Author: Jason Shrum
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Muscle Shoals is Music’s Mecca
A Father-Son Roadtrip to the Singing River If you have seen the documentary, Muscle Shoals, then you know about the power of the music that comes from this place. The documentary came out in 2013 and showcases not only the vision of music legend, Rick Hall, the musicianship of the players, but also an indescribable…
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RSD Part Deux
featuring Randy & The Mormons Welp, I said there would most likely be a part two to the Record Store Day story and now I am going to make that attempt. If you read that story than you know the overall experience that I had shopping and picking those treasures from The Groove Record Store.…
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Record Store Yeah!
Record Store Day at The Groove Records in Nashville This was my first Record Store Day in Nashville, and it did not let me down. Record Store Day is so much more than the wax that we attempt to collect, but rather it’s an experience that we cherish. Don’t get me wrong, holding the product…
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Music, Maggie and Memories
This authors adventures to record stores and a live performance by Maggie Rose I decided to do a little record shopping on Saturday, as one does when they want to relax. At least, that’s what I tend to do. I wanted to get a lay of the land as Record Store Day approaches. It’s a…
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Record Store Day
What Are You Looking Forward to from RSD? The greatest and grandest of all holidays is nearly here! That’s right, I’m talking Record Store Day. This is the day where music lovers and vinyl collectors’ line up outside their favorite record shop for exclusive pressings from their favorite artists. Record Store Day (RSD) was created…
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Bob Dylan Doesn’t Disappoint
Dylan Plays for Intimate Viewing at Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville What can I write about Bob Dylan that has not been scribed before. Literally nothing I say here can be new. Can it? I mean, it is my personal experience. It is my reaction and my feelings; in that sense this is original. However, this…
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The Cobra is Home
Performances by Loose Bolts, Sweet Mylo and Arily Michele I’ve been looking for that quintessential dive bar and music venue combo since I got here to Nashville via Seattle. On Saturday night, I finally found it at The Cobra. The Cobra reminds me of a place where I used to go for cheap drinks and…
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Tuesday at The Opry
Performances by Whisperin’ Bill Anderson, Chris Janson, Ella Langley, John Pardi, Riders In The Sky, and Maggie Rose If you want to see music in Nashville, the Grand Ole Opry and the Ryman Auditorium are like air and water, because they are necessities. I had a chance to visit the Ryman on January 29th and…
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The Blue Room Leaves Us Anything But Blue
Oh Boy Records presents Mick Flannery, Emily Scott Robinson and Arlo McKinley It’s Friday night and we all wait patiently outside The Blue Room, which is adjacent to Third Man Records, which is former White Stripes front man Jack White’s project. I know I’m super stoked for this show, as there are three musicians on…
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Dropkick Murphy’s Sham’Rock Nashville
Dropkick Murphy’s with Pennywise and The Scratch Saint Patrick’s Day came early for Nashville this year as the Dropkick Murphy’s, Pennywise and a young, up and coming band known as The Scratch strolled into Marathon Music Works. On a personal note, the last time that I saw the Dropkick Murphy’s with Pennywise ,was in the…
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