Stephen Trageser

6 days ago | nashvillescene.com | Stephen Trageser

In the fall, Nashville Film Festival patrons got a first look at The Day the Music Stopped, a documentary directed by Patrick Sheehan and produced by journalist and broadcaster Demetria Kalodimos. The film focuses on the conflict between independent music venues and massive corporate interests like Live Nation through the lens of historic Nashville club Exit/In. You’ve got a chance to catch it yourself on Monday, April 21, when the film screens as part of the Belcourt’s Music City Mondays series.

1 week ago | nashvillescene.com | Stephen Trageser

Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival is headed back to picturesque Franklin green space The Park at Harlinsdale Sept. 27 and 28 for its 11th annual run. The event’s location, booking and daytime-and-evening hours make it among the most family-friendly fests in our vicinity, and two household names in the contemporary rock world are topping the bill: John Mayer and Kings of Leon.

1 week ago | williamsonscene.com | Stephen Trageser

Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival is headed back to picturesque Franklin green space The Park at Harlinsdale Sept. 27 and 28 for its 11th annual run. The event’s location, booking and daytime-and-evening hours make it among the most family-friendly fests in our vicinity, and two household names in the contemporary rock world are topping the bill: John Mayer and Kings of Leon.

2 weeks ago | nashvillescene.com | Stephen Trageser

Scene readers will know Fats Kaplin as a musician of extraordinary breadth and depth, whether he’s leading his own Fats Kaplin Gang or in a supporting role — on one of a huge range of instruments — with artists ranging from Mitski to Paul Burch and beyond. A recent suite of releases shines a light on Kaplin’s earliest days as a pro player.

3 weeks ago | nashvillescene.com | Stephen Trageser

For all the good things that Nashville and its ecosystem of music scenes can be and do, even those who experience it at its best need a break sometimes. A group of Music City MVP musicians who you’ve heard in a wide variety of contexts decamped to a remote U.K. studio called Chale Abbey (situated in a former monastery on the Isle of Wight) and returned with a rambling, unfussy gem called Echolalia. Released in February, the 13-track album shares its name with the ensemble.