UMC20: Sept. 17, 2019
We still have Americanafest on the brain. Naturally, you’ll see a lot of the artists we encountered throughout the weekend making appearances on this week’s playlist.
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The Quinn’s Daily Spinn: Tuesday, September 17
Coping with the loss of a loved one is a devastating experience. It’s something we’re never quite ready for, and it can take years to unravel the many ways in which a loved one has impacted your life.
Hear Tuesday’s Daily SpinnEmily Chambers Celebrates Friendship on ‘Girlfriend Like You’
Emily Chambers knows the challenge of meeting new people when you venture to a strange, new place. So, she released a song celebrating the tribe she’s found.
Hear the SingleThe Quinn’s Daily Spinn: Monday, September 16
While we were having some fun under the sun at Americanafest all weekend, Nashville alt-rockers and future Quinn Spinn guests EverSōl were unveiling their latest heavy, soulful masterpiece.
Hear Monday’s Daily SpinnAmericanafest 2019: Fun Under the Sun
Our Saturday afternoon at Americanafest was spent on top of the world.
See the PhotosAmericanafest 2019: Americana-Roo-Stock-Palooza (Thirty Tigers Showcase)
Our Friday night adventures at Americanafest took us to a familiar place: the place we call HOME.
See the PhotosAmericanafest 2019: A Night on Cannery Row
Thursday night was a hot one in Music City, as Americanafest continued all over town.
For us, that meant hanging out at 1 Cannery Row, whose venues — Cannery Ballroom, Mercy Lounge, The High Watt, and One — featured enough diverse musical offerings and electricity in the air to feel like its own festival within the larger scope of the city’s week-long celebration.
See the photosRoad to ‘Renegade’: A.T. Branch is ‘Ready 4 War’
As an Army veteran, A.T. Branch has experienced life from a perspective different from most of us. As a child of a musical family, the Detroit native paints from a sonic palette that encompasses formative influences like gospel, R&B, and jazz; intense shades of rock; the polish of modern pop; and a hushed, yet powerful vocal tone that has drawn comparisons to Britney Spears.
Everything we just mentioned shows up on A.T.’s debut single, “Ready 4 War,” which releases to the world on Friday, September 20.
Learn About A.T.PHOTOS: Kendell Marvel’s Honky Tonk Experience
When Kendell Marvel took the stage at Nashville’s EXIT/IN on Tuesday night, he made a simple proclamation: “We’re going to play some country music.”
Boy, did they ever, The 20th installment of Kendell Marvel’s Honky Tonk Experience celebrated the first night of Americanafest 2019 with a brilliant lineup of some of country’s best players, and even saw Marvel inducted into rarified air: the EXIT/IN Wall of Fame.
Read moreThe Quinn’s Daily Spinn: Thursday, September 12
A lot of people seem to think that summer is over. If today’s Daily Spinn (and the weather here in Nashville) is any indication, however, it seems like there’s still some warmth left for us to enjoy in 2019.
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