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From fallen idols to unsung heroes, remembering some of the bold, colorful and irreplaceable lives Nashville lost this year
By Teddy Bart, Daniel Cooper, Bruce Dobie, Adam Dread, Pat Embry, Randy Fox, Liz Garrigan, Tim Ghianni, Michael Gray, Randy Horick, Demetria Kalodimos, E. Heather Lose, Galyn Martin, Michael McCall, Lyda Phillips, Jim Ridley, Michelle Taylor Wilson, E. Thomas Wood and Nicki Pendleton Wood
Published: December 31, 2009
It was the year one of Nashville's sports legends met a fate no one could have imagined, or wanted. It was the year two of the secret shapers of the city as we know it were...
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Empire! Empire! w/Leach at the Rabbit Hole
Sadcore Showdown
By Lance Conzett
Published: December 31, 2009
It’s two days after New Year’s and you probably overdid it. As much as you’d like to keep the party going, you just don’t have it in you. These are times...
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Music City Roots at the Loveless Barn
Living Roots
By Michael McCall
Published: December 31, 2009
The exemplary new Music City Roots series at Loveless Barn repeatedly reveals how American traditional music continues to grow in many different directions. Fittingly, then,...
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Young Thee at Limelight
How Do I Love Thee?
By Sean L. Maloney
Published: December 31, 2009
One of our favorite trends from 2009—a constant flow of new and exciting rap music bubbling up from Nashville's underground—continues in the Big '10 with Young...
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Coal Train Railroad CD Release at Ugly Mugs
Boppin' Tots
By Jack Silverman
Published: December 31, 2009
There was a time not long ago when the world of children’s music was its own singular hell, inhabited by syrupy lyrics, cloying melodies and purple dinosaurs. But with the...
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Bubonic Bear at Little Hamilton
Grin and Bear It
By Timothy C. Davis
Published: December 31, 2009
“Stoner rock.” Can we retire that label, please? Yes, it's easier to imagine dinosaurs walking the earth and wizards casting demon spells and ice-borne Yetis when...
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The Infamous Stringdusters at Station Inn
Take-Off
By Jewly Hight
Published: December 31, 2009
The Infamous Stringdusters can pack the Station Inn any old night they want; word’s long since gotten out that they’re hot, stylish pickers with sensibilities that...
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Dale Ann Bradley w/Kim Fox & Steve Gulley at Station Inn
Three-for-One
By Jon Weisberger
Published: December 31, 2009
Here’s a dream lineup of bluegrass singers (and songwriters too) to start the year off right. Steve Gulley, who’s brought Opry audiences to their feet with his...
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Nick Jonas and the Administration at the Ryman
A Subsidiary of Jonas Brothers Inc.
By Ashley Spurgeon
Published: December 31, 2009
Let’s remember that the Jonas Brothers are only the latest incarnation of a pop-culture phoenix: the adorable, moral band of singing siblings. Like the Osmonds and Hanson...
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New York, I Love You at The Belcourt
Hey...Where's Woody Allen?
By Jim Ridley
Published: December 31, 2009
The surprise 2006 arthouse hit Paris, Je T’Aime was less a movie than a celluloid airport terminal where the Coen brothers, Olivier Assayas, Wes Craven and other unlikely...
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Sommet Center
Trans-Siberian Express
By Adam Gold
Published: December 31, 2009
Over the holidays, a gun-wielding bank robber was on the loose in Nashville dressed as Santa Claus. If Santa going on a B&E spree wasn’t enough to pee in your eggnog,...
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Nashville Femme Vegan Cupcake Calendar Fundraiser
Calendar Grrrls
By Tracy Moore
Published: December 31, 2009
When Taco Party owner, musician and Foobar karaoke emcee Lauren Gilbert needed an annual lady-parts checkup, lack of insurance posed a troubling problem. Luckily, there was...
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Joecephus and the George Jonestown Massacre at Exit/In
Unfettered and Unhinged
By Chris Parker
Published: December 31, 2009
Poised at the intersection of country and rock, Memphis trio Joecephus and the George Jonestown Massacre conjure the outlaw cow-punk spirit of the Supersuckers. Guitars...
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The Contributor Benefit at Downtown Presbyterian Church
Where the Art Is
By Joe Nolan
Published: December 31, 2009
Nashville's first street newspaper—created and sold by Nashville's homeless and a handful of dedicated volunteers—has jump-started a new dialog about homelessness in...
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Weekend Jimmy and the Easy Party
Can We Make a Request for Some Foghat?
By Sean L. Maloney
Published: December 31, 2009
Despite all the slavish, slobbering praise we foist on their ilk, cover bands are still pretty cheesy, and there's none cheesier than Mercy Lounge's in-house cover experts...
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8 1/2 at The Belcourt
A Fine Confusion
By Lance Conzett
Published: December 31, 2009
An old trick to beating writer’s block they teach you in creative writing class is to write down everything that comes to mind. The idea is that, eventually, you’ll...
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Wrench Rupture Suture at Twist Gallery
Do the Twist
By Joe Nolan
Published: December 31, 2009
Consistently the best venue on the Crawl, Twist kicks the year off with a mythological menagerie. Jessica C. White's narrative drawings find furry friends like bunnies and deer...
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Nashville Flipside at The Rutledge
Good Lookin' Out
By Sean L. Maloney
Published: December 31, 2009
A smart local producer knows how to use January’s traditional downturn in national touring to his or her own advantage. The big names are at home polishing their gilded...
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Leon Russell at Third & Lindsley
Stranger in a Strange Land
By Michael McCall
Published: December 31, 2009
The Master of Space and Time, as Russell has called himself for 40 years, is more spacey than timely these days. But even in his heyday, Russell seemed detached from his era....
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Harlem Globetrotters at Sommet
Whistle While You Work
By Timothy C. Davis
Published: December 31, 2009
We'll let you in on a little secret here: You might want to put your money on the Globetrotters taking this game. They no longer boast superstars and showmen like Curly Neal,...
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