We’re here to send you into your weekend happy with some Songs You Should Hear from UMC Contributor Jenna Rose!
Jenna, who is also the co-founder of Music City Movement and a program manager for AGD Entertainment, gives us some fresh cuts and perspectives today. Check out her picks below!
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Foundation Mecca is the first-ever three-time guest to The Quinn Spinn, and once you listen to this episode, you’ll see why!
The hip hop artist, producer, and Heal Hop movement leader always has plenty of insight to contribute — about the music industry and the ways we make our way through the world. We discuss the shape our journeys have taken through these changing times, and the lessons we’ve learned through the COVID pandemic and the continued energy shifts taking place — in society and in our own lives.
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Over the past couple of years, Chelsea Cutler‘s career has taken off like a rocket ship. Her sophomore album, When I Close My Eyes, has served as a true watershed moment in Cutler’s career, and has played a large role in helping her amass more than 750+ million streams to date, widespread acclaim from media outlets like NPR’s Weekend Edition, Variety, MTV News, Entertainment Tonight, COMPLEX, UPROXX, Consequence, HYPEBAE, and Ones To Watch; and festival performances at Coachella, Hangout Music Festival, Forecastle Festival, and more.
All of that was a recipe for a fun night and a packed house on Tuesday night, when the second leg of Cutler’s When I Close My Eyes tour came to Marathon Music Works in Nashville.
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Bi-coastal duo Free Zuma are front man David Kuehl, who has a perfect marriage of Trent Reznor’s tone and Dave Pirner’s (Soul Asylum) vulnerability; as well as Andrew Wallace, whose palpable southern California psychedelic rock takes me to the sounds of the Allah Las and Mystic Braves.
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Last week, we introduced How to Get Involved in Your Local Music Scene, a series of informative articles from our friends at Music on the Move Studios to come, every Tuesday for the next several weeks.
This week, Caitie Thompson dives into how to get involved in your local open mic circuit. This article will provide you plenty of insight, including:
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It’s freezing in Nashville today.
OK, it isn’t freezing. But highs are only in the 50s, so it might as well be.
What that also means is that it’s time to trade summer’s bright energy for cozier moods befitting the season. That’s not to say that there aren’t some bangers on this week’s edition of UMC20, but it is to point out that the back half of this week’s playlist has a healthy dose of pensive Americana tunes befitting the vibrant pastels of a mid-October sunset.
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Get ready to hear Richard String as you’ve never heard him before.
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“I can’t imagine you’d stay seated at this table if it was turned.”
No toxic relationship dynamic is worth sacrificing your own sense of self-worth. Regardless of our connection, sometimes the only choice we have is to walk away.
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In doing some digging, we found out that, a year ago today, we featured J.Antonette’s single, “White Lines,” as one of that week’s Songs You Should Hear.
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You’ll catch a few different vibes from this week’s Songs You Should Hear.
Maybe you’re ready to party. On the contrary, maybe you’re ready to put your head down and grind. Or, maybe you’re not in the mood for either, and would rather spend time in the arms of the one you love.
Whatever you’re in the mood for, it’s here.
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