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Denise Hylands Introduces Listeners To The Dark Side of Country on 3RRR's Twang

Denise Hylands with musician Joshua Hedley. Every Saturday afternoon, driving home from teaching a Pilates class, I'd hit the freeway right as the theme song for Twang introduced Denise Hylands' regular 2-hour country music show on 3RRR. I have to admit, I've never been a fan of country music, but...

Cat Woods

PLAYING NASHVILLEThe Best Country Christmas Songs of 2020

With the 2020 holiday season comes a bounty of festive music straight out of Nashville. Stars across Music City have been getting into the holiday spirit with new Christmas albums, and while many offer sound renditions of the classics, they've also contributed their own perspectives with holiday...

Cillea Houghton

Artist Kim Radford Creates Living Murals in Nashville’s Streets

“Scaling up has never been something I wasn't interested in,” she professes to Audiofemme. “I've always liked to take it bigger.” Radfrord made headlines in August 2020 with her...

Cillea Houghton

ONLY NOISEThe Women of Country Music Offer Wisdom in Times of Crisis

Loretta Lynn's alcohol-soaked pity party for herself in "Somebody, Somewhere" echoes quite a lot of our newly solo Saturday nights. Dolly Parton reminds us all that wealth is a state of being, rather than the (declining) value of our bank accounts. Lucinda Williams asks the simple, but potentially...

Cat Woods

RSVP HEREShadow Monster live streams via The Footlight + MORE

Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE. Due to live show cancellations we will be covering virtual live music events and festivals. Photo Credit: Michelle LoBianco / @brooklynelitist Shadow Monster is the solo project of Gillian Visco, a staple of the Brooklyn music scene since...

Tarra Thiessen

With "Dancing on My Own," Robyn Made the "Jolene" of the 2010s

It's been a roller coaster of a decade, even on the pop culture front. With the dominance of social media, the rise of streaming platforms and increasingly smarter phones, how we discover, ingest and interact with music has changed drastically. In an era where new hits can have the shelf life of a...

Liz Ohanesian

AF 2019 IN REVIEWA Year in Country Music

With the end of the year comes a time of reflection. Looking back on this year in country music, the firestorm of conversation about the lack of women on country radio spilled into 2019, while new artists like Lil Nas X and Blanco Brown broke down barriers, and names including Billy Ray Cyrus and...

Cillea Houghton

PLAYING NASHVILLENashville Vinyl Gets to ‘Spin On’ at Showfields in NYC

Nashville and New York City have established a deeper connection by honoring the history of vinyl with a new pop-up store, Spin On: Nashville’s Vinyl Collection. Spin On finds Nashville’s beloved independent record shop Grimey’s New and Preloved Music partnering with the Nashville Convention and ...

Cillea Houghton

NEWS ROUNDUPNo More Hate...Policy, YouTube Copyright and More

Prince would've turned 60 on 6/7; his estate will release Piano and a Microphone 1983 in September. No More Hate...Policy, New Releases and More By Jasmine Williams Spotify Says “JK!” In a continuation of last week’s story, Spotify has completely walked back their recently introduced “hateful content...

Jasmine Williams

NEWS ROUNDUPWarped Tour, Bowie in Brooklyn and More

Warped Tour's Goodbye It’s the end of an era for pop-punks, emo kids, and sk8er bois - Warped Tour just announced their final cross-country lineup and it’s going to be a very grand finale! The show will hit the road for virtually the whole summer; kicking off on June 21st in California and ending...

Jasmine Williams

ONLY NOISEBringing It All Back Home

By the time you read this, I’ll be home. Not the home I’ve made for nearly a decade – not New York home. I’ll be “home” with a big “H.” The “home” Carole King sang of in “Home Again,” the home James Joyce fled but could never stop writing about, the home of countless poems and plays. It’s not...

Madison Bloom

ONLY NOISEWelcome to the Workless Week

Rihanna is doing everything I am not. “Work, work, work, work, work, work/You see me I be work, work, work, work, work, work,” she barks through the café sound system – as if she knows. Another sunny day in the neighborhood. It is loping along at a drowsy pace. Parks are barren – full of empty...

Madison Bloom