In an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir, singer-songwriter Margo Price remembers the early days of motherhood and marriage, their chaos compounded by a late-living musical lifestyle.
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Brandi Carlile, Allison Russell and Yola have emerged as game-changing artists in roots music in recent years, and on Monday afternoon they were informed that they’d each earned three nominations for 2022’s Americana Awards, in the prestige categories of Song, Album and Artist of the Year.
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As a writer, I’ve always wondered if applying the adjective “quirky” to artists or their work would be taken as kindly as I mean it. To me, quirky means refreshingly odd, out-of-the-box, free of social conformity. To some I suspect it implies being weird. But we don’t need to worry about that with Little Quirks, the indie-pop family band from New South Wales, Australia. They bring their self-proclaimed quirkiness to Finally Friday From Home this week.
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Monoflora, the fourth album from Asheville, NC quartet River Whyless draws on the musical values that have made them cult favorites since 2012 - complex harmonies, layered textures and worldly grooves, while letting their folk influences flourish as well. This conversation reveals an especially deep bond of friendship that's endured creative tensions to produce ultimately exceptionally enthralling music.
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Check out two brand new live sets featuring Little Quirks and Sam Burchfield, today on Finally Friday from Home.
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We’ve proudly featured the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys recently as an exemplar of the old bluegrass ways playing out by young artists on a modern stage, but they’re not the only band sporting flamboyant vintage stage wear and a close-knit, hard-boned bluegrass sound. And that’s why we kick show #10 off with the new single from the Kody Norris Show out of East Tennessee.
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Discover some of the best up and coming Nashville musicians.
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Influenced by the likes of Tom Petty, Wilco, Bob Dylan, and The National, Beau Jennings and the Tigers released their latest album Heavy Light back in March. WMOT is proud to premiere the new music video for the title track.
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This Friday starting at 12 PM CST on WMOT you can catch two brand new sets from home. Jeremy Garrett will be playing tracks from his new solo album Wild River, and Steve Dawson songs from his latest, Gone Long Gone, accompanied by Fats Kaplan.
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Watch Brandy Clark's full set from the AmericanaFest Day Stage at Eastside Bowl in Madison, TN. The 2022 Americana Honors and Awards nominations will be announced May 16, 2022 at 1 p.m. live on WMOT.
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Watch two brand new sets from home. Jeremy Garrett will be playing tracks from his new solo album Wild River, and Steve Dawson will play songs from his latest, Gone Long Gone, accompanied by Fats Kaplan.
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Watch our Wired In session with Colin Linden from our 2021 AmericaFest stage at Eastside Bowl in Madison, TN
News from WMOT
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All three are up for album of the year, artist of the year and song of the year.
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Records obtained by AP suggest some were aware of complications nearly a day ahead of the scheduled execution of Oscar Smith.
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Hundreds of health care workers rallied outside the Nashville courthouse Friday during the sentencing of RaDonda Vaught.
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Sunday's public memorial was held at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
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Naomi Judd died at the age of 76, a day before she was inducted into Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame.
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Tony Allen, Delaware State University's president, says once the complaint is officially filed, it will be made available to the campus community to read.
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A racist conspiracy theory is believed to have motivated the suspected gunman in the Buffalo attack. It was once a fringe belief, but it's found its way into the mainstream.
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Choosing one winner from all the incredible entries NPR Music receives each year is no small feat — but this year, one songwriter gave a captivating performance that rose to the top.
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