highlighting Music City Irish Fest. It’s been happening since March 10th so you can start your celebration as soon as today at venues across the city. Brenda Willis is owner and CEO of the group putting this on this event.

Jenny Lewis is playing the Ryman Auditorium this Wednesday March 13. It's a venue that she's played before but this will be her first time playing it as a Nashville resident. Jenny Lewis talks to Justin Barney about moving to Nashville and playing the Ryman.

Philly hardcore? Indie? Punk? band Mannequin Pussy is our Record of the Week on WNXP. The album was brought to light in an effort with super producer John Congleton and shows Mannequin Pussy in their fullest dynamic range, from a screaming rage that burns with the heat of a thousand suns, but also, the hushed tones of a brushed drum stick playing softly under delicately delivered lyrics from Missy...

This week for What Where Wednesday, we discuss Charles “Wigg” Walker’s Soul Brunch at Acme Feed & Seed with co-owner Lauren Morales and drummer for the Nashville soul legend Pete Abott. The building at 101 Broadway has served many tenants since 1890 — from Southern Soda Works to Tennessee Wholesale Drug company and a few transfer and storage operations. In 2014, Tom Morales and his partners le...