Posts by Chris Parton:
Home Sweet Home
Joy Williams returns to Nashville and to a timeless sound
The Homecoming Queen
Natalie Prass channels the shock of the 2016 presidential election into a grooving work of female empowerment, The Future and the Past
Candid, No Camera
With Bad Ideas, vlogging superstar Tessa Violet gets real about music
The Art of Seclusion
After writing in an abandoned rubber band factory for three months, Nashville native and roots-rock poet Rayland Baxter has emerged with Wide Awake, a politically charged anti-manifesto that’s still fun enough to play at a backyard cookout
Happy Place
Following his Hap EP, creative powerhouse Groh is finally making art on his terms
Crazy Like a Fox
Road to Roo champs The Foxies on grunge-dance situations and empowered pop females
Don’t Rock the Jukebox
With Mr. Jukebox, Joshua Hedley keeps traditional country on repeat.
Up in the Air
At Harlan Ruby, one creative family is spreading “sparkle and joy and happiness” across Nashville
The Sweet Spot
With Shugga Hi Bakery and Cafe, sisters Kathy Leslie and Sandra Austin are betting on a Dickerson Pike revival
Happy Days
Sad Baxter cuts through the fog of depression with triumphant grunge pop
Aah, Nuts
At ninety years old, The Peanut Shop offers a piece of Nashville's old Downtown
Tuesday Night Fever
How honky-tonk politician Brendan Malone is making country great again
Brett Favre Joins Local Cooler Company ORCA
Hall of Famer weighs in on becoming a full ORCA partner and the changing state of football
Lover’s Quarrel
For his full-length debut, Careless Soul, Cale Tyson breaks up with classic country and moves on to a sound straight out of Muscle Shoals
Bridge Over Troubled Water
The New Respects aim to make their audiences a part of the family
A Good Woman’s Hard to Find
WITH HER DEBUT ALBUM, GOOD WOMAN, BECCA MANCARI OPENS THE DIARY OF A WELL-TRAVELED MISFIT
The Rock Reformer
RON GALLO SETS OUT TO CHANGE THE WORLD WITH HIS GARAGE ROCK MANIFESTO, HEAVY META
Like Father, Like Sons
Colony House boldly expands the Chapman Family Business
School of Pop
After three years of study under Justin Timberlake, The Shadowboxers are ready to make you rethink contemporary pop.
Sweet Mercy
Amanda Shires’ My Piece of Land Maps the Craziness of Becoming a Mom
Hog Wild
Pat Martin builds a mecca to West Tennessee barbecue in the heart of downtown Nashville.