Photo credit: Joseph Llanes "We're like a Swiss Army knife," says producer Beau Bedford. "We love being used in any kind of helpful way." He's talking about the Texas Gentlemen, a Dallas-based collective of sidemen, singers, and ringers who’ll be joining members of Nashville-based musical co-op The Tennessee Help for tonight’s... Read More
From April 27-30, East Nashville will host the Music City Spirits And Cocktail Festival, a long weekend celebrating boutique spirits, craft mixers, innovative bar programs, and artisan bartenders. The fourth iteration of the annual festival includes four events on consecutive days, each dedicated to a cocktail favorite. There’s the “Bourbon And Bluegrass” evening of classic... Read More
A group of entrepreneurial and tech-savvy Nashvillians are reintroducing the world to one of the historic hallmarks of handheld gaming, updating a pioneering past time, Pigs In The Clover, into a mobile app to be available in the coming weeks. “Pigs In The Clover originally launched in 1889 and sold over one million units,” David Thek, a managing partner at Arkipolygon, the... Read More
Southern California singer and songwriter Sam Outlaw burst upon the music scene in 2015 with his critically acclaimed debut album Angeleno. Co-produced by legendary guitarist Ry Cooder and his son Joachim Cooder, Angeleno was a showcase for what Outlaw termed "SoCal country" — a hearty mix of Bakersfield honky tonk and Southern California singer-songwriter pop. Outlaw will... Read More
First things first— Advertisers, if you’re looking to get something into our May/June issue, there is still time. Email lisa@theeastnashvillian.com for more info. For this week's news we have free vitamins for the kiddos, new tattoos for the grown-ups, Dining Out For Life for everyone and more. On we go: Nashville CARES celebrates annual Dining Out For Life at restaurants... Read More
From Thursday, April 13 to Sunday, April 23, the Nashville Shakespeare Festival and Lipscomb University will present Richard II at the university's Shamblin Theatre. It is an opportunity for locals to see one of Shakespeare’s lesser-known works, dealing with perennially-relevant themes like power, family, and loyalty. Focusing on a title character that must balance personal and... Read More
The Weeks are back at it with new music, The Mainstay heats up their kitchen and more. On to this week’s East Nashville news: Eastsiders The Weeks release new album Easy, headlining Cannery Ballroom Eastside longhairs, Nashville via Mississippi rockers The Weeks released their much-anticipated album Easy today (April 7). The new beats were recorded at... Read More
Photo credit: Brantley Gutierrez When Chris Shiflett answers the phone during a tour stop in Spokane, he immediately apologizes for his shot-to-shit voice. "We just had two shows in Seattle," he rasps. "We heard that Social Distortion was in town, and they were kind enough to let us open for them. Then we drove across town and played our own show at the Sunset Tavern later... Read More
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