Home Sweet Home
Joy Williams returns to Nashville and to a timeless sound
RECAP: Huru Fest
We went to Huru Fest on Saturday at The Pavilion East. Here's what we saw.
Just The Two Of Us
Darren and Stacy King are rebuilding the family band one track at a time as Sucré
Candid, No Camera
With Bad Ideas, vlogging superstar Tessa Violet gets real about music
PHOTO RECAP: Lasso Spells ‘Bohemian Mechanics’ Album Release at the High Watt
We went to see the Lasso Spells 'Bohemian Mechanics' Album Release Show at the High Watt. Here's what we saw.
PHOTO RECAP: Daniella Mason’s ‘Emotional State’ Release Show
Last Saturday we went to past cover story Daniella Mason's show at the Basement East with Jon Santana and Joy Oladokun. Here's what we saw.
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
Getting a Handle on It
Daisha McBride woke up one morning with fifteen thousand new fans. She took them to Nashville, where she’s assumed a role as a pioneer in the city’s hip-hop scene
With A Little Help From My Friends
How Paramore drummer Zac Farro found a new sound—and himself—with his new project, HalfNoise
I Wanna Be That Cool
Singer-songwriter Sophie Allison, a.k.a. Soccer Mommy, on her debut album and being okay with being vulnerable
Once Bitten
Nashville up-and-comer Phangs is making a name for himself on and offline
Happy Days
Sad Baxter cuts through the fog of depression with triumphant grunge pop
Up, Up and Away
Inside the world of ever-evolving alternative R&B artist Kiya Lacey
All Tomorrow’s Parties
We talked to some of the musicians playing NATIVE's A Tribute to 50 Years of The Velvet Underground party, happening tomorrow at The Beast
Tuesday Night Fever
How honky-tonk politician Brendan Malone is making country great again
On Par
Ahead of her upcoming AmericanaFest performance, Liz Cooper talks about trading a driver for a Fender Mustang
Forever Jung
Rapper Jung Youth discusses emo, broken legs, and what it means to be true
Past Feat: Brothers Design NATIVE Playlist
We sat down with past feature's Brothers Design Co. to hear what they've been listening to. Check it out below!
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
No Excuses
Those Darlins’ Linwood Regensburg interviews his former bandmate Jessi Zazu ahead of her upcoming art exhibit in Wedgewood-Houston