INTERVIEW: Talking Garage Rock With Sour Ops

INTERVIEW: Talking Garage Rock With Sour Ops

ByRachel CholstJun 25, 2021

Price Harrison of Nashville’s Sour Ops has seen it all: growing up in Murfreesboro and attending Vanderbilt in the ’80s before heading to New York, he’s been steeped in garage rock since day one. With the band’s new album X,…

INTERVIEW: Shay Martin Lovette Checks Off His Bucket List

INTERVIEW: Shay Martin Lovette Checks Off His Bucket List

ByRachel CholstJun 24, 2021

Born and raised in Wilkesboro, NC, home of MerleFest, Shay Martin Lovette grew up with admiration of the festival’s origins and performers. The combination of setting and the influence of his father, also a songwriter, inspired Lovette to begin writing…

Caroline Keller Band Puts on A “Smokeshow”

Caroline Keller Band Puts on A “Smokeshow”

ByRachel CholstJun 23, 2021

Caroline Keller Band are storytellers at heart. Caroline has been pursuing her dream of being a Country music artist from a very early age. She made a name for herself as a Country Gospel singer starting when she was sixteen.…

INTERVIEW: Reggie Harris Bridges Generations, Political Divides

INTERVIEW: Reggie Harris Bridges Generations, Political Divides

ByRachel CholstJun 22, 2021

Reggie Harris and I spoke for an hour the other day, and at some point in the middle of it I thought to myself, “Wow — I’m so lucky.” Harris released his latest album On Solid Ground in March —…

PRIDE MONTH: Mia Day Won’t Water Down Her Queerness

PRIDE MONTH: Mia Day Won’t Water Down Her Queerness

ByRachel CholstJun 21, 2021

Mia Day likes to describe herself as a groovy, fairy, cowgirl witch. She discovered her love for storytelling on a half broken type writer under her parents stairwell, moving to songwriting and making music soon after. Inspired by the vivid…