folk
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Two Countries, One Sound: How Venezuelan Folk Met Appalachian Bluegrass
Before coming to Nashville, my only exposure to bluegrass had been the musical Bright Star and Old Crow Medicine Show’s “Wagon Wheel”—neither of which are, in my opinion, especially groundbreaking. However, Tennessee has exposed me to more folk and bluegrass genres in…
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Oscar Buzz: The Soulful Unveiling of Depression and the Creative Process
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere Director Scott Cooper’s 2025 film, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, is like a sudden, beautiful punch in the face; a pensive, somber portrait of a short yet pivotal chapter of…
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October Draft Picks
The Best Releases from Rising Artists: September 2025 Click the record to listen on Spotify! Forest for the Trees by The Low Blow For fans of… Movements, The Hotelier, (early)…
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The Roster: 4.11 Edition
The Roster is a series created by Aneesh Batchu. Each week, a tier list of the best, most average, and worst new releases is published alongside blistering hot takes. The best of…
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The Roster: 4.4 Edition
The Roster is a series created by Aneesh Batchu. Each week, a tier list of the best, most average, and worst new releases is published alongside blistering hot takes. The best of…
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The Roster: 3.7 Edition
The Roster is a series created by Aneesh Batchu. Each week, a tier list of the best, most average, and worst new releases is published alongside blistering hot takes. The best of…
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The Midwestern Melancholia of Sierra Spirit
I grabbed a seat in the checkerboard-tiled Fido Café, nervously checking the time and monitoring the noise level. A few other patrons were bustling about, the environment lively but subdued…
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Staff Picks: Albums of the Year
Imaginal Disk Magdalena Bay Mag Bay’s newest album encapsulates autumn with its perfect blend of synthpop, psychedelia, and weird glitches. I was not crazy about my introduction to the album,…
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Goldfish Yearbook Doesn’t Wanna Be Yours.
Headquarters Coffee is a gem sandwiched between eclectic, industrial antique storefronts. The café calls out to you with its handpainted windowpanes, but you would miss it anyhow, passing by the…
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Roster (9/27)
“The Roster” is a series created by Aneesh Batchu. Each week, a tier list of the best, most average, and worst new releases is published alongside blistering hot takes. The…
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Over Yonder
This playlist is best served with a cold bottle of beer and a cigarette (if you’re into that kinda thing). Sit on your porch like the old couple across the…
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Amelia Day’s Big Day
Amelia Day is a singer-songwriter from Sumner, WA and a senior at Vanderbilt University. Citing queer folk titans like Tracy Chapman, Brandi Carlile, and The Indigo Girls as influences, Day…
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The Tireless Spirit of Marcus Hummon
With an almost thirty-year-long music career, Marcus Hummon is a star-studded veteran of the Nashville country scene. But from the way he discusses music – the intricacies of a piece,…
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Sufjan Stevens’ Javelin pierces the heart and soul
Sufjan Stevens has always been an achingly raw writer, bringing universal themes to life through metaphor in a way that reads like a story. With Javelin, his thirteenth studio album,…