SoundLand 2011

06/19/2024

Tomorrow, a project that’s been in the works for years finally arrives. Music Citizens is a new series about music’s working class. The kinds of people I’ve had the pleasure of knowing, watching and working with for 30 years. Their work is behind the scenes but their passion for music is just as deep as those in the spotlight. Our mission is to tell their stories by taking you inside their experiences through in-depth audio storytelling.

It started as an idea when I was still working for WPLN but sat on the shelf because the daily news kept grinding away. We discussed it again when launching WNXP in late 2020 but didn’t have the time or resources to pull off a fully produced podcast series. It was revived in a grant proposal in 2023 and, to our surprise, was awarded at every level - Metro Arts, Tennessee Arts Commission and even the National Endowment for the Arts, a first for Nashville Public Radio.

Now, through the months-long efforts of the team at WNXP and Nashville Public Radio and the in incredible vision and tenacity of Justin Barney and Emily Siner, episode one drops tomorrow.

I hope you’ll listen (…wherever you get your podcasts) and, if you’re free on Friday, come celebrate the 81st birthday of Bruce Fitzpatrick, our first Music Citizen, with a free show at the End featuring Jason Ringenberg, Pujol, and Brennan Wedl.
RSVP here - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/928089379317?aff=oddtdtcreator

12/09/2014

Come hang with NBN and Red Bull Sound Select THIS Sat. Dec 13 at the High Watt as we close out a year that has seen us working on some superb shows with RBSS - Houndmouth, Diarrhea Planet, Mikky Ekko - and winds up with this fantastic lineup of local/regional rock and/or rollers featuring Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes Basecamp, Buffalo Rodeo and The Electric Sons.
Click on the link to RSVP for $3 tix.
http://win.gs/1oMPA6j

09/26/2014

The Red Bull Sound Select show this Saturday is full of Next BIG Nashville alumni, from headliner Mikky Ekko to openers basecamp (who performed under a different monker for SoundLand 2011) and the namesake of Denitia and Sene, Denitia Odigie, who graced the NBN stage in 2009. See them all in their present glory this Saturday at Acme Nashville. Tix just $3. https://www.redbullsoundselect.com/events/2014/09/red-bull-sound-select-presents-nashville

Red Bull Sound Select | Nashville, September 27, 2014 | Featuring: Mikky Ekko, denitia and sene, BASECAMP

10/05/2012

03/15/2012

Down @ SXSW Festival and thought - what if SXSW's lineup for parties, secret shows, showcases etc were presented like a the usual festival poster - It would look like the biggest fest in the world. Maybe it is -
Bruce Springsteen, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne, Diplo, T.I., Jack White, Train, Counting Crows, Mumford & Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, M Ward, Christopher Cross, Dr John, Neon Trees, Andrew Bird, Glen Hansard, Talib Kweli, B.o.B., The Jesus and Mary Chain, Built to Spill, The Roots, Keane, Miike Snow, The Cult, Fiona Apple, Third Eye Blind, The Shins, Jimmy Cliff, ASAP Rocky, Flying Lotus, Santigold, Best Coast, Wavves, Of Montreal, Dinosaur Jr, Washed Out and a thousand more bands who could all sell out most 500 capacity venues.

11/29/2011

What’s better on a cold November day than a cozy SoundLand Session with Andrew Combs from a warm stage at The Basement Nashville...

11/17/2011

The Low Anthem (an indie folk band from Providence, Rhode Island) is the feature of this incredible, intimate SoundLand Session. Check out the acoustic performance of “Ghost Woman Blues” … it’s bone chilling harmonic beauty at its finest.

11/14/2011

Happy Monday folks. Today we bring you a SoundLand Session with Madi Diaz doing a special little acoustic ditty, backstage at the Mercy Lounge with Daniel Tashian of The Silver Seas. See for yourself why she's oh so dreamy...

11/09/2011

Don't miss today’s SoundLand Session: The Apache Relay performs “Watering Hole” at The Station Inn during SoundLand 2011.

11/07/2011

We’re back this week with more SoundLand Sessions, recorded live at SoundLand 2011. Today we bring you Rich Robinson from the Black Crowes performing the song “Lost And Found.”

11/04/2011

It’s been six weeks since SoundLand and we still can’t get over the wealth of talent that graced our stages. In the coming days we’ll be showcasing various 2011 artists in an exclusive video series of SoundLand Sessions (recorded in September), brought to you by American Songwriter Magazine and Shure. Today, we kick things off with Justin Townes Earle. Stay tuned for Rich Robinson, Apache Relay, Madi Diaz, and more!

SoundLand Sessions Presented By Shure: Justin Townes Earle

10/13/2011

From our friends at Red Bull Music Academy Radio, check out an exclusive, two-part recording with The Low Anthem at SoundLand 2011.

Hailing from Rhode Island, The Low Anthem dig deep into the myths and songwriting traditions of the USA, finding their own gritty voice along the way.