We Need Them Now: Just because Lady Antebellum draws an audience outside country doesn't mean they're not country (Playing Wednesday, 22nd at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah: Kevin Gordon lived the Southern story songs on his new Gloryland (Playing Friday, 17th at Family Wash)
The Ward Is Open: Blair String Quartet debuts a commissioned work by Michael Hersch: Blair String Quartet plays Franz Schubert and Michael Hersch (Playing Friday, 17th, at Ingram Hall
In The Spin: Daniel Johnston at Lipscomb University's Collins Alumni Auditorium, Drive-By Truckers w/Bobby Keys and the Suffering Bastards at Cannery Ballroom
Plus Critics’ Picks on AJ and the Jiggawatts, Drake, The Clutters w/Cy Barkley and Bad Touch, Sex Cult’s record release, Black Swans, By Lightning!’s record release, Reptar and more