One evening while stopping by my favorite meeting place in East Nashville, The Family Wash, I overheard an interview being taped for NPR about the East Nashville music scene. There was talk of a new compilation being released that showcased some of the best and brightest from the 37206 zip code. Family Wash owner and music guru Jamie Rubin verified this information, and added that his own project, Circus Dog Serenade had made it onto the upcoming two-disk compilation.

Out of town engagements kept me from attending the packed the CD release parties, but fortunately I was able to get my hands on a copy. The CD is truly impressive, and confirms all the hype about East Nashville being a major epicenter of musical talent. “The Other Side: Music from East Nashville” walks the walk after so much talk from regional and national press about East Nashville’s Music scene.

The compilation was produced and directed by Eric Brace, frontman for one of Nashville’s finest acts, Last Train Home. Eric recently talked with us about his latest brainchild and his Record Label, Red Beet Records: (more…)

Nashville, TN, November 27 - Improv Nashville presents “Priorities: A Christmas Sketch Comedy Show” two nights only, Saturdays, December 9th and December 16th at 8:00pm, at The 12th South Arts Center.

We all admit the holidays are more commercial than ever, and Improv Nashville hopes to shed some light on America’s continuously narrowing preferences during these so-called “happy holidays.” Their original sketch comedy revue show reveals the irreverent choices between family, work, gifts, etc. and how we assign a value to these things.

Improv Nashville has been packing houses across Middle Tennessee this past year with their improv comedy shows and was voted “Best New Improv Group” by The Nashville Scene. “Since several of our troupe members had a prior background in sketch comedy, it seemed like a natural progression to do a Christmas sketch comedy show,” says Scott Field, co-founder of Improv Nashville. “Plus this season of family and social obligations provides us with plenty of fodder to create comedy.” (more…)