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Could the Belmont Bruins be the NCAA’s next Gonzaga? Here’s the argument.
By William Williams
Published: November 12, 2009
Everybody has a role model, the pinnacle of all aspiration. For the Nashville rapper selling mixtapes out of his car trunk on Dickerson Pike, maybe it's homegrown hip-hop hero...
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Alexis Wilson Record Release at The Place
Cruisin' in Alexis
By Sean L. Maloney
Published: November 12, 2009
Louisville-born, Nashville-based singer/producer Alexis Wilson’s blend of contemporary R&B may not be primed for public radio airplay—she’s neither dead, old,...
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Wale at Phatkaps
By Sean Maloney
Published: November 12, 2009
Noted sneaker freak and (fingers crossed) rap’s next big thing, D.C. rapper Wale is making a special in-store appearance at PhatKaps before ripping the roof off...
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Wayne Hancock at fooBar
Runaway Train
By Jewly Hight
Published: November 12, 2009
It’s been a long time since country music outside of Texas was meant for dancing. Wayne “The Train” Hancock—who, for the record, is from Texas—is...
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Norbert Putnam at CoMu
Session Man
By Edd Hurt
Published: November 12, 2009
Norbert Putnam helped create Southern soul as the bassist on Arthur Alexander's 1961 “You Better Move On," and the Alabama native went on to play on innumerable sessions...
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Fabolous at Limelight
Can't Deny It
By Sean L. Maloney
Published: November 12, 2009
While we usually subscribe to the “Rapping About Shopping Is Bullshit” school of thought, the latest single from New York MC Fabolous “Throw It in The Bag”...
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Midnight Maraders at the Muse
Boombaclot!!!
By Sean L. Maloney
Published: November 12, 2009
Come with us on a journey back in time to an era when wobble-bass was not the tone du jour and organ-rattling sub-bass wasn’t a prerequisite for getting your music played...
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Heavy Trash at The End
Trash Aesthetic
By Edd Hurt
Published: November 12, 2009
Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray do a convincing job of abstracting rockabilly on Heavy Trash's new full-length Midnight Soul Serenade, but their distance from the material can...
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Marvin Stamm at Nashville Jazz Workshop
Trumpet Virtuoso
By Ron Wynn
Published: November 12, 2009
There are some musicians who are great soloists, and there are others who excel as accompanists or in sections but aren't quite as spectacular in the spotlight. Trumpeter...
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Gary Allan at The Ryman
...If That Ain't Country
By Timothy C. Davis
Published: November 12, 2009
Contemporary country music's relationship with quote “traditional" country music has always been an unpredictable one. George Strait has minted a platinum-plated career...
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Sonatas at Blair
Vio-Lend Me Your Ears
By Russell Johnston
Published: November 12, 2009
When composer Michael Alec Rose says that some of his best friends play the viola, he's not setting up a joke. In fact, he's written everything from a solo to a concerto for...
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White Denim at The Basement
Stone Washed
By Dustin Allen
Published: November 12, 2009
As compelling as their output has been in the few short years White Denim have been hustling their off-color brand of spastic art-punk, it's a shame their name isn't more...
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The Jompson Brothers at The Basement
This One Goes to 11
By Jewly Hight
Published: November 12, 2009
If you’ve ever wondered what Chris Stapleton would sound like fronting a meaty, plugged-in rock ’n’ roll band—as opposed to a string band with bluegrass and...
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Take Back the Night at Vanderbilt's Benton Chapel
Because the Night
By Tracy Moore
Published: November 12, 2009
Take the recent gang rape of a 15-year-old in California (and the onlookers who did nothing to stop it), add the heated debate over Roman Polanski’s arrest for a...
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Fanny's Frocks at Fanny's House of Music
Frock 'n' Roll
By Tracy Moore
Published: November 12, 2009
Music stores are often total snake pits. So it’s refreshing that East Nashville’s Fanny’s House of Music—which doubles as a vintage store—creates an...
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ITVS Community Cinema at the Library: Between the Folds
Crease Is the Word
By Jim Ridley
Published: November 12, 2009
Origami may sound like a flimsy subject on which to hang an entire feature, but anyone who’s ever won a bar bet by folding a dollar bill into a replica jet fighter knows...
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Undefined: A Study of Personal Identity at Little Hamilton
Who Are You?
By Joe Nolan
Published: November 12, 2009
Consisting of work submitted anonymously by artists of all ages and experiences, this group exhibit is intended as an event that will allow creators to express their true...
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Ron Hall Signing at Len Rossi's in Brentwood
Brentwood Brawltacular
By Jack Silverman
Published: November 12, 2009
The Scene hallways are strewn with first-time novels, self-help manuals and vanity-press dregs with titles like A Brief History of Dog Grooming in the South and Nine Steps to a...
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Works by Erika Wollam at Shelby Bottoms Nature Center
Act Naturally
By Joe Nolan
Published: November 12, 2009
Over the last four years, Erika Wollam has been documenting her daily walks at the Shelby Bottoms Greenway. Amidst residential housing, offices, malls and streets, Wollam...
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Panic in the Streets at The Belcourt
The Big Uneasy
By Jim Ridley
Published: November 12, 2009
Elia Kazan may have shot 1951’s A Streetcar Named Desire mostly on studio sets, but for this nifty, underrated thriller made a year earlier he shot right on the streets of...
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